Search Home TIPS & ADVICE SHARE Tips & Advice for Cough, Cold & Flu Relief When you are suffering from a cough, a full-blown cold or flu, your immune system has a lot of work to do. Look at our tips below which can help to make you feel better soon. Do’s Keep hydrated - drink water. Doing this helps your immune system fight the sickness and can also help loosen mucus and replenish the lost fluids from blowing your nose. Stay rested - give you immune system a little help by resting, this will help your body direct the energy towards to immune battle and help get you back to feeling yourself again. Steamy shower - help moisturise your nasal passages and relax by sitting near, or having a steamy shower. Ice cubes - if your throat hurts from a tickly or dry cough, try eating some ice cubes to help soothe the soreness and pain. Elevate you head - If you’re suffering from a cold, try sleeping with an extra pillow. Being slightly elevated can help drain the congestion so you sleep better. Use sanitizer - by keeping an alcohol based hand sanitizer with you, you can kill the germs and prevent any of your friends and family also getting sick. Don’ts Smoking – by avoiding smoke or second hand smoke will help avoid unnecessary irritation to your nose, throat and lungs. Spread the germs - by coughing into a tissue and washing your hands with soap after you can avoid the spread of germs. Sleeping on your back - try and avoid phlegm flowing up and irritating your throat, but sleeping in an inclined position which will help prevent coughing at night. From dry coughs to flu symptoms the full BENYLIN® range of treatments can be found here VIEW OUR RANGE Ease your cough and cold symptoms with clinically proven ingredients ACTIVE INGREDIENTS IN BENYLIN® Related Products Pagination 0 Pagination 1 Pagination 2 Pagination 3 Pagination 4 Tips and Advice Tips and Advice Tips and Advice Sitemap Careers Privacy Policy Cookie Policy Modern Slavery Act Statement Legal Notice FAQ Contact Us Cookies Settings BENYLIN® Chesty Coughs Non Drowsy, BENYLIN® Chesty Coughs Original, BENLYIN® Chesty Cough & Cold Tablets, BENYLIN® Dry & Tickly Cough Syrup, BENYLIN® Mucus Cough Max Honey & Lemon Flavour Syrup Contains Guaifenesin, BENLYIN® Mucus Cough plus Decongestant Syrup, BENYLIN® Mucus Cough Night, BENYLIN® Mucus Cough & Cold All in One Relief Tablets, BENYLIN® Dry Coughs Night Syrup, BENYLIN® Children’s Dry Cough & Sore Throat Syrup, BENYLIN® Children’s Night Coughs, BENYLIN® Cold & Flu Max Strength Capsules, BENYLIN® Cold & Flu Day & Night Max Strength Capsules, BENYLIN® 4 Flu Tablets, BENYLIN® Day & Night Tablets. BENYLIN® Children's Chesty Coughs Contains Guaifenesin. BENYLIN® Mucus Cough Max Menthol Flavour Oral Solution Contains Guaifenesin. BENYLIN® Dry Cough 7.5mg/5ml Syrup contains Dextromethorphan. BENYLIN® Infant’s Cough Syrup Contains Glycerol. ALWAYS READ THE LABEL. © Johnson & Johnson Limited, 2017 This site is published by Johnson & Johnson Limited which is solely responsible for its contents. It is intended for a UK audience. BENYLIN® is a registered trademark. Site last updated: August 2021. UK-BE-2100020 Ask your pharmacist for advice. The products discussed herein may have different product labelling in different countries. The health information contained herein is provided for educational purposes only and is not intended to replace discussions with a healthcare provider. All decisions regarding patient care must be made with a healthcare provider, considering the unique characteristics of the patient. We Value Your Privacy We want to give you the best experience, so we’d like to use cookies to tell us how to improve our site, keep things relevant for you and enable social media functions and ads. For more information (including data sharing with partners) or to adjust your preferences, see “Cookie Settings”. Click “Accept” if you agree or “Reject” to use only necessary cookies. Reject Accept Cookies Settings