Coughing occurs when the body is trying to remove mucus or any other foreign material from throat and lungs. It can also occur when the airways become too tight due to collection of mucus and these results in productive cough.

Another form of cough is dry cough which doesn’t excrete mucus and it can turn into chronic or acute cough if left untreated for long. There are a number of home remedies and cures which can be tried to ensure that cough is treated:

• One cut lemon should be filled with black pepper/salt and sucked. This is a good cough remedy and reduces the intensity of the cough.

• Some white pepper should be added in one spoon of honey. This mixture has to be consumed thrice a day for four to six days to complete cure the cough. Simple cough or cold can also be treated by eating grapes regularly for few days. Grape juice works as an expectorant and tones up the lungs.

• A mixture of dry ginger, long pepper and black pepper should be formed. All these should be in equal proportion and not more than few grams. Consuming it with honey thrice a day can relieve the throat from cough. It is one of the best cough remedies.

• A very simple cough remedy involves eating garlic with the night meal. During winters, garlic can be included in the meals for three days in a week to ensure that any cough occurrence is prevented.

• A mixture of Myrobalan pulp, honey and long pepper should be consumed twice daily till all symptoms of cough are relieved. Another remedy involves consuming grape juice and honey combination.

• One of the best home cures  for cough include making a paste by mixing 2 spoons of water, 1 spoon honey, 1 spoon vinegar of apple cider, few grams of ginger and few grams red pepper. One spoon of this mixture should be consumed whenever anyone experiences cough.

• For relieving dry cough, using lukewarm spinach juice for gargles can really help to relieve all the symptoms. Another cure involves mixing cuscus with coconut milk and honey and drinking it before going to bed.