Any one out there that has got a home made remedy/recipe for a dry cough...?!
Question:
Any one out there that has got a home made remedy/recipe for a dry cough...?
I had flu and every thing else is fine now...but this dry irritating cough stays with me.
Answers:
When I had bronchitis several years ago, [cough that lasts 3 weeks or more] -- I got "Respi-Clear" and "Bronch-Ease" herbal formulas from a health food store and I recovered twice as fast as a friend who spent 3x as much [or more] going to a doctor.
A good home remedy is to take 1 Tablespoon {Tblsp] honey + 1 Tblsp. apple cider vinegar [the cloudy kind is best], to a cup of hot water and add 1 Tblsp. molasses, 1 Tblsp. of wheat germ oil, and from 1/4 tsp to 1 tsp. [depending on how much you can stand] of cayenne pepper. This makes a very healing broth which is both nourishing and strengthening as well as healing. Drink this up to 3x/day.
Stay away from processed sugar - it depresses your immune system.
Gargling with cayenne pepper is much better than using salt water when your throat is sore.
Horehound lozenges are good to suck on to ease dry throat. In a pinch, when I have been traveling and start to get a sore throat [or those irritating tickles], I found that cinnamon discs are soothing and spicy V8 hits the spot [in the back of the throat].