Coughing can be really annoying once it starts. It often takes a while to get rid of it again. Today I'll show you some plants and tips that you might be able to take in consultation with your doctor. So what helps against cough?:
Chervil juice
Honey
marjoram
Dost
Angelica root wine
Nettle
Apple
Elecampane root
thyme
anise
Cowslip root
Marshmallow root and marshmallow leaves
Violet root
Mullein flowers
Coltsfoot leaves
Fennel fruits
Bibernell root
Icelandic moss
Horehound
Quendel
brisket
Coriander seeds
Tansy leaves
Oat straw
Plum seed wine
Radish Juice: Cut the top cap off a large black radish, hollow out the radish and pierce the bottom with a knitting needle. Place the radish on a glass. Now fill the cavity with rock candy or solid honey and put the lid back on. Leave in a warm place. Use the juice that flows through the opening into the glass as cough syrup, even for small children. You can take it in teaspoons several times a day.
Fir tree top juice: Fill the pine tops into a glass, add wine and place in the sun for about 10 days. Then strain and boil the juice with the same amount of sugar. This can take up to 1 hour.
Onion milk: Bring 1 sliced onion to the boil briefly in a cup of milk, strain and sweeten with honey. Drink hot.
Cough spread
Ingredients:
125 g low-fat drops (low-fat quark)
1/4 liter of sweet cream
1/2 freshly grated horseradish root
1 to 2 tablespoons wine vinegar or lemon juice
1 to 2 tablespoons of galangal powder
1 pinch of pepper
1 pinch of cardamom
1 pinch of ginger
1 pinch of Bertram
1 pinch of salt
Mix the quark well with the whipped cream, herbs and spices, stir in the grated horseradish and season with salt and a little lemon juice or wine vinegar.
Eat 1 to 2 tablespoons several times a day on a piece of bread.
If you have a cough
Ingredients:
1 teaspoon salt or apple cider vinegar
Water
Add salt or apple cider vinegar to a glass of water. Take a sip every hour and gargle with it, but do not swallow.
Cough syrup 1
Ingredients:
2 heaped tablespoons of aniseed
2 heaped tablespoons of fennel
2 heaped tablespoons of dill seeds
2 heaped tablespoons of dill herb
4 heaped tablespoons of sage
4 heaped tablespoons of thyme
1/2 liter of water
400 ml water
500 g bee honey
Puree the anise, fennel, dill seeds and dill weed in a blender and bring to the boil with 1/2 liter of water. Boil the same amount of sage and thyme in 400 ml of water and strain. Mix herbal puree and tea, bring to the boil with 500 g of honey, stir well and bottle hot.
1 to 2 tablespoons several times a day.
Cough syrup 2
Ingredients:
2 handfuls of dandelion flowers
at least 3 liters of fresh spruce tops
1 bunch of ribwort plantain leaves
50 g Icelandic moss (from the pharmacy)
1 whole lemon
1 teaspoon fennel seeds
2 liters of water
Sugar
Heat everything in a pot, bring to the boil briefly, allow to cool and then strain, squeezing out the herbs. Add 1 kg of sugar to 1 liter of juice, simmer until thick, fill into bottles and store in a cool place.
Instead of ribwort plantain, you can also add marshmallow, coltsfoot flowers or rosemary.