during pregnancy or breastfeeding, if you suffer from particular allergies, if you are following particular drug therapies and so on).Treat a cough with herbs Bechiche Herbal teas and herbal remedies against coughs Cough Remedies: Do's and Don'ts
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For further information: Cough: What it is, Causes and Remedies , it is possible to take advantage of phytotherapeutic alternatives based on:
- Altea: mucilage drug with emollient properties, which forms a protective film on the oropharyngeal mucosa.
- Mallow: mucilage drug with epithelial-protective action at the level of the upper airways, at the gastric and intestinal level. The active ingredient, malvin, is also a good emollient, calming and anti-inflammatory of the urinary tract.
- Horehound: mucilage and saponin drug, for which it has both a calming and expectorant action on the respiratory mucosa.
- Coltsfoot: mucilage drug, antitussive and calming; promotes the regeneration of the pulmonary mucosa and helps the bronchi to expel accumulated secretions. However, it is toxic in other respects (presence of pyrrolizidine alkaloids) and less and less used in phytotherapy.
- Eucalyptus: contains an essential oil with disinfectant, antiviral and balsamic properties.
- Drosera: drug with spasmolytic action, bechica particularly indicated for the treatment of dry and asthmatic coughs.
Other Remedies
Particularly useful to counter cough are also:
- The "ivy, so much" is that its extracts are part of the composition of real cough sedative drugs;
- Linden, also endowed with antitussive and emollient properties;
- Licorice, with expectorant and anti-inflammatory properties;
- Fennel, endowed with expectorant properties.
