KIN Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 happen again tonight. I have a bit of a cold, a slight nasal congestion, but a terrible cough. I'm nursing so I have to be careful what I use. Last night I ended up taking Tylenol (thinking it may decrease the tickle in my chest), Afrin, Sudafed and rubbing Unker's on my chest until around 1:30am I fell asleep. I don't want a repeat tonight! What should I do? Oh, I'm coughing some during the day, but it is much worse when I lay down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTMindy Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 I was going to suggest a shot of tequilla. :-) Last year I had such a bad cough and nothing was touching it (not even cough medicine with codeine). So, in literal desperation, in the middle of the night, I found our tequilla in the back of the cupboard and took a shot. It worked wonders! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deece in MN Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 But, I recently read that if you rub Vicks VapoRub on the bottom of your feet before bed, it will stop your cough and help you sleep better. I haven't tried it as I haven't had a cough and don't have any Vicks, but I read that it works. I guess it is worth a try. :) Hope you feel better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deece in MN Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Here is a link to Snopes about the Vicks on feet thing if you want to read it. They listed it as undetermined as to wether it is true or not. http://www.snopes.com/medical/homecure/vaporub.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magistramom Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Taking a salt bath helps pull toxins out of you pores so others can seep out and not build up inside - it helps clear the way for your WBC's to go in and attack the virus. Fill your tub as high as you can, and as hot as you can stand. Pour about 5 cups of rock salt in (water softener salt is fine). Rub the rock salt on your skin until it dissolves, then soak in the hot tub for as long as you can. Towel off, then warm yourself under 5+ blankets until you sweat. When you can't stand sweating anymore, rinse the salt bath residue and sweat in a warm shower. You'll feel relaxed, and refreshed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harriet Vane Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Honestly, this is the most effective option I have found. I prop up a million pillows and a folded blanket or two and a U-shaped neck pillow and sleep sitting. When I lay down the mucous just builds up and results in terrible coughing. I am just getting over a cold now--I slept this way two nights over the weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in IN Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 except that my cough has been annoying all day! I haven't taken anything because I'm on full strength aspirin and don't know what I can take. I'm drinking hot tea with honey right now. I forgot about vicks vaporub. I'll have to pull that out too, see if it helps. I'm going to try the bottom of the foot, see if it works:) Jean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitestavern Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 I just read last night that dark chocolate is a great cough suppressant (like I need more encouragement to eat chocolate!). I'm not sure if you can take Delsyn when you're nursing, but I had a cough so bad a few years ago where I literally could not sleep (nor could anyone else in the household :( and someone recommended it to me. Normally I'm not a big medicine person, but I had to sleep and this stuff worked wonders! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in IN Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Sounds good to me! I have a bag of Hershey's Dark Chocolate Kissables hiding in my cupboard :) It's worth a try! Jean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hana Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Deece, that's exactly what I was going to say. I don't know what Unker's is, but if it's eucalyptus, menthol, etc., try it on the soles of your feet. I haven't had a chance to try it on myself, but it makes a huge difference for my children. Good luck getting sleep tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIN Posted March 4, 2008 Author Share Posted March 4, 2008 Hey Jean! I'm going to try it all - chocolate, medicine, Unker's (the Amish Vicks!) on my chest and feet, a pillow propped under me, all but the salt bath. I don't have any salt and I'm not digging it out of the softener. :) Hope you sleep tonight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen sn Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Well, I like honey soaked onion juice. Dice an onion, put in a jar, cover just completely with honey. Let sit overnight. Strain honey as needed. Store in fridge. When nothing works - this will. But it doesn't necessarily work when tried as a first choice remedy. It's weird that way. Honey is good alone as well. Also honey and lemon in hot water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen sn Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 WOW! I like the intensity of that! I believe it. Old people have long used epson salts for sick and sore bodies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen sn Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Vicks also cures (and more importantly prevents) fungus toenail. When 3/4 of my toenail was coming off from an injury, a doctor told me that it would help reattach the new nail growth and prevent fungus. My nail is now perfect again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*anj* Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 I know people who swear by this stuff: http://www.myspace.com/buckleys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vida Winter Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 honey and whiskey. It works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb_ Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Clearing up the nasal congestion should help. It doesn't matter how slight it is, the trickle in the back of the throat will cause and/or exacerbate a cough. It doesn't even have to seem like the sinus drainage is causing it. A squirt of decongestant nose spray always does the trick for me. Barb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzanne in ABQ Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Wear a scarf around your neck. I have found that the cough-inducing tickle in my throat is much decreased if I keep my neck warm. Sleep sitting up in a reclilner, if you have one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in IN Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Hey Jean! I'm going to try it all - chocolate, medicine, Unker's (the Amish Vicks!) on my chest and feet, a pillow propped under me, all but the salt bath. I don't have any salt and I'm not digging it out of the softener. :) Hope you sleep tonight! Well, mostly, BUT there was no coughing. I took Nyquil right before bed and slathered my feet and neck with Vicks. I slept really well, except that I woke up around 2:30 and was awake for about half an hour listening to K and M cough and thinking I really need to go put vicks on their feet but I don't know if I could find socks, but at that point I don't think I could have moved! Oh, and I tried dark chocolate too, and as long as I had chocolate in my mouth I wasn't coughing but as soon as I was done the cough came back. Now it's morning and the cough is back! and I'm really sore and achy, grr... Just from all the coughing yesterday, right? I think we might have a sick day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie in Ma Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 I have yet to remember to try it but she says rub Vicks on the bottom of your feet and put socks on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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