I have now been coughing for 3 weeks, with a cold a few days before that. There are occasional coughing fits when it seems I'll never stop coughing and my eyes water so much it looks as if I have been crying! But when I go for a walk, cycle or kayak, then I only cough occasionally.
As it was still not getting better I thought I ought to have it checked out and went to my herbalist on Thursday.
She has given me some liquid to take in warm water 4 times a day before food (but I'm not to take the last one too close to bedtime). It is an expectorant and antimicrobial containing:goldenrod, mallow root, elecampane root, thyme, wild indigo and hyssop.
She also recommended putting honey on cut-up onions and leaving for 12 hours then having the honey. I am having a spoonful 2 or 3 times a day. Oniony honey is surprisingly nice!
Also herb tea. She mentioned several and fennel is the tea I had, but I've only had it once. I am not a tea drinker and find waiting for tea to cool down a faff - and sometimes forget it and only remember when it's gone cold!
Also a steam bath (bowl of hot water with a towel over my head). Just hot water would be good but she recommended some herbs to add. Lavender from my garden was the only one I had that so I gave it a go earlier. Though my nose doesn't feel blocked up (but my ears do!) I couldn't smell a thing and it doesn't seem to have had much effect.
So I'll stick to the medicine and the onion honey.
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