Comments on: Treating a cough the natural way - it works - I think…..

By: Olie

Olie — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:09:57 +0000

I use vicks vapor rub on the chest before bed. Also honey and lemon. Drink warm water.

By: Liz

Liz — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 04:23:54 +0000

As a nurse, I read 20 years ago that Zinc will shorten the length of a cold…and it does. I buy 50mg. and take two the morning that I feel the cold coming on and 50mg. that night then one tablet daily after that. A cold usually takes 7 days to go through this shortens the length of the cold to 4-5 days. If it lasts longer than 7 days…it’s not a cold but something more serious such as bronchitis.

By: lounellee

lounellee — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:00:18 +0000

For bad coughs, my mom would slice up raw carrots and sprinkle sugar over the slices. After a few minutes the carrots start to disolve and turn into a syrup. Take a tablespoon of the syrup every hour during coughing episodes.

By: Paula Freeman

Paula Freeman — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:07:56 +0000

Opps! I forgot to mention sweeteing the Russian Tea with honey. Which soothes little and big sore throats alike.

By: Paula Freeman

Paula Freeman — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:05:46 +0000

My daughter is 8 years old and has almost the same exact symptoms and diagnosis that you have mentioned. When she has a cold, she gets a cough that has anyone near turning thier heads to look. And nights are always the worst. My mother in law came to us with a recipie for Russin Tea. This is now something everyone in the whole family gets at the first sign of a cold. It seems to hold off the cold and treat any cough at the same time. The recipie is mixed up and stored for months to pull out when needed.
This is the recipie for our Russian Tea:
1 1/4 c. sugar
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1c. Tang mix
1 packet (2qt.) lemonaid mix
1t. ground ginger (or squeeze fresh ginger root into brewed tea)
1t. cyanne pepper
Black tea bags
Combine and mix all ingredients, except tea bags. Store in an airtight container. When needed, brew a cup of black tea then add 2-3 teaspoons of mix. Drink as needed. We love it!

By: Amy Meyer

Amy Meyer — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 04:54:22 +0000

My son has horrible allergies, mostly in springtime in the rockies. We had a nutritionist tell us to give locally grown raw honey 2 times a day. This has pretty much stopped any allergy symptoms. We were told that giving the honey form the local flowers will stop the reactions to the pollen. It works for us.

By: L

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 04:42:11 +0000

My son has a severe low immune system, which we have struggled with since birth. Also in addition he is allergic to almost all prescription medications so it tends to be very difficult because he is sick all he time, and allergic to almost all meds that can help him not be sick. Go figure! Anyways we use the vicks on the feet, and vicks vapor plug ins-in his bedroom- and we tend to purchase alot of the plug ins- which can be pricey but i the long run we cut down on his illnesses much more since we started doing these things

By: lin

lin — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 04:07:45 +0000

Saline spray, arizona green tea with gingsing and wonton soup.My cold fixes. But will try vicks to sometime to see how that works

By: Pat

Pat — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 15:40:00 +0000

Just this past week my boss told me about the Vicks on the feet trick, with two pair of socks. It worked immediately for his sick friend. Since two other readers remarked about it, I am cnvinced–next cough I have there will be Vicks on my feet!!!

By: Betty

Betty — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:44:30 +0000

We use Vicks Vapor Rub with success! It works for adults and children. Not very expensive and certainly helps give relief for those nasty night coughs. Everyone sleeps much better!!