What Can Cause Cough?

From an Ayurvedic perspective,

•  most coughs are caused by excess
  • pitta or
  • kapha

  in the bronchial tree, causing

  • congestion and
  • irritation

  of the mucous membrane.

   

• A tickling sensation in the
  • throat
  • dryness
  • irritation, or
  •  inflammation of the
    • trachea or
    • bronchus

  can all cause cough.

Dry Cough

• For a dry cough or a cough without much mucus,
  •  ripe banana with
    • 1 teaspoon of honey and
    • 2 pinch of ground black pepper

  You can eat this two or three times a day.

• Try chewing
  • ajwain
    • 1/4 teaspoon
  •  natural organic sugar
    • 1 teaspoon

Dry cough or irritation in throat may be due to

• Slight congestion in the tonsil or
• Congestive condition in the throat such as
  • pharyngitis or
  • laryngitis.

To relieve this condition,

• boil one cup of milk with
  • turmeric
    • half teaspoon
  • ginger
    • 1/4 teaspoon

  making a golden yellow milk.

  • drink this at night,

   it will relieve the retention in the throat and take care of a dry cough.

Productive cough

• For a productive cough, the simplest home remedy is
  • black pepper.
    • one fourth teaspoon of powder
  • honey
    • one teaspoon

    and eat it on a full stomach.

  If your voice is hoarse use

  •  one teaspoon of ghee instead of the honey.

  The heating quality of black pepper helps relieve congestion and drives out the cough.

  • Take this
    • two or three times a day
    • for three to five days.

• A tea made from
  •  ginger powder
    • half teaspoon
  • pinch of clove and
  • pinch of cinnamon powder

  in a cup full of boiled water, can offer relief from your cough.

If your cough persist, try this formula

• Grounded mustard
  • half teaspoon
• Ginger powder
  • half teaspoon

Mixed together into

• honey
  • one teaspoon

  and it slowly.

  • Ginger relieves congestion, and
  • mustard has a heating action.
• You can use this mixture
  • 2 to 3 times a day
  • for as long as the cough persist.

• Another helpful natural remedy for a productive cough is as following:
  • Bay leaf
    • half teaspoon
  • Long pepper
    • one fourth teaspoon

  Take this mixture in

  • 1 teaspoon honey
  • 3 times a day.