10 Home Remedies For Dry Cough
Home Remedy #3: Zinc Lozenge
Zinc supplements were first reported to be possibly beneficial to help prevent colds by a study published in 1984. Since then, may studies have reported mixed results regarding the effectiveness of zinc for this purpose. An analysis of several studies found that study participants who were taking zinc supplements as a lozenge or syrup had a shorter duration of cold symptoms by a day. This is postulated to be due to zinc preventing the multiplication of pathogens, which shortens the course of the disease.
However, there are also other analyses who do not recommend the use of zinc due to lack of quality evidence. For those who would like to try zinc lozenge as a home remedy for a cough, it may help reduce dry cough as it decreases the tickling sensation in the throat.
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