Home Remedies for cold and cough

  • Keep the body warm always. Close the ears with a blanket or large piece of cotton. Wear socks for the foot.
  • Take half spoon of ginger juice, half spoon of honey. Mix it and take it thrice a day. Ginger will help in removing the phlegm.
  • Mix 1 spoon of lime juice and 1 spoon of honey in a cup of water. Drink this frequently (atleast 5 times) in a day.
  • For dry cough, take a piece of ginger, peel it and chew it with some salt.
  • Ginger tea is also good for dry cough.
  • Take 1 spoon of cardamom,dry ginger powder, black pepper and cinnamon. Add 4 spoons of sugar . Grind the mixture into fine powder. Mix half spoon of this powder with honey twice a day after having food.
  • For sore throat, gargle with warm water. Adding a spoon salt to the water will be best. Do this gargling in the morning and at night.
  • Make a paste of half a spoon of turmeric powder, a pinch of black pepper powder and 1 spoon of honey. Take this paste after having food. Drink a cup of milk after this. This will have wonderful effect for common cold and cough.
  • Take 4 cups of water. Add half a spoon of sukku (dry ginger) podi. Boil the water. Cool it and drink this water for the whole day. Do not drink the 3 cups at one time. Take it in some interval of time.
  • Take 1 spoon of tulasi, 1 spoon of ginger juice and 1 spoon of honey. Mix it and have it in the morning. This will give a great relief.


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