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Cough in African Traditional Medicine

Cough is a reflex action to clear the throat of mucus and other substance that obstructs the breathing airways. cough is categorize into three: the acute cough which last for less than three weeks, sub-acute which last for between 3 to 8 weeks and the chronic cough which last for more than 8 weeks. The common causes of cough is the respiratory track infection caused by flu or cold. Another cause could be traced to asthma which is a little easy to identify because it comes out like a wheeze and the barking cough which is caused by smoking. Cough caused by smoking is chronic and smoking do a lot of damage to the lungs. Always put in mind the massage on the pack of the cigarette, "Smoking Kills",
Don't miss out of the Black Friday bonaza (80% off) so you could check if you could purchase the Traditional item to prepare the medicine i'm about to give out now. In Nigeria, one of the traditional and even quicker way to treating cough is using bitter kola. If you haven't read the post on bitter kola, you might not have a complete picture of this post. Click HERE to read about bitter kola. It is a common practice among every tribe in Nigeria. You start by chewing bitter kola with a common menthol candy called Tom Tom (you could use any other mint or menthol candy). If it persist, you are sure of its knockout punch. People with this secret do not suffer flu or cough for 3 day. Very easy way to avoid all categories of cough (I can't guarantee for asthmatic patient ). You burn the bitter kola to ashes. Pound the bitter kola to dust then add some palm oil. When you take it, you are going to cough out all the mucus that obstruct the airways.

You could give it a try and leave a comment.

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