Dear All,

I've had a nasty chesty cough for nearly 2 weeks now and no over the counter medicine seems to help or the ones that do make me too drowsy to work.

Does anyone have any alternative treatments for a chesty cough?


Many thanks,

Emsy

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Going to move this to the Alternative Therapies Section

Hi EmsyDoodle.

This thread has some things that may help you:

coughs

I hope that you feel better soon

and this

http://thevalley.ukpagan.com/http://thevalley.ukpagan.com/index.php?showtopic=21946&hl=

Thanks Athena, I will look into it.

The pharmacist was at a loss and suggested lemon, honey and black pepper.

Emsy

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hot water lemon and honey is good id leave out the black pepper tho it could cause an irritant.

also try a bowl of hot water with 5 drops os eucalyptus oil and 5 drops of chamomile oil pop a towel over your head and inhale the steam. very nice at killing off bugs.

another one is make some ice cubes of lemon and honey to suck on the cold numbs the throat and the lemon and honey soothe.

hot blackcurrant and honey can work well as well for coughs as well with maybe a bit of ginger in.

and my mum swears by hot lemonade with fresh ginger in. seems to work.

hope this helps you

opalmoon

I get chesty coughs and the pharmacist i spoke to said the cough medecines were useless. An expectorant might help to bring up any nasty phlegmy stuff thats hanging around but ths it.

Your best bet would be to inhale steam with a bit of either olbas oil or friars balsam in it as much as you can. this will loosen anything in your chest that shyould be tere and help to dissolve it.

Hope you feel better soon

Aria

Forget about the black current, hot water, honey and those things.
I just came across an article in the Independent which seems to be the PERFECT cure for ladies coughs. While you may get fat, you will enjoy taking your medicine, it is CHOCOLATE.

Full article is Here

Hi

I swear by inhalations of menthol in hot water.

I also use

Hot water, lemon, chilli, ginger, black pepper, cloves, garlic. Sip it and ensure that you are inhaling the steam as you drink it.

I hope this helps

TAK

I tried this Tea , even though i didn't have any elder or yarrow flowers at the time, it really helped. I also included the ginger, honey and lemon.

The only thing that helps me is buttercup syrup. it kinda herbal. lol

Ground Ivy. 7 or 8 leaves in a cup of milk, brought to the boil 2-3 times, strained and drunk as hot as possible 3 times a day. Can be made more concentrated to reduce quantity of milk.

That can also act as an irritant and cause the very thing your attempting to loosen so its best not to over do it.