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| Cough
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|  The coughing that is marked with expulsion of cough or sputum, it is called wet cough. Coughing without expulsion of cough is called dry cough.
Symptoms of Cough:
Producing rattling sound
Feeling of pain in chest during extensive coughing
Feeling of tiredness and weakness
Causes of Cough:
Due to infection of cold in chest or accumulation of excessive cough, the respiratory tract shrinks. The morbid matters accumulated in the form of cough, whereas produces interference in the exhalation of breath. The resulting pressure produces a rattling sound in the respiratory tract that is termed as cough.
Treatment of Cough by Nature Cure:
On noticing symptoms of cough all efforts should be made to avoid extensive cold. In order to liberate the morbid matter from the respiratory is the only treatment of cough. Given below, hence is the way to eliminate the same.
All the bowels may be cleansed by taking warm water enema for 2-3 days.
Hot footbath and Chest pack are also beneficial both for the dry as well as the wet cough.
Heavy and cough producing diet like milk and milk products and sweets should be avoided and light Sattvic diet may be taken.
Taking boiled water for drinking is also very effective in overcoming Cough.
Ginger juice mixed with honey is beneficial and may be taken several times a day.
In dry cough, half cup green bottle water duly charged with sunrays empty stomach and half cup yellow bottle water after taking food daily morning and evening is beneficial. For overcoming cough with sputum half-cup yellow bottle water duly charged with sunrays must be taken immediately after food.
Treatment of Cough by Yogic Asanas:
In all cough conditions; Kunjala may be performed regularly in the morning for few days.
Thereafter Vastra Dhauti and Jal Neti should be practiced so that the phlegm accumulated in respiratory tract could be eliminated.
The practice of first to fifth kriyas described in Sukshma Vyayama and Udar Shakti Vikasaka exercises improve this disease condition.
 Yogic asanas like the Surya Namaskara, Tadasana, Kati Chakrasana, Bhujangasana, Dhanurasana, Ushtrasana, Gomukhasana and Matsyasna are useful inn this disease.
Pranayamas are specially useful in dry cough , hence the practice of Bhastrika, Kapalbhati and Ujjai Pranayama is also advantegeous in wet cough and shitali and sitkari.
The practice of Ghrit Neti before Pranayama gives definite benefit.
Treatment of Cough by Aromatherapy:
Oils acting as Expectorant and Anti-Viral: Angelica, Atlas cedarwood, Eucalyptus, Peppermint, Myrrh, Spruce, Cypress, Lemon & Pine.
Oils acting as a Decongestant: Ginger & Rosemary.
The treatment prescribed here is for the small children: Add three drops of eucalyptus and three drops of thyme oil to 4 fl oz (100 ml) of carrier oil. Massage or rub it on your child`s chest and throat. These oils are also helpful when inhaled in steam and one can use them in a vaporizer in the child`s bedroom at night by placing it beside the bed.
Treatment of Cough by Ayurveda:
For Children:
Take about 1-2 gm. powder of equal parts of Black Pepper (Kali Mirch); Long Pepper (Pippali) and dry ginger (Sonth) with honey, 2-3 times a day or
Paste of one segment of bulb of Garlic, boiled in water with 5-10 gm. of sugar, to be taken twice a day or
1-2 gm. Powder of fried Turmeric (Haldi), to be taken with Honey, thrice a day.
For Adults:
2-3 cloves fried in ghee to be placed in mouth and sucked or
1/2 gm powder of long pepper mixed with rock salt, to be taken twice daily, with hot water or
Powder of equal parts of long pepper and dry ginger, (5 gm.) to be taken with honey, twice daily or
5 gm. powder of equal parts of black pepper, dry ginger and sugar mixed with butter/ghee, taken twice daily.
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