Cold And Cough

The cold and cough season is starting to head home for many of us, and with that means the concern about natural cures for a cold and cough.

Most everyone has tried the over the counter remedies that you can buy at the drugstore, and most of the time they don’t work.

When you feel a cold coming off with the sneezing, coughing, running nose, and itchy, watery eyes, it’s time to take action and do more than grab some cold medicine.

Home Remedies for a Cold and Cough:

Vitamin D:

Proper levels of Vitamin D have been shown to be a powerful immune enhancer. A recent study shows. Scientists discovered that those with the highest levels of Vitamin D were less likely to get sick. If they did develop a cold, they were ill for much less time. Vitamin D is formed naturally in your body upon exposure to sunlight. It is added to milk to assist in the absorption of calcium, and is available in supplement form.

For A Child:

• Massage the child’s chest with warm olive oil or warm glee for one to two minutes and follow up with steam inhalation. A pinch of salt can be added to the olive oil or glee for extra potency.
• Add a pinch to a teaspoon of turmeric depending on age to one cup of warm milk.
• Mix half a teaspoon of fresh ginger juice with one teaspoon of honey.
• Take a regular dose of half a teaspoon of Chawayanprash
• Mix one gram each of dry ginger powder, black pepper, cardamom powder, clove powder, cinnamon powder, and turmeric powder and six grams of powder sugar. Mix six grams of the mixture in honey or warm water and administer two times a day.

Other Remedies:

• Eat an omelet with garlic and half a teaspoon cooked in olive oil. Eat it two times per day for three days. Drink with a big glass of hot menthol tea.
• Mix equal parts of black pepper, long pepper, and dry ginger with honey. Take two to three times a day.
• Make a paste of one segment of a garlic bulb, boil in water with 5-10 grams of sugar and take twice a day.
• Mix 1-2 grams of turmeric powder with honey and take three times a day.
• Take ½ tsp ginger powder, 2-3 pepper corns, 2-3 cloves, 2-3 cardamom, ½ tsp cummin seeds, boil and add small tea leaves and sugar or honey. Take two to three times a day.
• Take 8-10 tulsi leaves, 1-2 garlic gloves, ½ inch piece crushed ginger, and 3-4 black pepper corns and boil in a cup of water. Add 1 tsp of honey and drink warm.

These are just some of the natural cures one can use for cough and cold. What works for you may not work for someone else, so do try the remedies one at a time to see what works best.