Does anyone know of a way to clear mucus in your windpipe/esophagus (I don't know which one it's in but it sure is awful)?
Also, any tips to suppress a cough? Any options (besides medicine)?
2007-03-27 09:07:11 · 8 answers · asked by breezy 3 in Health ➔ Alternative Medicine
Cough is caused by a number of ailments.
It can be treated by over the counter medicines
or home remedies. More information available
at http://ailments.in/cough.html
2007-03-28 05:03:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are some teas that can help. Ginger tea and even some cayenne pepper can be useful. Here's what I do ...it really works! Do this twice a day. Apply wet heat such as a hot towel to your chest for 20 minutes. Then lie face down on a bed with the top half of your body off the bed. Try to cough up the mucous into a basin.
Meanwhile take lots of vitamin C to build up your immune system!
2007-03-27 16:17:35 · answer #2 · answered by radiant_innerlight 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A cough is the body's response to inflammation or irritation in the throat, larynx, bronchial tubes or lungs.Some coughs are dry, while others are considered productive.Here are a few simple home remedies that will help to overcome cough. Have honey in a hot drink before bed time.To relieve fits of coughing due to dryness in the throat, suck a few pepper corns. More remedies at http://useinfo6.blogspot.com/
2007-03-28 02:48:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sips of luke warm water or just swallowing to suppress a cough.
best way to clear chest is to take normal size breaths in, then breath out slowly and completely (as if steaming up a window), repeat and try not to cough until the sputum is close enough to cough once. This technique is the basics of autogenic drainage, a exercise used to clear cystic fibrosis chests (among others)
2007-03-27 16:16:31 · answer #4 · answered by Little C 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I cut out all dairy from my diet, I had the same problem, it will take about week to clear, but after that you will never be mucussy again. But you must not touch dairy at all, even a small amount like milk in a coffee will bring back the symptoms, its tough but worth it. Don't take medicine for it, it may make it worse by increasing the mucus-forming gunk in your body.
2007-03-27 16:31:24 · answer #5 · answered by lbw1969 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Go to your local drug store and pick up this stuff called "Mucinex". It will help clear out everything thats stuck. Just make sure you take 1 tablet with a full glass of water.
Hope this helps!
2007-03-27 16:14:41 · answer #6 · answered by one 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There's all kinds of things to take, but when I'm clogged I delete breads and cheeses, the big mucous creators. Relief in 24 hours.
2007-03-27 16:13:58 · answer #7 · answered by reve 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The only way I know of to clear mucus from your throat, is to spit it out, when you feel like your throat is clogged w/mucus.
2007-03-27 16:18:20 · answer #8 · answered by mzebonyquen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋