Phlegm Home Remedies And Natural Cures

Phlegm is defined as the thick mucus that collects and forms in a person’s throat and in their sinuses. Phlegm usually accumulates due to an allergy or as a result of a cold. It can lead to a stuffy nose or even a nasty and annoying cough. It is very important for one to get this condition treated immediately. If untreated it can settle in the person’s chest and can cause a really serious upper respiratory tract infection which may ultimately require hospitalization. Phlegm can be disgusting and uncomfortable. It is even unsightly.

Some effective home remedies to help treat this problem and to breathe easy again includes adding a dash of some white pepper to about a teaspoon full of fresh honey. This should be taken twice or thrice a day for about 5 days to a week. This remedy will help the phlegm to dry up and thus help in eliminating ones cough too. Another helpful remedy for this condition is to mix 4 teaspoons of honey with the same quantity of grape juice. This concoction should be drunk up to three times a day for about 5 days to a week. This grape juice mixture helps in eliminating phlegm as it works as an expectorant. You can separately try extracting the juice from an onion and also the juice from a lemon and mixing these two together in a cup of boiling water.

Let this steep for a while then add some fresh honey to sweeten and let the mixture reach room temperature. Once it is cool drink this entire portion of juice in a single sitting. This mixture should be made fresh each time and drunk about three times a day for about 2 to 3 days. This will help in eliminating any phlegm. Another useful remedy involves boiling a fistful of fresh mint leaves along with another fistful of eucalyptus leaves in a large vessel full of boiling water. Let the water reach boiling point then take the vessel off the heat.

Next proceed to inhale the steam that comes off this vessel by leaning over the vessel with a towel or large cloth covering one’s head and the vessel. The vapor when inhaled will help in clearing up one’s sinuses and also help in drying up any mucus that is accumulated in the nasal passages. Try cutting a lemon in half and then sprinkling that lemon half with black pepper and salt and chewing on it. This is also a useful remedy in drying up the mucus and reducing any cough that might be there.