Comments on: Cough, phelgm and sputum

By: wp

wp — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:45:43 +0000

Try Eu Yan Sang’s cough nectar. It works very fine with us when we have a cough.

Thanks for the tip.

By: Julie

Julie — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 07:23:40 +0000

If you cough more at night which means you are having a cold cough and if you cough more at daytime, then it’s heaty. Most of the time, cold cough don’t come with phlegm. You may get heaty cough then turn to cold cough.

Then cold cough turn back to heaty cough and heaty cough turn back to cold cough. Tak habis habis. Hahaha.

By: Immomsdaughter

Immomsdaughter — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:27:36 +0000

Sorry to hear about the ongoing cough. I’m having it too, on and off. As long as it’s mild and does not comes accompanied with sore throat, I’ll usually bear with it. If there’s sore throat, gargling 2-3 times with Listerine helps.

Anyway, thanks for this post. One of the best health tips that I got is through this comment section. LOL.

I think if I try all the remedies, by the time my cough recovers I won’t know which remedy it was that helped or whether its just that the cough has expired. Hahaha. Still its very good for reference.

By: lia

lia — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 02:17:10 +0000

(waves at kat!!!) hi dear!!! Yes, that’s the one! You know I can’t spell very well hehehhehehehehee

hope you are feeling better, dear HUGS.

By: Ann

Ann — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:58:42 +0000

Sorry to hear that you are ill.

I always follow this priciple – if you cough more at night/late evening, it is a cool cough and therefore you need to take heaty stuff.

If you cough more during the day and find the mildest chillis (that you used to eat with no problem last time) too spicy, then you are having heaty cough.

If you want, go see a sinseh. There is one in SS2, should be the first one you pass as you walk from the coffee shop Lorong Seratue Tahun towards Kimarie Hair Salon. My bbsitter recommended him to me and says he is very good. Though I cannot personally vouch.

Hope you get well soon.

Thanks for the recommendation, Ann.

By: renet13

renet13 — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:04:05 +0000

I believe in some of the remedies mentioned by readers above...honey, Lam hang Pak Hang (almonds) Kat peng (dried orange) for long standing cough. Honey lime is good when you have cough and sore throat. Pei PAh Ko is my 1st action ..failing which I'll see doctor for antibiotics if I have sorethroat or when the phlegm turn green/yellowish. To me I always believe when the phlegm is white and loose..it's cold cough. Stay away from icy stuff. If the phlegm is thick and greenish it's heaty cough or may be infected cough..I'll stay away from fried stuff, chilly which can stimulate more phlegm. I also believe drinking leong sui and take young coconut drink without ice is good for heaty cough..so far touch wood i think I'm on the right track coz..i seldom have coughing problem that prolong. Thanks for the great explanation. When buying pei pah koh, you must be careful not to get the imitation one. Check this site out to get the right one.

By: ASIAN Electronics Forum

ASIAN Electronics Forum — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:21:18 +0000

for sputum i use Fluimucil which is a cysteine based medicine. It is over the counter but i dont know if it is also safe for kids.

Thanks.

By: Moomykin

Moomykin — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:34:27 +0000

I shall not confuse you further (wah, already so many to try), but hope you get well soon.

I do find drinking warm water frequently helps relief the irritation to the throat.

I think the water will losen up the phelgm too.

By: blurqueen

blurqueen — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 04:49:44 +0000

Few months back I had a really bad cough. A colleague recommended homemade remedy with ingredients as follows and it works!

A slice of ginger
Few pieces of dried longan and red dates

Infused above ingredients with hot water. Add honey and drink warm.

Hope you get well soon.

Thanks for the recipe. It sounds delicious too.

By: Angeline

Angeline — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:36:23 +0000

For me, I drink hot (not warm) water to ‘dilute’ the phelgm.

For my kids, I stop all sweet stuff and cold stuff.

For my parents-in-law, THEY PUT ‘FENG-YOU’ medicated OIL DIRECTLY INTO THEIR THROAT!!! and amazingly they are cured in a shorter time then us! (I don’t think I’ll ever try that!)

If you have sore throat, gurgle with salt water, it helps to clear some sticky phlegm too…

Some of the kids in my primary school a long time ago used to do the feng-you thing too! Back then feng-you used to be the “magical” oil that we used for everything, stomach ache, headache, you name it.