Home Remedies for cough 

Cough occurs due to many reasons like due to lower respiratory tract infection or upper respiratory tract infection, in asthma, and cough is associated with cold and fever too. Mainly cough is of two types depending up on the bouts like dry cough or productive cough.

Cough is a kind of modified respiratory act.

There are many home remedies for controlling and curing cough or cough and cold, or cough and fever.

1. Using fennel seeds or saunf and Tulasi or holy basil in the combination with hot water is helpful.

2. Spinach juice is also found effective.

3. Chewing holy basil and black pepper and raw rice in 1:1:1 ratio in smaller quantity is very helpful for dry cough.

4. Honey and grape juice combination is also helpful.

5. Honey and turmeric powder in 5:1 ratio in smaller quantity is helpful for dry cough.

6. Ginger tea is useful for cough.

7. Combination of onion juice and honey in the ratio of 10:4 is very helpful for cough.

8. Almonds soaked in water for overnight and paste is made with palm jaggery and small quantities of butter is very helpful.

9. Gargling henna leaves decoction for dry cough is very useful.

10. Preparing decoction of holy basil (handful) + 8 grains of black pepper + 1 teaspoon of dry ginger+ green tea 1 teaspoon boiled in 4 parts of water and reduced to 2 parts and palm jaggery is added. This decoction is very helpful for cough and could and for fever also.

The above mentioned home remedies are tried according to convenience.

With regards, Dr.Vijay.