10 Home Remedies for Cough

1. You can use hot water and salt as an effective cough medicine.  For this, you can gargle with a pinch of salt in hot water.  By doing this you will get relief from throat pain caused by cough.

 2. Amla is considered very effective for cough.  Amla has vitamin-C, which improves blood circulation.  You can increase the source of anti-oxidants by including amla in your food.  This will strengthen your immunity.

 3. They say not a hundred blacksmiths of a goldsmith.  So simply, water also does something similar in cough.  If you are suffering from cough then drink hot water.  This will help reduce the phlegm in the throat.

 4. Add half a teaspoon of honey to a pinch of cardamom and some lemon juice.  Take this mixture two to three times a day.  This home remedy can prove to be a panacea for cough.

 5. Many people take the English medicine of cough, but taking it causes sleepiness and its side effects too.  You can replace it with turmeric milk.  Turmeric milk contains antioxidants.  Apart from this, turmeric also has anti-viral and anti-bacterial properties, which are helpful in fighting infection.  So you can use turmeric milk as a cough medicine.

 6. Garlic is also effective in relieving cough.  For this, you have to roast garlic in ghee and eat it hot.

 7. If you are suffering from cough then drink ginger juice.  You can use it more by adding honey to it.

 8. As we have said, both ginger and salt give relief from throat pain in cough.  So if both are eaten together then it will prove more beneficial.  All you have to do is to eat salt with ginger pieces.

 9. Pomegranate juice also gives relief from cough.  But for this, you have to add not only pomegranate, but a little applique powder and ginger.

 10. Mucus often occurs with cough.  It produces discomfort and pain.  To avoid this, you can mix black pepper in desi ghee.  Will feel relieved.