Something that works surprisingly well with a cough is cayanne pepper -
dried and powdered. I take about a teaspoon of it, mix it in a bit of
cold orange juice, and sip it down through a straw, so the fluid
reaches the back of the throat and goes down, coating it. I've also
used various lukewarm teas. You do feel the heat from the pepper, the
burning sensation, but there is a tremendous "AHHH" within seconds, when
the urge to cough is just gone. Feels particularly wonderful when
you've been coughing for awhile - like when it starts up when I'm out
back, or away from home in the car. It relieves the coughing urge and
brings relief to the rawness of the throat.
We've gotten rather addicted to the stuff, carrying around a little
bottle to take a swig from time to time throughout the day - and the
cough has been long gone now. Cayanne is wonderful stuff!! Sara
On 2/13/2012 6:34 PM, Dianne France wrote:
I am open to suggestions to try to get rid of an aggravating cough
(day/night). I'm pretty sure it is allergy
and have been using salt in the netti pot at night and it will hold me
until about 4AM and then the drip from
the nasal cavity starts and I start coughing. I'm not congested and
have started taking some allergy meds.
It hasn't stopped the cough. Is it safe to mix a few drops of DMSO
with the salt water to try to penetrate
the phylum coming from the sinus? Honey and cinnamon seems to help
for short periods but then I have
something in the sinus that starts up again.
Dianne
