What is best medicine for a cold, cough and hoarse throat
A few general ideas to help: at the first sign of a cold, start Zicam; at this point it may help reduce the symptoms a bit.
Sleep with the head of your bed elevated slightly so your throat won't swell during the night (use a few pillows or elevate the head of the mattress or bed). Take tylenol or advil for the pain. Gargle with warm salt water, 1/4 tsp salt in one cup warm water, a few times a day. Sip on cool/cold liquids throughout the day to reduce the swelling in your throat and keep yourself hydrated; liquids containing Vit C are good for mucous membrane health. Use a cool mist humidifier, or breathe in some steam from some boiling water (don't get too close so you won't burn yourself), or take a steamy shower and breathe in the steam.
If your throat feels too tight and hurts so much that you can't swallow, go to an ER.
Otherwise rest with your head up and keep yourself warm. A cold normally takes about 10 days to run its course, although sometimes the cough will last longer than that.
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exercise to make your body sweat and drink lost of water then rest. that usualy helps me. and i usualy do it before the cold gets bad, then the flu just sort of turned arround and go
Take one glass of water mix it with1tsp pepper, 1tsp turmeric, 1tsp garlic, 1tsp small onion, 1tsp ginger and 1tsp of sugar. Boil it until it becomes 1/2 glass, drink it while it is warm. More remedies available at http://ailments.in/sorethroat.html...
Here are a few simple home remedies that will help to overcome cough. Have honey in a hot drink before bed time.To relieve fits of coughing due to dryness in the throat, suck a few pepper corns. Check out http://useinfo6.blogspot.com/ for more remedies and information.
Cough is caused by a number of ailments.
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