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Cough is the body's reflex to push mucus and foreign bodies out of the lungs and airways. Therefore, you shouldn't completely suppress the cough. Are you feeling very uncomfortable by coughs that persist and never end, and you want to ease the coughing attack but not completely stop it so that your body can push out the long-term buildup of mucus? ? It's time to make your own cough medicine at home to help relieve your cough.

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Method 1 of 2: Making cough medicine at home

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   Mix honey and lemon as a cough medicine. Heat a cup of honey over low heat. Add 3-4 tablespoons of fresh lemon juice to the heated honey. Add ¼ to ⅓ cup water to honey lemon mixture and stir while continuing to heat over low heat. Refrigerate the mixture. When you have a cough, you can take 1-2 tablespoons depending on your needs.
   • Medicinal honey, such as Manuka honey from New Zealand, is often recommended by experts, however any organic honey has antibacterial and antiviral properties.
   • Lemon juice contains high levels of vitamin C. The juice of one lemon can be enough for about 51% of the daily requirement of vitamin C. Lemon juice also has high antibacterial and antiviral properties.Therefore, many people believe that combining Vitamin C with its antibacterial properties makes lemons very useful in treating coughs.
   • Do not give honey to children under 12 months old. The honey sometimes contains toxins of bacteria that can poison babies. There are less than 100 cases of infant botulism in the US each year and most babies fully recover, but it's better not to give honey to babies under 12 months of age!

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   Another method of making a cough medicine from honey and lemon juice is to wash the lemon and slice it into thin slices (both the peel and the seeds). Add lemon slices and honey cups, heat on low heat and stir continuously for 10 minutes.
   • Stir the lime.
   • After cooking is finished, filter the mixture to get the remaining lemon body, then refrigerate.

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   Add garlic to honey and lemon to make cough medicine. Garlic has antibacterial, antiviral, parasitic and antifungal properties. Peel 2-3 garlic cloves and chop them as finely as possible. Add the minced garlic to the lemon honey mixture before adding water. Heat on low heat for about 10 minutes. Then add about ¼ to ⅓ cup water to the lemon honey mixture and stir continuously while it's boiling.
   • Refrigerate the mixture. When coughing, take 1-2 tablespoons as needed.

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   Ginger can be added to honey and lemon. Ginger is commonly used to improve digestion and treat nausea and vomiting, but it has traditionally been used as an expectorant. Ginger can cure them by thinning mucus and phlegm. Ginger is also used as a bronchodilator.
   • Cut and peel about 4 cm of fresh ginger root. Grate the ginger and add to the honey lemon mixture before adding water. Heat over low heat for about 10 minutes. Then add ¼ to ⅓ cup water, stir the mixture well, and refrigerate.
   • Refrigerate the mixture.
   • When you have a cough, you can take 1-2 tablespoons.

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   Licorice can be added to the honey and lemon mixture. Licorice is also an expectorant. Licorice has a mild stimulant effect, helping to dilute and release the pulp from the lungs.
   • Add 3-5 drops of Licorice Essential Oil (Glycyrrhiza glabra) or 1 teaspoon of dried licorice root to the honey lemon mixture before adding water. Heat the mixture over low heat for about 10 minutes then add ¼ to ⅓ cup water to the mixture and continue over low heat.
   • Refrigerate the mixture. Drink 1-2 tablespoons as needed.

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   You can use glycerin instead of honey. If you don't have, don't like, or can't use honey, you can substitute with glycerin. Heat ½ cup glycerin with ½ cup water over low heat. Then add 3-4 tablespoons of lemon juice to the mixture. Add ¼ to ⅓ cup water to the glycerin-lemon mixture and stir over low heat. Refrigerate the mixture. When you need cough medicine, take 1-2 tablespoons, depending on your needs.
   • Glycerin is "recognized as safe" by the US Food and Drug Administration. Pure glycerin, found in vegetables, has a slightly sweet and colorless taste, and is commonly used in the preparation of edible foods and personal care products.
   • Since glycerine is hygroscopic - thus absorbing water - a small amount of glycerin is helpful in alleviating swelling in the throat.
   • Use natural (and not synthetic or artificial) glycerin.
   • In addition, glycerin can also be used to treat constipation, so if you experience diarrhea, you should reduce the amount of glycerin used in the mixture (reduce to ¼ cup glycerin with water ¾ cup water).
   • Taking glycerin for too long can increase blood sugar and fat.
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Method 2 of 2: Evaluate the degree of cough

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   Find out what's causing your cough. The most common causes of an acute cough are: colds, flu (also known as the flu), pneumonia (infection of the lungs caused by bacteria, viruses or fungi), chemical irritants, and pertussis ( Cough is caused by a bacterial lung infection and is very contagious). The most common causes of chronic cough: allergies, asthma, bronchitis (inflammation of the bronchial tubes or air tubes in the lungs), gastric reflux (GERD), and posterior nasal discharge (small mucus drops into the throat from the sinuses cause a cough).
   • There are also occasional rather difficult causes of cough including lung disorders such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), including emphysema and chronic bronchitis.
   • Sometimes a cough is a side effect of medication. Especially, high blood pressure drugs such as angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors.
   • Coughing can be a side effect of several other conditions including: cystic fibrosis, acute and chronic sinusitis, congestive heart failure, and tuberculosis.

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   Decide whether or not to see a doctor. Try several treatments for 1-2 weeks. Most coughs are cured with conventional treatment. However, if there is no improvement after 1-2 weeks, you should see your doctor for a complete diagnosis and to determine the appropriate treatment.
   • In addition, you should also see your doctor if the following symptoms occur within 1-2 weeks: fever over 38 degrees C for more than 24 hours, coughing up a greenish-yellow thick fluid (this can be bacterial pneumonia coughing up phlegm with reddish streaks or pale pink blood, vomiting (especially if vomiting a coffee-colored substance - this could be bleeding ulcers), trouble swallowing or having trouble breathing, wheezing or feeling short of breath.

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   Consider taking your child to the doctor. There are a number of diseases that can quickly paralyze a child and some illnesses that children are especially susceptible to. Therefore, you need to test for cough symptoms differently. In children, call your doctor at once if you experience the following:
   • Fever above 38 degrees Celsius.
   • His cough - it could be an inflammation of the larynx and an infection of the windpipe (trachea, breathing tube). Some children may also wheeze or wheeze, or a gasp, or a screeching sound. If you hear one of these types of sounds, call your doctor immediately.
   • Wheezing or hissing cough has a husky or hissing sound. This could be a symptom of bronchiolitis, potentially caused by the respiratory syncytial virus (RSC).
   • When a child inhales deeply, he makes a "gurgling" sound like a whooping sound, so he or she is more likely to get whooping cough.

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   Decide if treatment is needed. Remember that coughing is the body's natural way of getting rid of bacteria, viruses, fungi or mucus, and that's great! However, if your child is coughing so much that he cannot sleep or rest, or makes it difficult to breathe, then treat the cough. Children need enough rest and sleep when they have a cough, so it's the most useful treatment.
   • You can use as many home remedies as you want. Such treatments can also help keep the body hydrated, which is crucial for the immune system and helps the body recover.
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Advice

• Take 2 tablespoons of your favorite cough medicine right before bed to help you sleep better and help your body recover.
• Make sure to drink enough water, at least 8-10 glasses of water per day, each containing about 220 ml water.