Therapy | Chesty cough

Therapy

Chesty cough is a very nerve-racking affair and can cause considerable restrictions in everyday life. Chesty cough can be a reaction of the body to medication or too dry heating air in winter, but it can also occur in the context of a simple cold.In all cases, it is recommended to try the household remedies listed under “Coughing Cough Home remedies” to achieve an improvement of the cough. If the chesty cough does not disappear even after several weeks, a visit to a doctor is advisable.

This is because whooping cough can be the symptom of another illness and may indicate chronic sinusitis (inflammation of the sinuses) or reflux disease. Especially in children and adolescents, persistent cough is a common symptom of “cough variant asthma”, an asthma disease that is less manifested by sudden breathlessness than by persistent cough. Even if one suspects that the irritable cough is a reaction to a regularly taken medication, it should be discussed with a doctor whether the medication can be discontinued or replaced by another medication.

Under no circumstances should medication be discontinued on your own authority. ACE inhibitors and beta-blockers, certain groups of medicines for high blood pressure, cause irritable cough relatively frequently. Dry chesty cough can be very disturbing and rob you of sleep at night.

Various household remedies have been proven to improve the condition of a dry cough. If the scratching starts in the throat and you already notice that “something is going on” you should definitely keep the throat warm. Most of those affected put on a thick scarf of their own accord when they notice the first symptoms of a beginning dry cough.

Warmth not only helps the neck, but also the entire upper body. A hot-water bottle or warm potato wraps around the chest help with dry cough. It is also important to keep the neck moist.

Drink a lot! Fruit and herbal teas are best suited for whooping cough. Chamomile is effective against inflammation of the mucous membrane.

Especially recommended teas are coltsfoot, mallow and marshmallow, which slow down the cough reflex. In between, cough drops or cough drops from the pharmacy help to calm the mucous membrane in the throat area and thus counteract the cough reflex. If you suffer from a chesty cough, you should avoid staying in rooms with fans or air conditioning.

Fans and air conditioners dry out the air, which in turn dries out the mucous membranes, which need special moisture especially in the case of a dry cough. In order to give the affected mucous membrane moisture, one can inhale for about ten minutes several times a day for a dry dry dry cough. To do this, simply pour hot water into a bowl and add, for example, chamomile (two tea bags are also ideal).

Then bend your head over the bowl and place a towel over your head so that as much hot steam as possible reaches your respiratory tract. Children should never be allowed to inhale unattended! An old tip is the home-made onion syrup: Boil a finely chopped onion with some honey and water for a few minutes and then let it steep for about three hours.

The onion syrup soothes the mucous membranes. One tablespoon can be taken several times a day. The classic before going to bed is of course a glass of hot milk with honey, which slows down the cough reflex to such an extent that you can sleep better.

The warmth calms and the honey lies down like a kind of protective film on the irritated mucous membranes and calms additionally. Children under one year of age should not eat honey because their intestinal flora is not yet sufficiently developed to kill any germs that may be present, which are harmless to older children and adults. Various homeopathic medicines can be given for irritable cough.

The most common are Aralia racemosa, Conium, Drosera and Hyoscyamus. Aralia contains essential oils and is used for colds and irritable cough in low potency, for example tablets D3. Conium, the spotted hemlock, is used for people who complain of irritable coughs at night.

Tablets with potentiation D6 are suitable. Drosera is a medicinal plant colloquially called sundew and is used by homeopaths in cases of accompanying depressive moods. Hyoscyamus, the henbane, is given for various irritations and arousal states, usually in potency C9 in the case of irritable cough.

Belladonna can be given in febrile infections with dry, irritable cough. So-called complex remedies containing various homeopathic substances of different potency can also be purchased. These are given in fixed doses several times a day during the period of the symptoms.