| If you are one of those people who get rained on a | | | | sugar and water. Another cure for coughs is an |
| little and get bogged down by the flu the next day, | | | | infusion made of hyssop, mullein, ground coriander |
| you are probably sick of having coughs and colds and | | | | and marshmallow leaves.The older traditional cures |
| sick of taking medicine over and over again. | | | | were stranger. One of the folk cures concerns boring |
| Sometimes, it is good to know that there are a lot | | | | a hole into a lemon and filling the hole with honey. |
| of herbal remedies that are available, effective, easy | | | | The lemon is then roasted wherein the juices are |
| to use and can replace the mundane cough syrup and | | | | collected and fed to the patient. A stranger remedy |
| escape its side effects.Bronchitis is a serious medical | | | | involved boring a hole into it and the hole was filled |
| condition. If you present the symptoms for this, | | | | with brown sugar which is then left to sit overnight. |
| please consult with your physician as soon as possible. | | | | The next day, the juices that were collected are |
| These herbal treatments are here to help but are not | | | | given to the patient.Some of the older cures are |
| guaranteed cures for conditions as serious as | | | | harder to come by. One example of these cures is a |
| bronchitis.CoughsThere are a lot of traditional and | | | | mix of the juices of leeks and fresh breast milk of a |
| herbal treatments for coughs and some are indeed | | | | nursing mother. Another less palatable remedy |
| stranger than others. The more common ones that | | | | involved boiling two or three snails in barley water. |
| are still widely used today involve using honey and | | | | You may not want to go through all this trouble for a |
| lemon. Other herbs include garlic, onions, lavender, | | | | cough.BronchitisBronchitis is the inflammation of the |
| thyme, linseed, nettle and dock. Still others are | | | | bronchioles of the lungs and is a lot more serious |
| cabbage, carrots, turnips, comfrey, rosemary, balm, | | | | than cough. Actually, the cough is reduced to one of |
| glycerin and peppermint. Among all the herbs, | | | | the symptoms of bronchitis. Although most cases |
| eucalyptus is still the most popular cure.There are | | | | require the treatment of antibiotics, there are still a |
| many recommended herbal drinks to treat a cough. | | | | lot of herbal remedies to help heal and relieve the |
| One remedy is boiling coltsfoot in water with garlic | | | | symptoms of bronchitis.The more common remedies |
| and brown sugar. An infusion made of coltsfoot | | | | for bronchitis are eucalyptus, garlic, honey, ginger, |
| leaves sweetened with honey is also said to do the | | | | cinnamon and tea. Herbs like bugle, butterbur, |
| trick. Another treatment is syrup made by boiling | | | | caraway, angelica, borage, coltsfoot and comfrey are |
| coltsfoot leaves with equal amounts of plantain | | | | known to help in the relief of the symptoms. Other |
| leaves and honey. An herbal drink for coughs was | | | | herbs such as chickweed, chervil, fenugreek, fennel, |
| based on a mix of dried sage, honey and vinegar. | | | | ground ivy, liquorices, myrrh, madder, knotgrass and |
| Another was based also on dried sage but with | | | | marjoram are also effective. Mullein, parsley, plantain, |
| brown sugar and ginger in water. Another cure was | | | | onion, sage and primrose, thyme, white horehound, |
| formed by mixing and heating butter, vinegar and | | | | watercress, speedwell and savory are also utilized in |
| honey; also was mixing hart shorn, almond oil, hyssop, | | | | the treatment of bronchitis. |