Home Remedies To Treat Bronchitis And Stop Painful Coughing Attacks! Natural remedies
Channel: Better Life Journey
Date: 2019-01-02

Sometimes a run-of-the-mill upper respiratory tract infection takes a turn for the worse and is no longer just a common cold. 
You cough, you wheeze, you have shortness of breath. 
You say you have a chest cold, but your doctor calls it acute bronchitis, also known as a lower respiratory tract infection. 
It sounds scary but usually isn’t very serious, and most of the time you won’t need antibiotics because the majority of cases result from a viral infection, like a cold or flu.

Bronchitis causes the mucus lining of your bronchial tubes (which carry air to the lungs) to become inflamed and full of mucus.
 It’s temporary and most people feel better in a week to 10 days, but your cough can linger for several weeks.

Fortunately, you won’t have to grin and bear it. 
There are plenty of home remedies for bronchitis that can ease your symptoms and suffering.

Get some rest.

When you’re fighting an infection, your body craves down time. 
It may be tough to power down and log off from work, but it’s essential.
“Rest is the forgotten ticket to healing for many acute illnesses,” 
says Amy Rothenberg, a licensed naturopathic physician in private practice and a member and 
founder of the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians.
Experts say you need adequate sleep to maintain a healthy immune system. 
People who are sleep-deprived are more vulnerable to the cold virus than those who get seven hours of slumber. 
That’s important because having a cold is often a precursor to bronchitis.


Drink lots of water.
Staying adequately hydrated when you’re battling bronchitis helps to thin out mucus, making it easier to expel. 
And if you’re fighting a fever you may already be dehydrated, so you want to replace lost fluid. 
Water is fine, but warm liquids may be more soothing. 
(Avoid alcohol and caffeinated beverages, which can dehydrate you.)

Try herbal and natural remedies.

Certain herbs have medicinal effects that are soothing to inflamed mucus membranes of the respiratory tract. 
Rothenberg likes licorice root, a flowering plant called mullein, and the bark of the wild cherry tree (Prunus serotina). 
Health food stores carry these herbs in multiple formulations including liquid extracts, powders, and teas.


Ginger root is another good option, because it soothes and acts as an expectorant.

Boil slices of ginger root to release its medicinal properties, add lemon and honey to the concoction and drink up!


Add Honey to your lemon water.
Honey has been used as medicine since ancient times. It’s prized for its antibacterial properties. 
But the main reason honey is a bronchitis sufferer’s friend is that it soothes irritated mucus membranes. 
It’s also a sweet addition to tea or warm lemon water. (Lemon is widely used as an expectorant.)


Eat spicy food.
If you relish spicy food, the antidote to your phlegmy cough and congestion may hiding in your fridge or pantry. 
Powerful condiments like hot mustard, horseradish, and wasabi can help loosen up bronchial secretions, Rothenberg says.

Unless someone has an allergy or food sensitivity, she would recommend these spicy foods to help phlegmy patients “get things moving along.”

Hot chili peppers, which contain capsaicin, may also ease congestion by thinning out mucus.

Inhale some steam.
Inhaled steam is widely recommended for loosening mucus and relieving wheezing. 
You can use a warm-air humidifier or vaporizer, but you don’t need fancy equipment. 
Leaning over a sink of hot water with a towel over your head while breathing in the warm moisture can help. 
Repeat this several times a day.

Adding a drop or two of an essential oil, like eucalyptus, to the mix can also help open up a clogged airway. 
(Eucalyptus is known for its anti-inflammatory and pain-relief properties.)


Gargle salt water.
Swishing warm saline water in your mouth and throat several times a day when you have bronchitis may help wash away excess mucus.

Gargling may also help stave off future upper respiratory infections, like colds, which can progress to bronchitis.
Japanese researchers randomly assigned nearly 400 healthy volunteers to gargle plain water or diluted antiseptic solution, or to maintain their usual habits, 
and found plain water gargling three times daily reduced upper respiratory tract infections by 36%. 


Quit smoking
If you’re a smoker, do your inflamed bronchial tubes a favor: Go smoke-free.

Smoking will irritate and aggravate bronchitis. It prolongs acute symptoms.

[Smoke Away is an all-natural way you can stop smoking. You can check it out at https://smokeaway.com/.]

Plus, if your goal is to get rid of your bronchitis, giving your pipes a rest will help. 


Load up on vitamin D

Researchers in Canada tested vitamin D3 versus placebo and gargling (recommended in Japan) versus no gargling in a randomized controlled trial involving 600 young adults.

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