I just got the flu, but I still have this nasty cough that I cannot get rid of. I've taken all kinds of meds and it does not go away...Anyone knows any good, working home remedies for it?

Warm mist humidifier, salt water gargle. Don't eat anything at all dairy. Dairy will increase the production of mucus within the body. Keep the temperature of the air around 65-68, too warm isn't good, but make it moist.

Thanks lilith!

Anytime.... and I also like the halls sugar free cough drops. Most cough drops are just sugar candies... halls actually help.

Sleeping , resting , chicken soup ,sleeping and more resting ...

Thanks Boobella!

if you're coughing up yucky colored stuff then there is infection

the flu is a virus and runs its course but it can weaken tissue and allow bacteria to attack

if it lasts more than a couple days you prolly ought to get some antibiotics

I am not coughing yucky stuff, and I have been on antibiotics; is just the dry cough that I can't get rid of

good

you should be fine

have a cigarette

Last year I had a bad bout with bronchitis & Pneumonia with it came and awful cough I could not get rid of. They changed my antibiotics several times as well as allergy meds. The only thing that finally did it was Singulair which the doctor said would help heal my lungs due to what I had been going through as well as some good cough medicine that would keep me from coughing so much and causing more damage..... Within a week I was all good and I had dealt with the cough for almost 3 months nothing else worked.....so my advice go back to the doctor and let them check...

i had a couple of ladies swear up and down to me that a couple of drops of oil of oregano (mixed with water) cured their lingering coughs.

i bought the crap (it wasn't cheap) and it didn't do squat for me. want me to mail the leftovers?

couogh , hmmm well lets seee what could possibly trigger that for such a duration. Could be viral or perhaps , you have something disturbing you and you need to realign your thought patters differently

I willl thanks !

Set in the bathroom with the hot steamy shower going.

Ghange your furnace and car filter and try to reduce allergens until your respiratory system can recover.

Drink caffine free liquids, avoid salt which increases any hypertension, diabetes, or other health issues while you are at a physicl low. If you exercise do it early in the day when pollution is less.

Wash or brush your hair more often; hair tends to retain allergens.

If you take a turn for the worse return to your doctor immediately. With 200 deaths and 2700 hospialization in California alone before the vacination can even get out of the box I really hope people are taking this flu season and health practices seriously.

could be viral????? ya think?

Sex all night is the only remedy I know about . .
Good luck to you .

I use theraflu heating the water to boiling and then adding the mix...it doesn't work as well if it is not SCOLDING hot inhaling the steam as you 'attempt' to drink it as hot as you can handle...normally 3 days and everything is gone

I haven't tried that remedy....hmmmm maybe I should..