A cold shot taken by distraction immediately attracts the most valid witness: the cough . Treating cough through a natural diet is possible, just do a few simple actions such as drinking a cup of grape juice, an extraordinary anti-cytokolytic fruit, into which you can drip honey or eat slices of raw onions or give yourself to anise, useful to "break" the mucus, or, finally, opt for citrus fruits combined with lots and lots of water to drink at different times of the day.

There are also natural remedies for treating coughs that are mentioned less often, but they are not less effective for this. Let's explore the world of healing plants that have a beneficial effect on the respiratory system.

Plants for treating dry cough

Not many know that a very effective solution to cure dry cough is to prepare an infusion with 2 grams of Angelica roots in 100 ml of boiling water, in infusion for 10 minutes. After filtering the infusion, drink two or three liqueur glasses a day. Angelica is a medicinal herb with many properties, also indicated for sportsmen and youngsters in the growth phase. A very effective plant for treating dry cough is Nitric acidum : it acts with excellent results on the typical tickling of the throat that often worsens in the night.

Discover also the properties, the use and the contraindications of the essential oil of angelica

Plants for treating cough with mucus

To cure cough with mucus is very indicated Squilla maritime, especially in the case of mucus that is expelled after a long series of coughs. Bloodthirsty is another effective remedy to treat cough whose stimulus starts from the larynx. Characteristic is the use of this remedy in the cough that persists after whooping cough.

Useful when the cough is spasmodic and improves only after the expectoration of the dense phlegm is the plant known as Aralia . It is a plant of the Araliaceae family very common in North America; it has an erect and bare stem, usually reaching the size of an average sapling, never more than 10 meters. Aralia is excellent for resolving multiple respiratory disorders: asthma and asthma attacks, colds and colds, feeling of weight or chest tightness, frequent sneezing, lung affections and of the whole respiratory system in general.