Home Remedies for Cough and Phlegm

It's that time of the year (when isn't it?) when you cough for weeks on end with no relief. All you have is prescriptions and empty bottles of cough syrup after a month and yes, sleepless nights because of the coughing fit. In desperation, one turns to homeopathy and home remedies from allopathy and yes nothing works. Bangalore Times presents some new ideas which have been said to be effective against cold. Why not try this now?

Grapes: Grapes tone up the lungs and act as an expectorant, relieving a simple cold and cough in a couple of days. A cup of grape juice mixed with a teaspoon of honey is advised for cough relief.
Almonds: Almonds are useful for dry coughs. Seven kernels should be soaked in water overnight and the brown skin removed. They should then be ground well to form a fine paste. A quantity of twenty grams each of butter and sugar should then be added to the paste. This paste should be taken in the morning and evening.
Onion: Raw onion should be chopped fine and the juice extracted from it. One teaspoon of the juice should then be mixed with one teaspoon of honey and kept for four or five hours — it will make an excellent cough syrup and should be taken twice daily. Onions are also useful in removing phlegm. A medium-sized onion should be crushed, the juice of one lemon added to it, and then one cup of boiling water poured on it. A teaspoon of honey can be added for taste. This remedy should be taken two or three times a day.