In order to choose the right cure for dry cough, you need to find out why the cough appeared.
A dry cough is a reflex produced by the body when the mucous membranes of the nasopharynx, larynx and pharynx become swollen or dry. It usually appears after a respiratory illness or as an allergic reaction to external stimuli (dust, pollen, etc.).
Dry cough is an unproductive phenomenon. There is nothing to cough up, sputum is not excreted, and the process itself is very painful for a person.
Such a cough can provoke a headache, insomnia, impaired appetite, rapid fatigue. More dire consequences may be the development of pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum.
Pneumothorax is a phenomenon in which air bubbles fall between the pleura sheets. They accumulate, compress the lung and can lead to respiratory arrest.
Pneumomediastinum - accumulation of air under the skin of the face, neck, sometimes the whole body.
Dry cough medicine is designed to suppress the cough reflex. It can be of two types.
The central action dry cough medicine acts directly on the medulla oblongata. These include drugs made on the basis of codeine, glaucin, ethylmorphine, dextromethorphan, oxeladine, prenoxdiazine. All these drugs can inhibit respiratory function, therefore, are sold exclusively by prescription, and are prescribed with extreme caution. Such drugs include Glycodin, Alex plus, Tussin, Broncholitin, Pentoxiverin (Sudotussin), Prenoxdiazine (Libexin), Codelmixst, Codipront, Codterpin, etc.
The medicine for dry cough of peripheral action is aimed at reducing the excitability of cough receptors. It is based on acetylaminonitropropoxybenzene, extracts of medicinal plants.
For example, a dry cough herbion is made on the basis of an extract of plantain leaves, mallow with the addition of ascorbic acid.
Herbal preparations also include Pertussin, Licorice Root and other drugs of industrial production.
But not only pharmacy medicines help cough. Dry cough is treated with folk remedies, verified by no generation of healers and healers.
In case of infection, baking soda can be used as a cure for dry cough. Inhalation or rinsing with a soda solution will help get rid of the infection, soften the mucous membranes. You can do inhalation with eucalyptus or garlic oil.
For rinsing or inhalation, you can use oregano, ledum, coltsfoot, mint, St. John's wort, and other herbs. For example, mix a little chamomile, plantain, rosehip berries, coltsfoot, brew the collection like tea, sweeten with honey and drink a third of a glass several times a day. In the same way, you can brew linden and thyme flowers.
In addition, some vegetables and fruits help well.
For example, you can take an ordinary banana, rub or grind in a blender, pour a glass of boiling water with a spoonful of sugar. Heat over low heat and drink in small sips during coughing fits.
Well dried throat softens the throat, which is boiled in milk for 20 minutes. Warm milk with figs relieves cough, soothes, warms.
Onion syrup has been tested for years. To prepare it, you need to mix chopped turnip onion (2 heads) with 50 grams of honey, add 100 grams of sugar, slowly boil for 10 minutes. The resulting syrup is drunk on a spoon 4-6 times a day.
Older people remember how well the folk remedy for radish works. To prepare it, take a large black radish, wash it. A recess is cut out in the middle (about half the volume), honey is poured into it. They let it brew for a day, and then take a large spoon three times a day. Every time they add exactly as much honey to the radish as they took out of it. Juice of black radish with honey not only relieves cough, but also strengthens the immune system.