Tired of a Stubborn Cough? Try These Home Remedies
Struggling with a persistent cough and green phlegm? Discover five home remedies to tackle the issue (plus tips to boost your immune system).
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Before we share the five amazing tips to help banish that cough and stubborn phlegm, it's important to know what not to do to clear your system.
Certain foods can increase and encourage phlegm production. If you consume these, even with the tips below, your efforts might be in vain.
Stop consuming these foods that enhance and promote phlegm:
- Cheese and dairy products (cause thick and persistent phlegm)
- White flour and its products
- Bananas
- Citrus fruits and their pulp
- White sugar
- Eggs
- Peanuts
As trivial as it may sound, now is the time to strengthen your immune system to help it combat the phlegm and defeat that cough.
Therefore, you should also avoid foods that weaken the immune system, which includes everything mentioned above and processed, fried food that is full of sugars and simple carbohydrates (cold food also, by the way, weakens immune function).
What foods should you eat to overcome phlegm? The following foods are excellent for you: garlic, onions, radishes, water, mint, and za'atar.
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