I can NOT get rid of this cough...it's one of those very phlegmy, rolling coughs that make you gag... I'm on a script for it, and that's not working...does anybody have any suggestions of NATURAL remedies I can use to suppress my cough a bit or at least drain myself out so that I'm not hacking up phlegm every 5 minutes? i can't handle it anymore.
I've had a cough for about 3 months now, i don't smoke and never have, it's just like stuck with me, i cough about once every 5 minutes and it's a really really bad cough so if anybody can help either of us it'd be appreciated!
well obviously its post nasal because i cough up phlegm... i want to suppress it naturally, because i hate new age medicine, it doesnt work...and so forth..
hmm... i used to get this allllll the time when i was little, just had to wait it out.. then i got it recently, along with stimulation my asthma... not fun, actually pretty scary. but anyway, i went to the doc and she said most likely it was bronchitis, antibiotics don't really do anything, and you just have to wait it out... it usually take up to 6 weeks to clear, and it's horrible... so i have my inhaler for when i start wheezing now, but the cough is just horribly shitty. i've always used cough drops and gargling with salt water growing up.. seems to be the only thing i could do. don't know what else to say though :/ sorry guys, i know it sucks ass
ok thanks im going to try spliffs idea and tigerlilys salt water mix... come to think of it, i heard of the salt water thing, apparently its supposed to work pretty well to loosen you up
Plain water will break up mucous. Salt could make it thicker, by drawing out the water. Just increase your fluids, and maybe take some Mucinex (guaifenesin). Potassium iodine is also an expectorant, like guaifenesin.
