Vicki
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|  Subject: Quiet a Cough  Sat 09 Dec 2006, 8:02 am | |
| Warm drinks like a cup of chamomile tea - help thin mucus making you less likely to cough. Tea also contains the chemical theophylline which has a decongestant effect, opening up airways in the lungs and soothing irritation. For extra cough-stopping power you can add honey (which fights bacteria) and lemon (an antioxidant powerhorse)
Linger in the shower. The moisture from the steam helps reduce throat inflammation that may cause a barky cough or hoarseness. It also helps loosen thick dry mucus easing congestion.
Raid the candy jar. A cough drop is the obvious rx for a cough but if you don't have one try sucking on a piece of hard candy or sugarless mint. ANything in the mouth helps calm the cough reflex which is caused by phelgm tickling the back of the throat.
Try an inhaler - If your cough lasts more than a week your airways may have become hyperreactive which is what happens to asthma sufferers. Ask you dr if a beta agonist inhaler will help your symptons. Using an inhaler 4 times a day for a few days in a row will help calm the airways and stop the cough
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