Cough is a very common disease in life. It is mainly caused by colds. If the cough symptoms are serious, it will be very harmful to health. Therefore, some methods should be used to regulate and recover to avoid further harm to health. It’s a big hazard, so what are some folk remedies to treat cough? The magical effect of garlic? Let’s learn more about the home remedies for cough treatment below.

1. Home remedies for cough treatment

1. Apply garlic paste to Yongquan point

Peel 1 head of purple-skinned garlic and mash it into a paste every night before going to bed. After washing your feet, apply it to the Yongquan point of both feet (first apply Vaseline on the soles of the feet), cover with a layer of gauze and fix it with Shangshi analgesic ointment. Remove it the next morning when there is strong irritation on the soles of the feet. After applying it 4 to 5 times, it has the functions of detoxification, antitussive, and treatment of wind-cold cough and dry cough.

2. Swallow minced garlic with warm water

Peel 2 cloves of garlic, smash it with the back of a knife, and swallow it with warm water before going to bed at night. It has a good cough-relieving effect.

3. Swallow raw garlic

Crush 1 to 2 cloves of raw garlic into fine powder, swallow until it reaches the pharynx, hold it for a while and then swallow it. Do not take it with water. 2 to 3 times a day, usually the symptoms of sore throat and cough can be eliminated in 3 days.

4. Garlic soaked in honey

Peel and wash a few heads of garlic, put them into a bottle filled with honey, seal the bottle cap and soak it for about 1 week, then take it out. Consume 2 cloves each time, 2 to 3 times a day, which is effective in relieving cough.

5. Garlic rock sugar water

When children cough and wheeze, use 2 to 3 cloves of garlic (7 to 8 cloves for adults), smash them into pieces, put them in a bowl, and add water and rock sugar. , cover and steam in the pot, bring to a boil over high heat and then reduce to low heat for 15 minutes. In severe cases, 3 times a day, you can skip eating garlic and just drink garlic sugar water.

2. How to relieve cough

1. How to cough correctly: The correct way to cough is to take a deep breath, hold it for a while, and then cough vigorously, so as not to use all your strength. Spend. In addition, there are methods that can help patients feel more relaxed.

2. "Pinch your lips and play the flute": Purse your lips and open and close your mouth like a fish to breathe, but you should exhale as slowly as possible. It is a kind of self-controlled breathing training, also known as "playing the flute and exhaling". Do it for 15 minutes every day to increase the pressure in the airway by extending the time for air to be exhaled.

3. Abdominal breathing: Abdominal breathing can increase the mobility of the diaphragm and increase lung ventilation. Middle-aged and elderly COPD patients are generally weak. If it is inconvenient to take the usual standing position, it is recommended to use sitting or semi-recumbent positions while lying in bed.

4. Pat the chest and back: Pat the back from bottom to top, and from around the lungs to where the trachea is in the middle of the back. Second, many people like to pat the back with flat palms, which will cause pain to the patient and the effect is not good. The correct way is to put your fingers together, make a slight fist with your palms, and pat the back.