herbal remedy for chest cold and easier breathing?

Answer 1

Start taking Zinc. Clinically proven to help prevent and shorten colds.

Answer 2

The best thing is to get the muccus out of you.
If you need quick relief form chest congestion, you can use three things you probably already have around the house. 1 Tablespoon Honey, 1 capfull of vinegar and 1 Tablespoon of butter. Put in a microwave safe cup. Nuke it until the butter melts, and sip it, as hot as you can stand it without burning yourself. It's not pleasant, and it will make you cough up the muccus which isn't fun. But it will get it out of your chest. This is only a temporary fix. Not a cure for what's causing the muccus.

Answer 3

Actually the very best thing to do to loosen mucus in the chest is LOTS of plain old water...Yes, drink it! This is a spot where hot mint tea would also be helpful. I always take Esterfied-C(prevents the trots at high doses), Elderberry, zinc, and that old standby echinacea.

Hot shower to really loosen things up and a vaporizer for the bedroom...




Avoid all dairy foods as it does thicken mucus.

Answer 4

Eucalyptus radiata essential oil can support your lungs normal/healthy functioning. I use it regularly when I suffer occasional cold symptoms or allergy symptoms and I get immediate relief. You drop 1-3 drops in the palm of your hand, use the first two fingers of your other hand to swish it around in your palm, then cup your hands over your nose and mouth and breathe slowly and deeply for 5-10 breaths. Then rub the remaining oil on your chest.

If you choose to try this remedy, please be sure that the essential oil you purchase is therapeutic-grade. Anything less can be useless or even toxic.

If you'd like more information, please contact me.

Answer 5

Yin Qiao Jie Du Pian (Lonicera Forsythia Detoxification Tablets) and other chinese herbal remedies are very good. You can google this and find others

Answer 6

according to risk you don't get adequate nutrition C. it particularly is declared to evade colds. I used to holiday lots for my artwork and observed that normally i could come down with a chilly quickly after coming abode. I discovered it grew to become right into a metamorphosis in my foodstuff plan plus the wintry climate climate. I consume a fabulous style of unpolluted warm peppers and as quickly as I travelled, I ate rapid foodstuff. considering then, each and every time I holiday i attempt to consume incorporate Vitim in C and warm peppers and hardly seize chilly.

Answer 7

eucalyptus, mullein, horehound, elecampane root..check your local health food store or the link below, look for Easy Breathin'

Answer 8

I put mint a mint leaf in my tea?

Answer 9

Here are a few natural treatments that may help:

Common Cold Home Remedies

Common Cold treatment using Lemon
Lemon is the most important among the many home remedies for common cold. It is beneficial in all types of cold with fever. Vitamin C-rich lemon juice increases body resistance, decreases toxicity and reduces the duration of the illness. One lemon should be diluted in a glass of warm water, and a teaspoon of honey should be added to it. This should be taken once or twice daily.

Common Cold treatment using Garlic
Garlic soup is an old remedy to reduce the severity of a cold, and should be taken once daily. The soup can be prepared by boiling three or four cloves of chopped garlic in a cup of water. Garlic contains antiseptic and antispasmodic properties, besides several other medicinal virtues. The oil contained in this vegetable helps to open up the respiratory passages. In soup form, it flushes out all toxins from the system and thus helps bring down fever. Five drops of garlic oil combined with a teaspoon of onion juice, and diluted in a cup of water, should be drunk two to three times a day. This has also been found to be very effective in the treatment of common cold.

Common Cold treatment using Ginger
Ginger is another excellent remedy for colds and coughs. About ten grams of ginger should be cut into small pieces and boiled in a cup of water. It should then be strained and half a teaspoon of sugar added to it. This decoction should be drunk when hot. Ginger tea, prepared by adding a few pieces of ginger into boiled water before adding the tea leaves, is also an effective remedy for colds and for fevers resulting from cold. It may be taken twice daily.

Common Cold treatment using Lady's Fingers
Lady's fingers are highly valuable in treating irritation of the throat and a persistent dry cough. This vegetable is rich in mucilage and acts as a drug to allay irritation, swelling, and pain. About 100 gm of lady's fingers should be cut into pieces, and boiled down in half a litre of water to make a decoction. The steam issuing from this decoction may also be inhaled once or twice a day to relieve throat irritation and a dry cough.

Common Cold treatment using Bitter Gourd Roots
The roots of the bitter gourd plant are used in folk medicine to cure a cold. A teaspoon of the root paste, mixed with an equal quantity of honey or tulsi leaf juice, given once every night for a month, acts as an excellent medicine for colds.

Common Cold treatment using Turmeric
Turmeric is an effective remedy for colds and throat irritations. Half a teaspoon of fresh turmeric powder mixed in 30 ml of warm milk, and taken once or twice daily, is a useful prescription for these conditions. Turmeric powder should be put into a hot ladle. Milk should then be poured in it and boiled over a slow fire. This mixture should then be drunk by the patient. In case of a running cold, smoke from the burning turmeric should be inhaled. It will increase the discharge from the nose and provide quick relief.

Common Cold treatment using Tamarind and Pepper
Tamarind-pepper rasam is also considered an effective home remedy for a cold in South India. Dilute 50 mg tamarind in 250 ml of water. Boil the diluted tamarind water for a few minutes with a teaspoon of hot ghee and half a teaspoon of black pepper powder. This steaming hot rasam has a flushing effect, and should be taken three times a day. As one takes it, the nose and eyes water and the nasal blockage is cleared.

Common Cold treatment using Vitamin C
Regular intake of vitamin C-75 mg for adults and 35 mg for children-will prevent the common cold. If, however, a cold has already appeared, large doses of this vitamin will relieve the symptoms and shorten its duration. He estimates that one to two grams (1000 mg to 2000 mg) per day is approximately the optimum amount of this vitamin for this purpose. His advice is to swallow one or two 500mg tablets of vitamin C at the appearance of the first sign of the cold and continue the treatment by taking one to two 500 mg tablets daily.

Home Remedies for Stuffy Nose
Inhale turmeric fumes, for this tie some turmeric in a clean cloth and light it. Boil some water and allow it to cool, now add ¼ teaspoon table salt to it. Put 2 to 3 drops of this solution in your both the nostrils before meals and going to bed. Mix natural apple cider vinegar and water in equal parts. Boil this solution in a pan, when the fumes rises lean over the pan and inhale the fumes. Prepare a solution using 4 drops of Lavender Essential Oil and Pine Essential Oil, 3 drops of Peppermint Essential Oil and 7 drops of Eucalyptus Essential Oil. Inhale vapors of this solution by putting it on a cotton ball or an aromatherapy diffuser.


Dietaries for Common Cold
Abstain solid foods, drink fruit and vegetable juices
During the acute stage of the cold, when fever is present, the patient should abstain from all solid foods and only drink fruit and vegetable juices, diluted with water.

Well-balanced diet of seeds, nuts
After the acute symptoms are over, the patient can gradually embark upon a well-balanced diet, consisting of seeds, nuts, grains, vegetables, and fruits.

Avoid meat, fish, eggs and starchy foods
It is advisable to avoid meat, fish, eggs, cheese, and starchy foods.


Other Common Cold treatments
Mild sunbath, fresh air, deep breathing, sound sleep etc
Other useful measures in the treatment of a common cold are a mild sunbath, fresh air and deep breathing, brisk walks, sound sleep, and adjustment of one's clothes and habits to the requirements of the season so as to nullify the effect of weather fluctuations.