Excessive Cough

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Dear All,

 

I wish to bring to your attention regarding a bout of cough which

has been hounding my 3 yr old son for almost 3 months now....Thanks

to his peadiatrician, I have a whole collection of cough syrups in

my son's drawer....He has been given so many antibiotics etc still

this cough is not going away, the last time I took him to his

doctor, she said that he has developed mild wheezing as a result of

this....

 

I am fed up of giving him soo many medicines and fear that it might

harm his liver in the long run.....Request your kind inputs on what

can I give him (syrup, home remedies anythg) so that his cough goes

away and does not recurr.....

 

Request kind inputs from all asap

 

Thanks so much!

 

Warm regards

Bhairvi

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Bhairvi

 

Some explaination of why cough arises in toddlers and how to treat it

with kitchen spices and vegetables>

 

http://health.ayurveda/message/5608

 

Testemonial to above remedy working in a middle east country>

 

http://health.ayurveda/message/5629

 

Cough is generally a symptom of some other problem in the body. It

is wise to allow the body to treat the cough by helping the rest of

the body get well. Healthy bodies do not cough. Whether it is a

cold, flu, bronchitis, or pneumonia, strengthening one's immune

system can only help. It is unfortunate that our aping the west has

caused vaccine jabs in infants and immunity is compromised in the

process.

 

In some other posts in this list, this aithor has written about how

to boost immunity with Aamla, Lemon etc. A simple reminder: "Take as

much Vitamin C through fruits/drinks needed to be symptom free,

whatever the amount might be." That is usually just under the amount

that would result in loose bowels. In India, Lemon, Aamla are

available in all cities these days. For children like this, just 1

aamla juice with 1 tsp honey, only once a day is just like antibiotic

injection taking care for 24 hours.

 

And you people are the pillars, on your shoulders only ayurveda can

ride to next generation.

 

Author's mother used to mix honey in lemon juice and give as cough

syrup. Author did this for his own children -- they liked it, it

seemed to soothe the throat, and they could have it as often as they

wanted, unlike the drug store cough syrups.

 

At grandma's house, author remembers grandmother treating our coughs

with a green onion concoction. She would take green spring onions

and chop them up in a bowl and cover with crystal sugar (rock candy,

Khadi sakkar), then allow it to sit awhile until the juices from the

onions and the sugar made a syrup and then make us drink it. If you

like onions it is at least better than some of the cough remedies

available at that time.

 

During days when spring onions were not available, grandmother used

to put salt in the palm of child's hand and child would just get some

on his tongue and let it melt there and that would help with a COUGH,

and would work for several hours. Another variation of this is

keeping two pinches of Bhimsen Kapur on the tongue, which works for

nearly 4-6 hours. This is the trick with which this author wins the

toddlers love. They always want to come to this Vaidya uncle.

 

Another remedy which not only cures cough but also treats some of

the "modern" problems (arising from growth hormone imbalances) of

children is to make them drink Honey, lemon and onion in warm water.

despite the worst taste it works really well.

 

Here is one more which can be tried only during July-November time

(Chaturmas, when sweet potatoes arrive in indian markets). A slice

of raw sweet potato. Suck on it and the cough will go away or lessen

in a few minutes. Sweetpotato is termed Genasu in Kanad, Ratalu in

Marathi. Shakaria in Gujarati, Shakarkandi in Hindi and Punjabi.

 

Author has sent in more remedies than necessary since he wishes that

ayurveda, home remedies should grow through moms. Since modern moms

do not have much time, author left out some "Sweet barfi, Paks"

and "Murabbas" which are "ready to munch" and "very much mouth

watering" cough remedies, since they require time and patience and

cooking skills too.

 

 

 

ayurveda, "b2raichura" <b2raichura

wrote:

> a bout of cough which

> has been hounding my 3 yr old son for almost 3 months now....Thanks

> to his peadiatrician, I have a whole collection of cough syrups in

> my son's drawer....He has been given so many antibiotics etc still

> this cough is not going away, the last time I took him to his

> doctor, she said that he has developed mild wheezing as a result of

> this....