One of the most commonly found communicable diseases are cold and cough. This is characterized by running nose, sneezing, headache, malaise (general weakness), low fever, sore throat, insomnia (sleeplessness), lethargy, and so on. This disease mostly affects children or aged people whose immune system is weak. It does not mean that youngsters or middle-aged do not get this disease. Intake of cold items, fried foods, sweets, pastries, cool drinks and so on in the chill weather, or during the nights can cause cold & cough. Sometimes, cold or cough is a result of air or water pollution.
Prevention is better than cure. It is always better to keep away from the food that is not recommended for our health. If you know that you are allergic to any food you love, it is wisdom not to take it and then suffer. You may be infected with cough and catch cold when there is a change in the season. Even when you are affected by these, there is no need for you to panic and rush to a doctor or take an antibiotic. There are few recommended and positive age-old remedies to treat the cold & cough. The ingredients needed for the treatment are not costly and are available right inside your kitchen.
Few remedies are listed down for treating cold & cough :
- A teaspoon of ginger juice with half a teaspoon of honey, when taken thrice a day cures cold & cough.
- Mixture of half a cup of warm water with one teaspoon of honey and lemon juice each, when taken would relieve you of cold & cough.
- Mix the powder of the equal amounts of cardamom, ginger powder, cinnamon, and black pepper with powdered sugar of total amount, and take a teaspoon with honey till the cold & cough are relieved.
- A small piece of fresh ginger should be chewed with half a pinch of salt.