Natural Remedies to Stop Dry Cough at Night

Natural Remedies to Stop Dry Cough at Night

Coughing is more than just an annoyance. Coughing can cause severe pain to the throat and affect your ability to deliver a talk. Nighttime coughing can be a nuisance for individuals suffering from a cold or illness. It may interfere with sleep, and daily functioning of the affected person. Dry cough usually worsens at night.

Dry cough can be present in people with various respiratory conditions, such as asthma, bronchitis, COPD, cystic fibrosis and many others. In most people, the problem gets worse at night due to additional CO2 losses.

Remedies to stop dry cough:

• Keep your head elevated while sleeping. Use more pillows than usual.
• Add some lemon slices into a cup of tea along with one or two tbsp of honey. This can reduce your cough at night.
• Pour some hot water in a large vessel and cover your head with a towel. This creates a steamy environment inside and by inhaling steam helps moisturize throat and reduce irritation.
• Learn how to cough only through the nose (i.e., with your mouth closed all the time). It will help you to reduce irritation of airways and bronchospasm, and will increase oxygen levels in body cells and the brain.
• Add two tbsp of honey into a glass of warm milk and drink it just before bedtime. This is a great way to stop coughing at night.
• Apply vapor rub on chest which can help relieve nighttime coughing. It still works great on your kids as well.
• Every night before going to bed, put a small piece of freshly cut ginger and chew it slowly and swallow the juice.
• Mix 1 tbsp of table salt in a glass of warm water and gargle. Don’t swallow the water though. You can do this multiple times a day or whenever your throat becomes irritated by coughing.