Average physician income ranges from $253,000 in the Northeast to $281,000 in the Northwest. Certain regions of the country may have to pay more to attract doctors, so physician salaries often reflect the level of competition more than the cost of living.
To put this in the modern context, steam pears with rock sugar can help to reduce swollen throat, smooth irritation at throat, reduce cough (especially loud ones), prevent dehydration of respiratory tract, clear phlegm, and reduce fever.
1 Grape juice is also a great juice to drink to cure a cough. 2  Mix one teaspoon of honey in a cup of grape juice. 3  Grapes act as an expectorant; expectorants promote the secretion of sputum by the air passages, thus eliminating your cough.