Whooping cough or also known as Pertussis is infectious disease caused by Bordetella pertussis bacterium. It’s onset symptoms may be assemble with flu such as fever, running nose and mild cough. If leaving untreated, patients will be attacked by the contentious high-pitched cough fits and may lead to more serious complications as pneumonia, encephalopathy or seizure.
These days, it is hard to find the patients who experience such typical signs and symptoms due to the development of national vaccination as well as antibiotics. Needless to say, if you are contracted with this disease, you should consult your doctor and be received prescribe right of the bat. Nonetheless, along with this, you can resort to some home-made remedies in order to shorten and mitigate the symptoms as well.
- Garlic
Garlic has long been used as a home ready -made antibiotic as its natural antibiotic characteristic. To tackle the pertussis issue, you can drink garlic syrup for a week. There are several ways to make garlic syrup as described below:
The simplest way must be just grinding about teaspoon of garlic into solution and then drink it for 2-3 times per day during one week. Alternatively, you can also add some cider vinegar into crushed garlic together with distilled water. Having been left for around 4 hours, this mixture is then complemented a cup of honey and be ready to enjoy.
- Ginger
Similar to garlic, ginger is also natural antibiotic that you can easily find in your kitchen. In addition to this, ginger could help out in enhancing our immune system function which turns out to be very helpful in fighting against whooping cough.
You can employ a cup of freshly extracted ginger juice mixed with raw honey two to three times per day for several days. Another option is that you can change this solution by supplying equal amount of onion and lemon juice. Some people suggest that you may use ginger along with decoction of fenugreek seeds to utilize the excellent properties of these two.
- Turmeric
Turmeric is another member in the list of home remedies which contains antibiotic and reinvigorating self-body defence characteristic. Turmeric shows effectiveness in handling the dry cough that is considered the most disturbing symptom of Pertussis. There is turmeric in the form of capsule in the market that you could use it under the observation of the doctor. You also can drink syrup made up of turmeric powder alone or adding a teaspoon of honey. You can use for oral thrush as well.
- Honey
As has been mentioned many times above, honey has made its way to become one of the most excellent partners in the family of home curing remedy for whooping cough by its antiseptic, antibacterial and wound healing properties. There are plenty of recipes in which honey could express its function. Patients may drink a cup of warm honey before going to bed on daily basis or mix it together with radish juice or cinnamon powder. You can grow thicker eyebrows by honey.
- Onion
Onion packed with compound called allicin which assist in dealing with dry cough symptoms in Pertussis. You can slice onion into pieces, then boiling over few minutes before drink it with some honey for better taste. On the other hand, onion can be made into juice and enjoy it with some raw honey. In spite of having bad taste and odor, onion is actually an out-standing herbal medicine that you should not look over in your refrigerator.
- Licorice
Licorice works as a demulcent meaning that it could cover the respiratory tract with thin layer of mucin. Mucin in turn helps to soothe the patients by preventing the trigger of cough attacks. What is more, licorice has mild natural laxative and expectorant properties which come from glycyrrhizin compound in root. Licorice powder is quite easy to drink due to its sweet taste. You can drink a cup of licorice mixed with honey two to three times for few days. Another method to use this herbal medicine is decoction. Put a teaspoon of licorice root powder into distilled water, boiling for about 5 minutes. After it remains a haft, keeping for more 10 minutes and then drink it twice a day for several days.
