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By: Juliane Gutmann
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Coughs are often persistent and can last for weeks.
However, it is usually harmless in the context of a cold.
Cough syrup helps to relieve the symptoms.
Coughing is actually a good sign.
Because it is a protective reflex of the body.
When you cough, air is expelled explosively to remove mucus and other foreign bodies from the respiratory tract.
As a typical cold symptom, it can last for a long time, even if the other symptoms have long since subsided.
If a cough lasts longer than three or four weeks, doctors speak of a chronic cough.
This form should always be clarified by a doctor, according to the
Lungeaerzte-im-netz.de
portal .
It is often repeated respiratory infections, so-called circular infections, which lead to a long-lasting cough, it goes on to say.
To alleviate the symptoms, doctors recommend expectorants or cough suppressants.
The latter, taken in the evening, ensure that you can sleep soundly through the night.
But it's not just pharmacy products that can be useful.
Homemade cough syrup can also be effective – and is cheap too.
Cough syrup made from onions: Easily make your own ancient remedy
Onions have always been used as a home remedy for all kinds of ailments, such as earaches, insect bites or coughs.
The essential oils in onion juice have an antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and germicidal effect, as the knowledge portal
GEO
informs.
It also contains flavonoids as secondary plant substances, vitamin C, trace elements and minerals, which support a weakened immune system.
If you make your own cough syrup, you can save money.
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You don't have to be a pharmacist to make cough syrup from onions.
It's very easy, as the
AOK
writes.
How to proceed:
Dice 100 grams of onions very small.
Measure out 100 grams of honey and set aside.
Now layer the onions alternately with the honey in a screw-top jar.
Wait several hours, it is best to leave the jar overnight.
Then filter the mass through a sieve.
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Take a teaspoon of the cough syrup throughout the day.
If you make the juice for children under one year old, simply replace the honey with sugar.
However, caution is advised with children: If the cough cannot clearly be attributed to a simple cold or if it gets worse, you should see a pediatrician.
It could also be caused by the childhood disease pseudocroup, which homemade cough syrup is not suitable for treating.
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