Coughing up bloody or pink-tinged phlegm; Self-care measures. Cough medicines usually are used only when the cause of the cough is unknown and the cough causes a lot of discomfort. If you use cough medicine, be sure to follow the dosing instructions. Don't give children under age 4 over-the-counter cough medicine without first checking with your child's doctor. To ease your cough, try these tips: Suck cough drops or hard candies. They may ease a dry cough and soothe an irritated throat. Don't give them to a child under age 6, however, because of the risk of choking.
Iron is an essential component of hundreds of enzymes and proteins in your body. As it is with other trace minerals, a little iron goes a long way. More specifically, your body needs about 1/2 to 1 teaspoon of iron at any given time to carry out its everyday metabolic activities.
Iron is necessary for the construction of, and is actually part of, the hemoglobin molecule. Hemoglobin is necessary for the transport of oxygen around the body. Iron is a necessary part of myoglobin, the red protein in muscle cells. It also is used as a co-factor/mineral to enzymes involved in growth.nzymes cannot work, however, without co-factors, and each enzyme is designed to work with a particular co-factor. You have heard of these co-factors, they are called minerals.. Unless an enzyme is accompanied by its co-factor/mineral, or a substitute co-factor/mineral, it will simply sit around doing nothing.