My 3 yr old started having cold more than 2 months ago i.e around the end of Aug. I didn't worry so much. Then she developed cough. I started worrying and it started getting worse even with all the home remedies. I took her to the doc and he gave her Amocxyllin and Syldec. After 2 weeks the medicines were finished but the cough was still persistent. And now it became so worse that every night she would wake up after sleeping 2-3 hours, cough so much that she would throw up whatever she had for dinner. Every night. What kind of a mother won't worry about such a COMMON COLD
So here are my home remedies. Some work for some people and some don't. You just have to try and find which one helps you.
- 1/2 a cup of warm water with one teaspoon honey and lemon juice each, before you eat anything in the morning. It works for cold.
- Juice up few fresh basil leaves using you palms and add a teaspoon honey to it and drink it. Works wonders for cough. (My mom used to do this to me and my cough would be gone..does not work for my daughter)
- For sore throat add a teaspoon of salt in hot water (as hot as you can handle) and gargle first thing in the morning and last thing before you sleep.
- The thing that cured my daughter's cough in a single night (I thank my husband's colleague) Make a dicoction out of some dried eucalyptus leaves and a teaspoon of dried oregano. Drink a cup of this with a teaspoon of honey when it cooled a bit