To minimize the health risks of a non-mainstream treatment. 1  Discuss it with your doctor. It might have side effects or interact with other medicines. 2  Find out what the research says about it. 3  Choose practitioners carefully. 4  Tell all of your doctors and practitioners about all of the different types of treatments you use.
1 Acute coughs usually begin rapidly and are often due to a cold, flu, or sinus infection. They usually go away after 3 weeks. 2  Subacute coughs last 3 to 8 weeks.  Chronic coughs last longer than 3 weeks.
Ginger is extremely useful in treating all types of cough. Mix few drops of honey with 2 teaspoonfuls of ginger juice and take it 3-4 times a day to get relief from cough. Gargling with a glass of lukewarm water adding a pinch of salt is a common remedy for treating all sorts of cough including dry cough. Follow this remedy 4-5 times a day to reduce coughing. It also clears your choked voice. Take one betel leaf, few basil leaves, small pieces of ginger and two cloves and chew it.