Cough and Cold Remedies

Everyday thousands of people around the world come down with ‘common cold’.

The symptoms are:- SORE THROAT, RUNNING NOSE, SNEEZES, MILD FEVER, SOME ACHES AND PAINS AND AT TIMES IRRITATING COUGH.

The cause is one among the different groups of virus. The common cold is itself limiting and there is no drug which prevents colds or reduces their duration. Most decongestants (nasal drops which release the blocked nose during the attack cold) may work for some time, however they are liable to lead to ‘rebound effect’ (where in the nasal block increase in severity) and also the nasal drops on prolonged use can cause of loss of smell. A safe alternate is to put few drops of Normal Saline along with or followed by steam inhalation.

COUGHS – A cough is generally a useful reflex which tries to clear the air passage of sputum that is excessively produced during the attack of common cold or cough also tries to get rid of the foreign bodies in the air passage.

There are basically two types of drugs for treating cough – expectorants and suppressants.

One of the most irrational types of cough remedies sold by the drug companies in the market is a combination of ingredients that suppress cough. For example an expectorant like Ammonium Chloride acts by bringing out the secretions in the lungs. A cough suppressant on the other hand acts by suppressing the cough i.e. when the cough is irritating the throat. An example is Codeine. It is clear that the two are acting exactly opposite and when both are combined the combination does not produce the needed benefits. An effective and reliable expectorant is simple steam inhalation. For a cough arising as a result of irritation in the throat a glass of hot water, saline gargle and peppermint would give much relief. And would avoid all the side effects that the drug that you would be taking for common cold.

Most of the cough and cold remedies contain Phenylpropalamine, a very dangerous drug which causes paralysis of limbs due to haemorrhage in brain. This drug is withdrawn in most of the developed countries.

Remember the popular saying “If you take medicines then it takes one week for cold to go or else it takes seven days”. Common cold is often self limiting and it rarely needs an antibiotics. Never take injections for common cold. It is effective to take safe and home made herbal teas, hot water with ginger etc.,

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