KITCHEN INGREDIENTS TO TREAT STUBBORN COUGH.

Have you had that painful tickle at the back of your throat that suddenly turns into a heavy, chest-shaking cough? It can be quite annoying especially when it disturbs your day and keeps you awake all night. 

Cough can be caused by dusty harmattan air or cold as a result of rainfall.

But before you spend thousands of Naira buying expensive drugs from the pharmacy, you should look inside your kitchen first. Your kitchen holds powerful, natural ingredients that can give you quick relief. Fresh, natural food ingredients are the best medicine for the body. 

Here are three (3) simple, time-tested ways to clear your chest and soothe your throat using everyday kitchen ingredients:

1. Fresh Ginger and Lemon Tea

Fresh ginger is one of nature’s best medicines for fighting various ailments. When you have a bad cough, the muscles in your airways tighten up making it hard to breathe. Ginger helps relax those muscles so your chest can open up. When you mix it with fresh lemon, the natural acid cuts through thick, sticky mucus instantly.

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How to prepare 

Slice a piece of fresh ginger into thin pieces. Drop them into a cup of hot boiling water and let it sit for 5 minutes. Squeeze half a fresh lemon inside, stir, and drink it while it is warm.

2. Onion – Honey Syrup

Onions are rich in “Quercetin”(Quercetin is a pigment that belongs to a group of plant compounds called flavonoids that are present in many:vegetables like onions, peppers, and broccoli, fruits etc) and “Sulfur” compounds which help soothe irritated airways, while honey acts as a natural medicinal substance that has a softening, soothing, or calming effect to quiet the cough reflex.

How to prepare 

Slice one medium onion into thin pieces and place the pieces into a clean glass cup. Pour raw honey over the top until the onions are completely soaked for 8 to 12 hours. Afterward strain out the onions and store the liquid in the refrigerator. Take 1 to 2 teaspoons as needed.

3. Warm Salt-water Gargle

When your throat feels scratchy and painful, it means the tissues back there are swollen. Salt acts like a magnet that draws excess fluid and swelling out of throat tissues. Gargling with salt water also flush away the dust, bacteria and sticky mucus trapped at the back of your throat.

How to prepare 

Mix half a teaspoon of salt into a glass of warm water until it dissolves. Tilt your head back, gargle the water at the back of your throat for 30 seconds, and spit it out. Do not swallow it. Repeat this 3 times a day for fast relief.

CONCLUSION

Natural remedies only work when your ingredients are 100% fresh. Withered, dried out ginger, spoilt onions or old lemons from the roadside won’t give your body the active strength it needs to heal.

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