6 Natural Cough Remedies You Can Make from Items Already in Your Kitchen

Cough remedy: Steep some thyme

Thyme is an officially approved German cough treatment—and a remedy for upper respiratory infections, bronchitis, and whooping cough—for good reason: Those tiny leaves are packed with cough-suppressant compounds. Thyme flavonoids relax tracheal and ileal muscles, which are involved in coughing, and also reduce inflammation and headaches. For a homemade tea, mix 2 teaspoons crushed leaves in 1 cup boiling water, cover, then steep for 10 minutes and strain. Find out why cough medicine likely won’t help your chest infection as well as homemade cough remedies will.

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