Cough syrups: Mix well 1/3 honey, 1/3 whiskey, 1/3 lemon juice, take 1 spoonful at a time.

Make a decoction of 25 gms of the leaves of tamarind by boiling them in wate, add half a gram of fried and powdered asafoetida and 2 gms of powdered rocksalt and drink it for a few times.

If you have sudden fits of coughing due to dryness in the throat, suck a few peppercorns. Incidentally, sucking of peppercorns is also good cure for stammering. 

For cough, chew a clove, preferably roasted

A mixture of lemon juice, honey and glycerine is an effective remedy for cough

The use of ginger twice or thrice a day is a sure and instant remedy for cough.

For cough, chew a clove, preferably roasted.

A simple home remedy for night coughs is honey in a hot drink before bed time.

Turmeric powder boiled in milk and taken internally relieves coughs and cold

Daily use of 2 tablespoons of honey and powdered cinnamon powder mixed together, strengthens the immune system and protects the body from bacteria and viral infections of cold and flu.

This is a very effective remedy especially in places where the rainy season is heavy and long. It provides an effective prevention measure for one's kids health, more so if they have a tendency to get wet and are susceptible to colds.

For Common Cough and Cold,

- Take the juice of 15 - 20 Basil leaves,

- Mix it with 1 tea spoon juice each of ginger and betel leaf,

- And add 1 tea spoon of jaggery powder.

- Take it twice a day for 5 days to contain your ailment completely and naturally.

For a Cough with sputum,

- Take two teaspoons of the fleshy portion of Aloe Vera leaves.

- Fry it in cow's ghee till it turns brownish yellow

- Add Jaggery powder for taste

- And take it thrice a day for three days,

and you may find amazing relief.

If a person is prone to persistant cough which doesn't subside despite medication, he can try out these home remedies :

1. Take 2 teaspoons of ground and powdered black pepper.

2. Take 2 tablespoons of sugar.

3. Take 1 cup of water. Put the sugar and pepper in the water and boil it till the quantity is reduced to half a cup.

If this mixture is consumed regularly for seven days, the cough will diappear.