Who has a home remedy that works?

Lots of fluids first of all. Does she like tea? You could try some warm tea with honey in it. If her cough is causing her to have a sore throat try feeding her soft foods like pudding, applesauce, popsicles, Jell-o, and soups to avoid further irritation to her throat. If she has drainage that is causing the cough try some saline in her nose. Saline is basically salt and water. You can make your own or you can buy some over the counter. Clearing out the drainage will help her too. A cool mist humidifier in her room might be a good idea too.

I've heard the honey and lemon thing before.

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The vapor plug ins actually help my girls with their cough also. Maybe not tons but enough to help them to sleep and be comfortable. Also, if it is all reflexive cough I will give them the guaffinisin/codine or hydrocodone mix cough syrup bc it numbs the reflex in the throat that causes you to cough and helps them in the night. We don't use anything really regularly though except benedryl during colds with the other meds cause it drys up the nose which decreases the drip onto the cough reflex spot... Hope this helps, my daughter just got her signature fall cough yesterday so she's home from school today and I'm starting our "routine"!

Not helpful for the young, but lemon and honey sounds similar to a "hot toddy" which some people used to think was helpful.

i find that helps me is... boil together 2 Litres (64 oz) of water, 1 lime, 1 lemon, 1 orange, and 3 cinnamon sticks. have them boil on the stove until the fruit just about separates from the peels. strain out the fruit. then drink hot or warm with honey in it (put as much honey to sweeten as you need). i also sleep with a hot steam vaporizer. i put some Vics vaposteam in it. that seems to help. also, make sure she's drinking plenty of fluids, especially water. this helps to break up congestion and prevents dehydration. Try to limit her sugar and other processed foods and dairy intake while she has the cold-symptoms. They cause more mucous to build up.

I grate onion and make onion juice. To 1/4 glass of onion juice add 3/4 glass of hot water and 1 tbsp of honey. Mix in well and give it to your daughter at the hottest temperature she can bear to drink. Whenever I give my kids this, they either cough their phlegm out or it goes out in the stool. Works well for me. Good luck .

Is she coughing due to mucous? Right now I'm getting over my cold so I'm coughing up a lot of mucous. The best way to avoid that is to limit dairy intake. Dairy creates more mucous, that's why it's not a good idea to give a child with a cold any milk products. For sore throat I use hot liquids like hot cocoa and soup.

Hello my dear ersmommy, Do you have any honey and garlic in your household. What you should do is to cut the garlic and mix it with the honey and give her a tea spoon in the mornings and one in the evenings this will help her.