My mom has been choffing none stop and taking choff drops by the hour and drinking hot fluids but this has benn going on for a few days... and it seems as if it is getting worse please help.....! and thanks!
2007-03-25 16:25:42 · 4 answers · asked by Anne 1 in Health ➔ Alternative Medicine
A sure fire way to stop the coughing as long as she doesn't mind a little alcohol - hot tea with a shot of scotch whiskey. It works wonders.
2007-03-25 16:28:56 · answer #1 · answered by Mike10462 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone has it down!
They are right, honey, ginger, and lemon all help. They work well together, too. Honey coats the throat, which soothes it. Ginger calms the inflamation and itching. Lemon is antiseptic and goes after those nasty little germs making her cough. Try them with warm chamomile tea, avaliable at the grocery. Add a tablespoon of honey, a pinch of ginger, and a teaspoon of lemon juice in a cup of tea several times a day. This should calm the cough.
If it goes on for a couple of weeks, gets much worse, or is accompanied by trouble breathing, take her to the doctor immediately.
Also- cut out any smoking.
Good luck!
2007-03-26 01:56:10 · answer #2 · answered by lovely_is_a_dream 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hot tea with honey and lemon helps.. to help kick the bug my grandmother use to give us a hot whiskey sling.. 1/3boiling water 2/3 ginger brandy, and a big teaspoon of ginger in a cup,,, drink as hot as possible and fast.. the ginger will help sweet out the toxins the brandy helps you sleep and the heat just helps get the reaction going...A teaspoon of honey every now and again help sooth the throat from the cough..
2007-03-25 23:40:04 · answer #3 · answered by david c 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ginger and honey, with warm water sips a few times: keep warm, avoid pollution in air, cold water and cold food! steam inhalation also helps a good deal!
2007-03-26 00:17:05 · answer #4 · answered by swanjarvi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋