Ginger tea for cough: 5 recipes to make at home

Ginger tea is a great home remedy to relieve cough, especially because of its anti-inflammatory and expectorant action, helping to reduce the phlegm produced during the flu.

In some cases, cough may be accompanied by other symptoms such as headache, physical tiredness and sometimes fever and if this is important to consult a general practitioner.

Also, even taking ginger tea for coughing it is recommended to drink plenty of water, to keep the body well hydrated, fluidify any discharge from the throat, making it easier to release. You can also do nasal washing to decrease the runny nose and unclog the nose. See more how to do nasal washing.

1. Ginger with cinnamon

Ginger and cinnamon tea has a very pleasant flavor and can be drunk cold or hot. Being a great refreshment for the summer.

Ingredients

• 5 cm of ginger;
• 1 cinnamon stick;
• 1 liter of water.

Preparation mode

Boil the water and then with the fire off, then the cinnamon and ginger should then add. Tea must be strained and does not need to be sweetened. You should take 2 cups of tea a day.

2. Ginger with echinacea

A great allergic cough tea is echinaceous ginger. Echinacea is a medicinal plant has antihistamine properties that help calm cough. Check out more about the benefits of Echinacea.

Ingredients

• 1 cm of ginger;
• 1 teaspoon echinaceous leaves;
• 1 cup of water.

Preparation mode

Add ginger and echinacea leaves in the cup of boiling water, cover and let it be warm. Then you must filter and drink.

3. Ginger with onion and honey

Another good cough tea with phlegm is onion bark because it has expectorant properties that help eliminate phlegm, calming the cough.

Ingredients

• 1 cm of ginger;
• Large onion bark;
• 1 cup of water;
• 1 tablespoon honey.

Preparation mode

Put the ginger, onion shells and the water in a pan and boil for 3 minutes. Then put out the fire, cover the pan and let the tea warm. After warm, filter, sweeten with honey and drink next. You should drink this tea 3 to 4 times a day. See another recipe for coughing onion syrup.

4. Ginger with mint

An excellent natural remedy to end phlegm cough is this ginger syrup with mint because it is prepared with anti-inflammatory and expectorant ingredients.

Ingredients

• 3 peeled (medium) carrots;
• 1 spoon of sliced ​​ginger;
• 2 branches of mint;
• 1 glass of water;
• 1 tablespoon honey.

Preparation mode

Beat the ingredients in a blender, strain and sweeten with honey. Store this syrup in a tightly closed dark container and take 1 spoon at least 3 times a day at the interval between meals.

5. Ginger with lemon

This tea is delicious and strengthens the immune system, and is rich in vitamin C, fights flu and colds, being a great natural supplement against cough.

Ingredients

• 1 cm of ginger;
• 150 ml of water;
• 1 lemon (small) squeezed;
• 1 teaspoon honey.

Preparation mode

Put the water and ginger in a pan and bring to the heat, after 5 minutes add the honey and lemon, let it cool slightly and then take it when it is warm.

Check out other teas, syrups and juices against cough in the following video:

Clinical Review:
Manuel Reis
Nurse

Postgraduate in Advanced Clinical Phytotherapy and graduated from the Porto School of Nursing, in 2013. Member No. 79026 of the Order of Nurses.