Finding dry cough remedy for pregnant women could be tricky as some of substance in medication can be harmful for the infant. If a pregnant woman decide to choose medical drug to treat her dry cough, it would be better if she ask a doctor recommendation. Buying over the counter cough suppressant is not recommended without expert suggestion.
If the cough related to mild health problem such as cold or influenza, better to try a natural dry cough remedy. It commonly side effect free and easy to make. Below are some tips to tame the cough in pregnant women without endangering the infant.
1. Sometimes sore throat and dry cough come when a dry air or extreme weather changes. In this case, drink lot of water could helps much. Drink around 8 glass of water per day while facing a cough. As alternative, sip on hot clear chicken broth can relieve the sore throat and cough at the same time, or a glass of lukewarm milk before go to the bed will help much relieving a dry cough caused by extreme weather changing.
2. Eat balance and healthy diet, eat a lot of fresh fruit contain vitamin C. This vitamin has been known can help the immune system fight the cause of the disease. Well balance diet will improve health condition. Fresh fruit juice also works fine to provide a ton of vitamin C.
3. Get plenty of rest and make sure to maintain humidity level inside the rooms. To increase the air moistness, use a cool mist humidifier especially in bedroom during sleeping time. Gargling with saline water could become a best dry cough remedy for pregnant women. Add a tablespoon of sea salt to a glass of lukewarm water, and use this mixture for gargling before going to bed.
4. Some of natural ingredients has been prove can reduce the severity of dry cough. Including to these recipes are lukewarm tea with honey, hot ginger tea with honey, or warm lemon juice with honey has been around us for many-many years as cough reliever.
5. According to steadyhealth.com, a combination of turmeric with honey can also be great help to tame dry cough. Mix a tablespoonful of honey with a pinch of turmeric and drink it at bed time. As an alternative pregnant women can use almond to wipe out the cough. Soak seven pieces of almond over night, in the morning, peel the almond and crush it to make a paste, add 1 tablespoon of sugar and 1 tablespoon of butter. Mix well and eat the mixture twice a day.
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