| It is always preferable to use natural and home-made | | | | Usage: You can use this remedy, one teaspoon at a |
| remedies for those conditions that do not require the | | | | time, three to eight times in 24 hours. Retain a |
| intervention of medical personnel. Ordinary cough, that | | | | teaspoon full of remedy in your mouth for as long as |
| is not the result of infection, is a good candidate for | | | | possible, swallowing it as slowly as possible. Try to |
| home remedies. Such natural remedies save you time, | | | | drink a glass of hot water half an hour after you take |
| money, and often create no side reaction. The | | | | a teaspoon of this combination. It would be helpful for |
| commonest and the most recommended remedy for | | | | for you to drink the hot water slowly, at least as many |
| non-infective cough is a mixture of the juice of ginger | | | | times as you take this mixture. This is to help with |
| with honey. | | | | cough and also to protect you from the effects of |
| Preparation: Take around 100 grams of fresh and | | | | ginger in your stomach. |
| healthy ginger. Clean them thoroughly of mud. Peal and | | | | After the third or fourth time of taking this mixture |
| rinse them thoroughly with water till the the remaining | | | | followed by hot water, you will start noticing an easing |
| trace of mud is completely washed off. Shake the | | | | of cough, and more easy expulsion of the phlegm. This |
| excess water off them. Pat them dry further with a | | | | means that the home remedy has started working. |
| clean and absorbent material. Then grind them to a | | | | You should be in a comfortable position in less than |
| paste and strain them to extract the juice. You might | | | | three days if no infection is present. |
| even use a clean cloth the strain the paste and get the | | | | Precaution: This Natural Remedies Factoid is meant for |
| last drop of available juice. | | | | information and education. It should not be used as a |
| Mix an equal amount of honey and taste it. If you can | | | | substitute for medical advise. If the coughing is not |
| bear the pungent taste, then the home remedy is done. | | | | eased within three days of using this remedy, or if it |
| If not, mix more honey till you can tolerate it. Take care | | | | becomes worse, you must contact your physician |
| not to overdo it, lest you be left with a lot of honey | | | | because an infection might be present that needs |
| and little ginger. Pour into a food quality container, close | | | | direct medical intervention. |
| the lid tight, and keep in a refrigerator. (Do not freeze!) | | | | |