Best thing for a cough

Probably viral thats why the antibiotics aren't making a difference. You may just have to ride it out with some linctus.

Mine has taken 3 weeks to go.

Fresh ginger root sliced into hot water with honey is very effective as it's a natural anti-viral.

My H had a cough for over 2 months that nothing would cure - he wouldn't try the ginger as he hates the taste but eventually he did and the cough was gone in 3 days!

MrNeo had a serious chest infection last year. It took him more than 2 months to get rid of his cough completely.

My mum's chemist has a cough syrup, own recipe thingy and only available on prescription, which worked brilliant for me. But that is obviously completely useful for you. sorry

I find buttercup syrup really good for a tickly cough

I find that the cough is always a bugger to get rid of, they really linger.

Hot honey and lemon drinks are very good (and a drop of Brandy never hurts) and a spoonful of honey before bed. My H also swears by lots of garlic, seaweed in miso soup and Bancha Tea.

When it's chesty are you coughing anything up? If you are then I "think"they advise that you avoid dry cough mixture as it's good to cough it up. I also think that chesty cough mixture actually makes you cough?

*TMI* I can go for hours of dry coughing then all of a sudden a huge whopping chesty half an hour of coughing and something comes up (probably my lungs?) but it's only a small bit whihc i spit out (not on the street, in the sink)?

I'm no medic but I think if you still have gunk coming up you should embrace the inner cough and stick to natural stuff to ease it so as not to suppress it.

Embrace the inner cough ? I will have a look in boots and see what they have

? everyone, ill definatlt get some honey and lemon