Natural Cough Remedies

Ayurveda is full of herbs that work on cough. Those are considered to be Kapha naashak (Kapha pacifiers). Single herbs and formulas are described below…

Indian herb	Latin name	Common name	Action
Vaasaa	Adhatoda vascia	Vasica	Well known for upper respiratory tract infections
Aardraka	Zingiber officinale	Ginger	Its juice has antitussive property.
Tulasi	Ocimum sanctum	Holy Basil	It is throat soother and also antitussive
Yastimadhu	Glycyrrhiza glabra	Liquorice	One of the best expectorant and throat soother
Kaasani	Cichorum endivia	Endive	As the name suggests works excellent in cough by its scraping property.

Some of the formulae are listed below…

• Sitopaladi churnam (powdered preparation)
• Eladi vati (pill preparation)
• Vyoshadi vati (pill preparation)
• Karpurtwak churnam (powdered preparation of camphor)
• Haridra khanda (the turmeric preparation).

Chyavanaprashavaleha (the semi-solid preparation and probably best in uncomplicated cough)

 

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