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10 Natural Cough Remedies

Steam

If room temperature and warm fluids work great for coughing, steam should be able to do just the same. Having a steam bath or using hot water is an effective remedy for wet cough. Preparing a closed steam bowl with herbs, and other decongestants is potent. You’d be required to cover yourself with the bowl in an airtight space, to inhale the steam coming from the steam bowl mixture. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute [11] recommends a steam vaporizer or cool-mist humidifier as a home remedy for wet cough and chest congestion.

Bromelain

This is an enzyme with anti-inflammatory [12] and mucolytic properties. It is a potent remedy for cough and can be found in pineapples. Owing to its mucolytic properties, it can expel mucus from the body. Taking pineapple juice isn’t the best of ways to get a supply of bromelain into your body. You’re better off buying bromelain supplements as a remedy for your cough. It is important to engage your doctor before using bromelain because of possible allergies to bromelain [13]. Anyone using blood thinners or these antibiotics [14] should not use bromelain.