Getting sick these days is so inevitable. This was very timely, for sure many of us experience having a cough, right? Why do we cough? The cough starts once you feel some symptoms such as a runny and stuffy nose, frequent throat clearing and sore throat, hoarseness, wheezing, chest pain, and shortness of breath.
Coughing makes us feel relief when there’s something in our throat, sometimes dust can cause coughing, and sometimes it’s just a postnasal drift. Although some didn’t take cough as a sign of a serious illness, hence nowadays we should consider it as.
Covid-19, this disturbing pandemic brought the world into chaos. Cliche yet a fact that a lot has been affected by this invisible enemy. One of the most common symptoms of Covid-19 and its depressing variants was “cough/dry cough”. To give a short explanation, it is a respiratory condition caused by a coronavirus. Though there are instances that this condition sometimes shows no symptoms (asymptomatic), better to go and let yourself check just in any case. Aside from this Covid- 19, chronic cough is also one of the symptoms of asthma, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), infections, and worst is a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Moreover, this chronic cough may be caused by lung cancer, aspiration, bronchiolitis, and many more. In addition, the biggest risk of chronic cough was being a current or former smoker. According to studies, one of the big factors to these cases is having too much exposure to secondhand smoke that can lead to coughing and lung damage.
Coughing one at a time is ok to lessen and clear the itchiness in your throat, hence persistent coughing can make completing daily tasks difficult, especially because you had trouble sleeping last night due to this. You thought new year’s fireworks are already lit up and busted in the sky but seems like your cough hasn’t been done yet.
How To Get Rid of Cough?
Coughing indeed clears something in our throat, but how can we clear cough out? Cough is not just an annoyance so here are some effective medicines that could help you even while you’re enjoying your condo living. Of course, if you are looking for ready occupancy condos and a lifestyle that makes your life easy and convenient, list down below is proven and tested organic and natural cough remedies that you may use to prevent its aggravation.
Ginger
Some individuals, especially adults don’t want to intake prescribed medicines, they prefer to use the traditional and natural remedies because they believe that it could fast to relieve the itchiness in their throat than the prescribed ones.
Ginger may ease cough either dry or asthmatic, why? Ginger has anti-inflammatory properties. Additionally, it may help to relieve nausea and pain as well. In a study, some inflammatory compounds ginger can help to relax membranes in the airways that could reduce coughing.
Brew up a soothing ginger tea by adding 20–40 grams (g) of fresh ginger slices to a cup of hot water. Allow to steep for a few minutes before drinking. Add honey or lemon juice to improve the taste and further soothe a cough. This hot tea was also known as salabat, some love to add sweet potato to this.
Oregano
Origanum vulgare is known as oregano. This plant, aside from being used to flavor foods, this herb has evidence of health benefits, it contains chemicals that might help to reduce cough. Oregano also helps with digestion and it also helps fight against viruses and bacteria. Oregano has also content that is used for wound healing, infections, and many other conditions, yet there’s no evidence to support their uses.
In addition, some people living in the province believe in the power of this herb to cure some conditions, especially cough. Like ginger, you can make a tea using oregano leaves to help you get rid of your cough.
Lagundi
Are you familiar with this plant? Lagundi was also called the five-leaf chaste tree. The leaves of lagundi have been used to help treat some conditions, especially cough. You can plant this wherever you are in the Philippines, as this plant thrives in both humid and arid regions. This plant was also used to treat wounds by some. By sipping a lagundi tea, it can help to treat your cough and your feeling will be better.
Turmeric
It is also one of the very effective treatments to treat dry cough. Turmeric was known to have antiviral, antibacterial, and anti-inflammatory properties. Moreover, turmeric can help as well to relieve respiratory conditions like asthma, bronchitis, etc.
For a cough, add 1 teaspoon of turmeric and 1/8 teaspoon of black pepper in warm water that serves as your tea. If you are not a fan of warm tea, you may be able to add this to your beverages such as cold orange juice as your refreshment.
Salt Water Gargle
Drinking plenty of water itself could help our body. A very simple and natural remedy that we can easily make in our kitchens. Very easy process, wait to dissolve the salt in lukewarm water or depending on the heat that you can take. Every so often, it's just an estimate of the amount of water and salt. After the process, gargle it. This can help to soothe a scratchy throat and can help you to prevent cough.
Keep in mind that children specifically under 6 years old are not especially good at gargling, recommended to try other remedies for this group of age. Lastly, don’t forget to always stay hydrated.
Honey
Love honey? It’ll not be hard for you to love this cough remedy. For short-term periods, this hot liquid with honey can help to soothe and treat coughs. Honey itself is a low-cost cough home remedy with proven benefits. For your honey remedy, you may opt to use hot water with your favorite tea, honey, and optional to use lemon for flavor.
Cough, it becomes one of the most common signs of some conditions. We don’t want a hassle life, it’s hard to be sick nowadays even before this pandemic came. Once you feel that you’re going to have cough symptoms, don’t ignore them. While we cough, it’s possible that some germs are transferring to other hosts. So that as early as possible, once you feel a symptom, better to take action on this so as not to infect others.
There are some ready for occupancy condos in Manila that you may still enjoy planting these organic, natural, and very essential cough remedies. So convenient right? Some of these remedies are only in the comfort of your home.
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