HOME REMEDIES for instant relieve from DRY COUGH | 100% SAFE and EFFECTIVE ways to STOP COUGH !!

Hello friends and welcome to your YouTube channel, My Expert Doctor. I am Dr Shalini Singh Salonke, your consultant physician. Dry cough is a really difficult situation to handle. It will keep bothering you while eating, while talking, while presentation or even while sleeping. It won't let you rest even for a couple of hours. Because of all these coughing, you might start feeling chest pain, throat pain, exhaustion. You might empty a couple of cough syrup bottles but still, it won't stop bugging you completely. We do know that medicines have side effects. Cough syrups are medicines. They have codeine as the cough suppressing agent. This codeine is responsible for side effects like sleepiness, addiction, rebound cough. So, it's always better to prefer home remedies over cough suppressant or over-the-counter medications. Even medically advanced countries like US, UK also recommend home remedies as the primary treatment options for people who are suffering from allergic or infective coughs. So, in today's video, we are going to explore home remedies for dry cough. The ingredients of these home remedies are very easily available in your kitchen. You don't have to spend extra penny. They are very inexpensive. They are very, very effective. Probably more effective than the cough suppressant or cough syrups. As well as, they are 100% safe. And towards the end of the video, I am going to share 5 bonus tips which will make these home remedies more effective. So, watch this video till the end and don't skip it because you probably might know the ingredients but you don't know how in what proportion these ingredients should be mixed to get the maximum benefits. So, let's begin the video. The first in the list is ginger. With its antibacterial and anti-inflammatory property, it's usually the go-to home remedy for cough, cold, or sore throat. It can be taken in various combinations like, Number one, ginger syrup. One teaspoon of warm ginger juice with half teaspoon of honey, twice or thrice a day. Second is ginger honey lemon tea. One inch ginger with one teaspoon of honey and one teaspoon of lemon juice in one cup of lukewarm water, twice a day. Third is ginger candy. That is ginger pieces soaked in sugar or jaggery as per your choice. Fourth is suckling raw ginger with pinch of black salt. Fifth is ginger basil leaf or tulsi infusion with some honey or jaggery added to it. You can try and see which one suits you well. The second in the list is honey. It reduces mucous formation, soothes throat and hence reduces urge to cough. Very effective if you have night time cough issues as well. Many studies have suggested that its efficacy in reducing dry cough is even more than dextromethorphan which is a cough syrup component. It can be used for all age groups but remember never to give honey to an infant less than one year of age as it may cause botulism or floppy baby syndrome in them. Now how to use it? First way is to add one teaspoon of honey in 100 ml lukewarm water and you can have it twice or thrice a day. Second way is to just have one teaspoon of honey three to four times a day. Third is one teaspoon of honey with one fourth teaspoon of turmeric and one eighth teaspoon of black pepper. Fourth is one teaspoon of honey with one teaspoon of ginger. So these are the four ways where you can take honey. But remember never to heat honey or warm honey. You just have to add honey to a warm water or warm ginger solution. Never to heat honey. I hope you are liking this video then show us your support by giving a thumbs up as well as subscribe this channel and hit the bell icon so that you will never miss the healthy content from us. Third in the list is turmeric. Turmeric has antibacterial, antiviral, anti-inflammatory property. It not only reduce mucus formation but also keep microbial growth under check and hence it helps in curing cough or cold. However, its effect can be increased multifold by adding black pepper to it. Now how to use it? You can have turmeric milk or golden milk. For that you can boil one cup of milk and add turmeric to that or if even if you want you can add some green cardamom powder to it for better effects. You can have one to two cups of turmeric milk or golden milk in a day. Second way is turmeric honey. That is mix half teaspoon of turmeric with one teaspoon of honey and take it twice a day. Third way is to add half teaspoon of turmeric in half glass warm water with some salt and do gargling. Now fourth in the list is basil leaves. Basil leaves act not only as decongestants but also reduce mucus formation, soothes throat and improve overall immunity. How do you take it? You can either take tulsi with water with honey with ginger or you can take tulsi water for steam inhalation. Third way is you can boil water and add tulsi leaves to it and drink the concoction. Fourth way is directly chew two to three leaves of basil leaves two to five times a day. Now fifth in the list is peppermint. Peppermint has the property of numbing the nerve endings in throat that becomes irritated by coughing causing pain relief and reducing urge to cough more. It also reduces congestion and relax the bronchial muscles hence improve breathing. It's more effective especially at night for suppressing night time cough. So I've given you two remedies for night time cough. One is honey the other one is peppermint. Now how can you take peppermint? One boil four to seven mint leaves in one glass of water for three minutes and then let it cool. Drink when it's lukewarm. Second way is add honey to mint water after it cools down and drink. Third you may also add one teaspoon of lemon to the honey and mint water. Fourth way is you can mix marshmallow roots with mint and make candy or lozenges. Suckle them twice or thrice a day. So I hope you've got a rough idea of what and how to mix and match for a better cough relief. Now some bonus points to quickly ease the discomfort due to dry cough. First is steam inhalation with plain water at least three to four times a day. Second is salt water gargle at least thrice a day. You can also add a pinch of turmeric to it. Third is avoid sudden changes in temperature like moving in 40 degrees outside from 22 degrees inside or vice versa. Fourth is use air humidifier if the air at your place is dry as it may dry out your nasal mucosa and throat while sleeping leading to night cough. Fifth way is keep yourself well hydrated with lukewarm water or normal temperature water throughout the day. So now you have the list of the ingredients as well as how to use them, how to mix them to make the home remedies as well as the bonus tips. Next time whenever you have cough or cold, do try them out. I'm pretty much sure that you will not require any medications. You will get cured with these home remedies only. But remember, if your cough persists for more than 10 days, even on these home remedies, you must visit a doctor as it may have some other deep-rooted cause which need further exploration. So that's all for today. We'll see each other again with some other healthy content till then.