Crush enough fresh ginger to obtain half a tablespoon of juice. Mix the juice and a teaspoon of malt or brown sugar in a cup of warm water and drink. Do this 2-3 times a day. Especially good for chronic coughs in the elderly.

Medicinal herbs are well known for their curative properties. When used as prescribed they effectively cure the patients of their diseases without the dreaded side effects. Herbs can be used for treating afflictions that manifest due to seasonal changes. Cough and cold problems surface during the winter months. More than half of the population are affected at any one time during those months. There are excellent herbs that are used to treat cough and cold. Unlike sleep inducing syrups of allopathy, herbs cure cough and cold without side effects.

A two-ingredient home remedies for cough incorporates one tablespoon full of the purest of honey and a generous pinch of white pepper. Top the spoonful of honey with the pepper, and administer orally. Should the cough-afflicted desire to bring up more mucus, and then use black pepper in place of the white pepper. In conjunction with the honey and pepper regimen, drink hot tea with a piece of ginger placed into the cup or mug.

When the first symptoms of a cold, influenza, or cough appear, it is an indication that there is waste matter and mucus in the system. Take a pint of soft warm water and add a teaspoonful of salt. Sniff this up the nose and then blow it out. Repeat this until the nose is entirely free of mucus. Then gargle and rinse the mouth out thoroughly.

Mix one teaspoon of onion juice with one teaspoon of honey. Set aside for four to five hours before using. This is an excellent home made cough syrup. Take twice daily or until the cough subsides.

There are a lot of traditional and herbal treatments for coughs and some are indeed stranger than others. The more common ones that are still widely used today involve using honey and lemon. Other herbs include garlic, onions, lavender, thyme, linseed, nettle and dock. Still others are cabbage, carrots, turnips, comfrey, rosemary, balm, glycerin and peppermint. Among all the herbs, eucalyptus is still the most popular cure.

A mixture of ginger, honey and lemon as a hot mixture may be just as beneficial in place of cough syrup. Make it up as a tea by first boiling some water and pouring it into a small thermos (about a litre or a quart). To this add some grated ginger and then four tablespoons each of lemon and honey.