Cough with Phlegm

[Hyacinth]

I spent Christmas with a runny nose and a cough. My cough started dry, but now I am coughing with phlegm. I am on warm liquids, and I have been applying hot packs to my throat and chest. What other home remedies should I try?

 

[Greenwoman]

As odd as it sounds, you probably don't want to stop the runny nose and cough as, according to Holistic Herbal by David Hoffmann, that is your body's way of getting rid of bad stuff in your body. Try instead maybe some echinacea to help speed up the process.

 

[chabella]

The warm liquids are going to help, similar is going around in our parts too. I can think of five close people who are all sick right now, it seems to just be the year for all the sick people to fall under the weather at the end of the year. I hope most are okay before New Year's otherwise the normal party crowd is going to be slim.