Home Remedy for Cough - Cure, treatment of common cold & cough by home remedies

Here are some soothing natural home remedies for cough that will help keep the doctor away and helps in cure and treatment of cough.

Home Remedy for Cough

Home Remedy for Cough 1 : Almonds are a good remedy for cough.  Soak about 5-8 kernels in water overnight. After removing the brown skin grind the softened  kernels into a fine paste. Add 20 gms of butter and sugar to this paste. Eating this paste in the morning and evening gets rid of cough. This remedy especially comes handy in case you are suffering from a dry cough.

Home Remedy for Cough 2 : Vitamin C rich fruits for curing: Vitamin C rich fruits such as orange, sweet lime, strawberries, lemon etc. are extremely effective in treating and keeping cold and cough away. The high vitamin C in these fruits increases the body's resistance to virus and decreases the duration of the illness. An easy way to enhance your intake of vitamin C is to squeeze a lemon in a glass of warm water, sweeten it with a teaspoon of honey and drink it twice daily for at least 3 days.

Home Remedy for Cough 3 : Ginger (adrak): Cut about 10 grams of ginger into small pieces and boil in a cup of water. Strain, add a teaspoon of sugar and drink it when hot. Alternatively, ginger tea is also an effective remedy against cold. Check out the recipe of Spicy Masala Tea.

Home Remedy for Cough 4 : Garlic (lehsun): Garlic is a real immunity booster. Finely chop 2 to 3 cloves of garlic and swallow it like any other medicine. It can also be used raw into salad dressings. Crushing a clove of garlic into soups, stews etc. is also effective and greatly enhances their flavour. See the recipe of Garlic Vegetable Soup.

Home Remedy for Cough 5 : Take about 10 gms of each of long pepper, dried ginger, holy basil leaves. Add 4-6 small cardamoms and grind to yield a fine powder. Consuming this powder with equal amount of honey relieves cough.

Home Remedy for Cough 6 : Turmeric powder (haldi) in cough treatment: Turmeric is most effective in curing throat irritation during colds. Fresh turmeric powder and ajwain (carom seeds) mixed in a glass of warm milk taken once or twice a daily is the most useful curative measure. See the recipe of Ajwain and Turmeric Milk

Home Remedy for Cough 7 : Tamarind (imli) and Pepper (kali mirch) mixture: This is a an effective remedy used in South India for centuries. Dilute 50 grams of tamarind in 250 ml of water. Add half a teaspoon of pepper powder and a teaspoon of ghee. Boil it for a few minutes and inhale the vapours of this steaming mixture thrice a day to clear the nasal blockage during colds

Home Remedy for Cough 8 : Take 10 gms of dried rind of Beleric myrobalans and  1/2 teaspoonful of black pepper. Grind them to a fine powder. Add a pinch of salt and 2 teaspoonfuls honey to this blend. Mix them well to form a paste.  Administered twice daily, this paste works as a good home remedy for cough treatment.

Home Remedy for Cough 9 : Tulsi (Indian basil) - best home remedy for cough: A mixture of a teaspoon of juice of tulsi combined with one teaspoon of ginger juice and ¼ teaspoon of honey helps to ease cough.