For the past three weeks, I've been suffering from a rather nasty cough. I think it was brought on by the climate change from cold and rainy Tabacundo to hot and rainy Macas. I've grown immune to cherry-flavored cough drops and now actually just eat them to fill my candy cravings. Musinex, which my Mom wisely sent me in the mail some time ago, has also failed to alleviate the cough. So now, with abs of steal and a very sore throat from relentless hacking and wheezing, I've decided to turn to the wonderful people of Macas for advice. In no particular order, here are some of the tidbits of advice that have been thrown my way:
Mariana, a girl I work with: Told me to buy jengibre (ginger) at the pharmacy. Says it will cure anything from arthritis to an awful cough.
Emma, another girl I work with: Told me to buy Sangre de Dagón, which apparently is some type of tree sap. The first time she pronounced it, though, I thought she said Sangre de Dragón, which is dragon blood. Emma found this quite hilarious, and said that both would most likely cure my cough.
My host mom: Gave me a small container of menthol and told me to rub it all over my body, specifically underneath my armpits. She said it would help me "sweat out the cough."
My host mom again: Boiled milk, three types of flowers, sugar and garlic to produce a nighttime beverage that would help me not only to fall asleep, but to also stop the wheezing and hacking.
My host mom (God bless her for trying): Came into my room right as I was getting ready to go to bed with a huge pot filled with eucalyptus leaves. She then proceeded to light the leaves on fire and blow with great force to assure the maximum amount of smoke possible. As I sat stupefied on my bed, she explained that the aroma from the leaves would be released by burning them and thus cure my cough. After the whole pot was blazing with fire, Mom walked out and closed the door to let the smoke gather in my room. Needless to say, my cough did not go away.
So sadly, I'm still suffering from a ferocious sounding cough. If anyone has any advice, I'm open to trying anything (as can be seen by the above tips I've taken). Just please try to steer clear of dragon blood and burning leaves.
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And I can only imagine that your clothes will smell like Eucalyptus for about a month...
--D. Myers
after a quick search, found an interesting idea...
DARK GROUND COFFEE AND HONEY FOR COUGH
Danka from Boston, Ma writes: "This always get rid of my cough: 1 tsp of honey 1/2 tsp of ground coffee mix it and eat it, best would be espresso or some other dark fine ground coffee.I hope it helps."
Now, I personally have never sampled raw coffee grounds, but I can only imagine that the pain of eating this would completely distract you from your cough :-) There are more at this website below.. I particularly enjoyed the section on onions.
http://www.earthclinic.com/CURES/coughs.html
haha! i love this. not you coughing...but everyone's and their mother's advice.
get better!
crushed where-wolf ears....
duh.
marcy i have the terrible cough too! agh. nurse kelly told me she has had it for six weeks. i don't know...it seems to be getting better slowly but there is still a moment every day when i almost throw up from coughing (sorry, too much information?)
halls has a great abundance of candy-like cough drops...i have tried mora and watermelon most recently! :)
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