Coughing and Chocolate / myLot

United States

February 4, 2016 9:36am CST

I've had a cough for 4 days now, started as a sore throat on the weekend and then turned into a cough. At first I was happy the sore throat was gone thinking that I just had to cough a little and then i'd be clear... but now this cough is getting old! Well today I read an article about chocolate may help calm coughs. Couldn't hurt right :-D So I had some crispy m&ms (the only chocolate we have currently) and besides being very tasty, I have found that I have not had the urge to cough in about 10 minutes now. I know that's not very long, but I've been coughing so much and so often that even a little break is a victory! It was on webmd so it must be true ;) Actually webmd just posted the study and said it's possible it could help. I am going to be eating chocolate all day as long as it seems to be working :-D Have you ever tried this? Any other wacky or unusual ideas that have worked for you when you had a nagging cough??

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Anne Johnston

@AnneEJ (4917)

• Dollard-Des-Ormeaux, Quebec

4 Feb 16

I never heard of that before. But I do know that mixing some honey and cinnamon together and taking a spoonful now and again really helps a cough.

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vivasuzi

@vivasuzi (4127)

• United States

4 Feb 16

Wow that's interesting. I have done the honey thing and usually my daughter gets honey, but never thought to add cinnamon. I may have to try that.

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Marlina

@marlina (154131)

• Canada

4 Feb 16

I do the spoon of honey and it helps me (sometimes)

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Kathy

@kamel622 (310)

• United States

15 Feb 16

Darn I wish I had known that a few weeks ago when I had a horrible cough. I've heard pineapple juice works well too, but I didn't know that then either.

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vivasuzi

@vivasuzi (4127)

• United States

17 Feb 16

I heard Pineapple juice too but we didn't have any! I almost went and bought some but my cough finally improved.

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alchemistrx

@alchemistrx (2547)

• Philippines

4 Feb 16

Coughing can be reduced by gargling hot water with salt.

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vivasuzi

@vivasuzi (4127)

• United States

4 Feb 16

Yeah but that's sooooo gross lol. I'd rather just eat chocolate!

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much2say

@much2say (55613)

• Los Angeles, California

4 Feb 16

For me, drinking apple cider vinegar with water for months has made my coughing not so bad this season (every winter I get a bad cough that lingers on forever - thankfully not this time for once). I find that lemon in my water helps too.

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vivasuzi

@vivasuzi (4127)

• United States

4 Feb 16

I should try the lemon. I drink a ton of water so that might help!

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