Allergic Cough: Causes, Symptoms, Complications, Precausions, Home Remedies, Herbal Medicines

Are you searching for  some remedies for allergic cough and without any side effects? Are you afraid of recurrent respiratory tract infections then you will be happy to know that Ayurveda having the prior solution for all your worries.

What is Allergic Cough:

Coughing is a body's defense mechanism for  removing of foreign material from the air passages through mixing it with mucous, a semi liquid substance derived from the mucosal layer of airways. That means when some dust enters in your respiratory track, then our body will try to expel that out from the body in the form of cough. 

Symptoms:

• Sneezing mostly seen in dust allergy.
• Coughing mostly seen in dust allergy and also in contact with certain flowers or pets.
• Swelling of the nasal mucosa.
• Wheezing and dyspnoea commonly seen people working in cement industries.
• Systemic allergic response or anaphylaxis.
• Attacks of asthma after exposure to dust or certain flower

Causes:

• Allergy to dusts causing asthma, running nose
• Allergy to certain proteins like beef, milk, egg yolk.
• Some people are genetically hypersensitive to so many pollens and allergens.
• People who are not maintaining a good hygiene are more prone to develop allergy.
• Living in a place full of dust may cause allergy to respiratory system.
• People who are new to certain environment  can develop allergy.
• People living in urban areas are exposing to many chemicals and gases which can causes allergy.
• In the people, living nearby to industrial areas develops certain types of allergies.

Investigations:

• Chest X-ray PA View.
• Blood Routine Examination.
• AEC (Absolute Eosinophil Count)

Complications:

• Excessive sweating,
• Anorexia,
• Exhaustion.
• Bradyarrhythmias and tachyarrhythmias.
• Arterial hypo-tension.
• Cough syncope.
• Dizziness.
• Headache.
• Exacerbation of asthma.

Serious Complications:

• Loss of consciousness.
• Herniation. 
• Stroke due to vertebral artery dissection.
• Herniation of the lung.
• Laryngeal trauma (laryngeal oedema and hoarseness)
• Disruption of surgical wounds.

Home Remedies:

• 20-30 ml Juice of Vasaka (Adhatoda vasica) with honey in the early morning, evening and before going to bed.
• 20-30 ml  Juice of Adrak (Ginger) mixed with some juice of Vasaka (Adhatoda vasica) leaves and honey. It should be taken thrice a day after food.
• 10-15 ml Juice of Tulsi mixed with honey is very much effective. It can be taken regularly by the people who are suffering from chronic allergic cough. 
• 10-15 ml Mixture of juice Tulsi, Ginger, with Black piper power is very much effective and should be consumed thrice a day. 
• Decoction of Tulsi, (Occimum sanctum), Mulethi (Liquorice) with Vasaka (Adhatoda vasica) in lukewarm state is very much effective.
• Ginger Dry (Sunthi), Black Piper, with honey should be administered thrice daily.
• Honey itself acts as a smoothing agent for thought in the primary stage of irritation.

Life Style Changes:

• Complete bed rest.
• Avoid smoke and give a cross mark to your smoking habits.
• Avoid cold exposure.
• Avoid Air Coller use (AC can be used by maintain a normal body temperature).
• Bath with cold water or fun in swimming pools must be avoided.
• Avoid exposure to dust or cold air.
• Body sprays or other insect killers can make your condition worse, so better keep them aside.
• Food should be warm and fresh and plenty amount of fluid orally.
• Curd is not good for Cough as per Ayurveda says.

Oral Medicines:

Classical Herbal Preparations

Vati/Ras Formulations (Tablets/Pills)

•  Swaskas Chintamani Ras; 125 mg twice daily with honey
• Swas Kuthar Ras; 125-250 mg twice daily with honey
• Vayosadhi Vati; 4-8 tablets in 24 hours (Chewable). 
• Charanamrit Ras; 125-250 mg twice daily with honey and Vasaka Juice.
• Khadiradhi Vati; 4-6 tablets in 24 hours (Chewable). 
• Tribhuvan Kritti Ras; 250 mg twice daily with honey and tulsi juice

Avaleha Formulation (Semi-liquid)

• Bharggi Gur; 1 tsf twice daily.
• Vasa Avaleha; 1 tsf twice daily.
• Vasa Kantakari Avaleha; 1 tsf twice daily.
• Kantakari Avaleha; 1 tsf twice daily

Churna/Bhasma Formulation (Powder)

• Malla Sindur; 125 g twice daily with honey.
• Sringar Bhasma; 125-250 mg twice daily.
• Pippali Churna; 250-500 mg twice daily with honey and ginger juice.
• Talishadhi Churna; 1 tsf twice daily with honey.
• Giloy Satva/ Gudduchi Satva; 500 mg-1000mg twice with honey.
  

Arista/Sura/Kalka Kalpana (Liquid).

• Mrit Sanjavani Sura; 20-30 ml twice with half glass water just after food.
• Draksharista; 20-30 ml twice with half glass water just after food.
• Maha Drakrarista salsa; 20-30 ml twice with half glass water just after food.

Patent Herbal Preparations

Tablet Formulations

• Tab. Desma (J&J) 1-2 tablets twice daily after food with warm water.
• Tab. Haleezy (Charak) 1-2 tablets twice daily after food with warm water.
• Tab. Kasakulantak (Santigiri) 1-2 tablets twice daily after food with warm water.
• Tab. Ephenin (Sandu) 1-2 tablets twice daily after food with warm water.
• Tab. Dekofcyn (Alarsin) 1-2 tablets twice daily after food with warm water.
• Tab. Bronto (Anuja) 1-2 tablets twice daily after food with warm water. 
• Tab.A Kof  (Ajmera) 1-2 tablets twice daily after food with warm water. 
• Tab. Swaskalpa (Baidhyanath) 1-2 tablets twice daily after food with warm water.
• Tab. Ventilair (Bajaj) 1-2 tablets twice daily after food with warm water.
• Tab. Kofol (Charak) 1-2 tablets twice daily after food with warm water.
• Tab. Septilin 1-2 tablets twice daily after food with warm water.
• Tab. Asmagon 1-2 tablets twice daily after food with warm water.
• Tab. Asthmacure (BIPHA) 1-2 tablets twice daily after food with warm water.

Capsules Type Formulations

• Cap. Pneumonorm (Dr.Palep’s) 1-2 capsules twice daily after food with warm water.
• Cap. D Spaz (Atrimed) 1-2 capsules twice daily after food with warm water.
• Cap. Esno (Vita Health) 1-2 capsules twice daily after food with warm water.
• Cap.Fizzle (Ayulabs) 1-2 capsules twice daily after food with warm water.
• Cap. Mahim-6 (Vasistha Pharma) 1-2 capsules twice daily after food with warm water.
• Cap Dabdana (Ajmera) 1-2 capsules twice daily after food with warm water.
• Cap. Shwasankush (Pavaman) 1-2 capsules twice daily after food with warm water.
• Cap. Solanum Forte (Santigiri) 1-2 capsules twice daily after food with warm water.
• Cap. Tyodrex (Shilpachem) 1-2 capsules twice daily after food with warm water.
• Cap. Vasa Rux (Fort Herbal) 1-2 capsules twice daily after food with warm water.
• Cap. Byekof (Sneha Nature) 1-2 capsules twice daily after food with warm water.
• Cap. Nasollerin (Sagar) 1-2 capsules twice daily after food with warm water.
• Cap. Asthofit (J&S) 1-2 capsules twice daily after food with warm water.
• Cap. Biocivas (Adfac lab) 1-2 capsules twice daily after food with warm water.
• Cap. Snaps (Nupal) 1-2 capsules twice daily after food with warm water.
• Cap. Suswas (Bal) 1-2 capsules twice daily after food with warm water.
• Cap. Zeal (Vasu) 1-2 capsules twice daily after food with warm water.
• Cap. Shwasi (Dhanvantari) 1-2 capsules twice daily after food with warm water.
• Cap. Asthamin (Multani) 1-2 capsules twice daily after food with warm water.

Medicated Tea Formulation

• Bronco-T Tea (Surya) 2 tsf with water and prepare like normal tea. It should be taken thrice daily.

Paste Or Semiliquid Forulations

• Dashamoolarasayanam Paste (AVN) 1 tsf twice daily after food.
• Madhuvani (Dabur) 1 tysf twice daily after food.

Powder/Granules Formulations

• Pankaja Kasturi Powder (Pankaja Kasturi) 1 tsf twice daily with honey.
• Rhinex Granules (Pentacare) 1 tsf twice with honey.
• Allergin Granules 1 tsf twice daily with honey
• Lobodil Powder (Salveo) 1 tsf twice daily with honey.

Liquid Formulations

• Syp. Bronco-T (Surya) 5-10 ml twice daily after food.
• Syp. Dhatur Plus (Mukthi) 5-10 ml twice daily after food.
• Syp. Bronko (Jark) 5-10 ml twice daily after food.
• Syp. Bronto (Anuja) 5-10 ml twice daily after food.
• Syp. Pushkaramrith (Swadeshi) 5-10 ml twice daily after food.
• Syp. Somakalpa (UAP Pharma) 5-10 ml twice daily after food.
• Syp. Spasma (Charak) 5-10 ml twice daily after food.
• Syp. Spazex (Atrimed) 5-10 ml twice daily after food.
• Syp. Sulung (Afdil) 5-10 ml twice daily after food.
• Syp. Sushwas (ALVA) 5-10 ml twice daily after food.
• Syp. Tussnil (KAPL) 5-10 ml twice daily after food.
• Syp. Broncof (Capro) 5-10 ml twice daily after food.
• Syp. Bykof (Sneha Nature) 5-10 ml twice daily after food.
• Syp. Agrigold Cough Liq (Agrigold) 5-10 ml twice daily after food.
• Syp. A Kof (Ajmera) 5-10 ml twice daily after food.
• Syp. Adulsa (Arya Aushadhi) 5-10 ml twice daily after food.
• Syp. Coughset (Shankar) 5-10 ml twice daily after food.
• Syp. Coughcare (Dindayal) 5-10 ml twice daily after food.
• Syp. Kofnil (ARAR) 5-10 ml twice daily after food.
• Syp. Dekofcyn (Alarsin) 5-10 ml twice daily after food.
• Syp. Drill Expectorant (Ban) 5-10 ml twice daily after food.
• Syp. Kofney (Bajaj) 5-10 ml twice daily after food.
• Syp. Kofnil (Dhanvantari) 5-10 ml twice daily after food.
• Syp. Kas-Honisyr (Herbotech) 5-10 ml twice daily after food.
• Syp. Kofit (Abhinav) 5-10 ml twice daily after food.
• Syp. Kofsil (Keshri) 5-10 ml twice daily after food.
• Syp. Kurex Light (Megha) 5-10 ml twice daily after food.
• Syp. M-Cof (Mukti) 5-10 ml twice daily after food.
• Syp. Madhuras (Chirayu) 5-10 ml twice daily after food.
• Syp. Madhuri (Rudradeo) 5-10 ml twice daily after food.
• Syp. Madhuvabi (Dabur) 5-10 ml twice daily after food.
• Syp. Medimix (Cholayil) 5-10 ml twice daily after food.
• Syp. Mincof (SDL) 5-10 ml twice daily after food.
• Syp. Mukof (Atrimed) 5-10 ml twice daily after food.
• Syp. Munnakof (Rusi) 5-10 ml twice daily after food.
• Syp. Rhinagra (Prakruti) 5-10 ml twice daily after food.
• Syp. Sandu Vasa (Sandu) 5-10 ml twice daily after food.
• Syp. Shwas Shaman (Prabhat) 5-10 ml twice daily after food.
• Syp. Shwasi (Dhanvantari) 5-10 ml twice daily after food
• Syp. Suppres (Nagarjun) 5-10 ml twice daily after food.
• Syp. Vasa Tulsi (Jantayu) 5-10 ml twice daily after food.
• Syp. Vedamrit (Akshar) 5-10 ml twice daily after food.
• Syp. Whoopin (Sandu) 5-10 ml twice daily after food.
• Syp. Zeal (Vasu) 5-10 ml twice daily after food.
• Syp. Bronchorid 5-10 ml twice daily after food.
• Syp. Koflet (Himalaya) 5-10 ml twice daily after food.
• Syp. Koflet SF (Himalaya) 5-10 ml twice daily after food.
• Syp. Kuka (Multani) 5-10 ml twice daily after food.
• Syp. Halezzy (Charak) 5-10 ml twice daily after food.
• Syp. Honitus (Dabur) 5-10 ml twice daily after food.
• Syp. Kasamrit (Dindayal) 5-10 ml twice daily after food.
• Syp. Jufex (Aimil) 5-10 ml twice daily after food.
• Syp. Diakof (Himalaya) 5-10 ml twice daily after food.
• Syp. Bronkasav (Millennium)  5-10 ml twice daily after food.

Nasal Applications 

1. Swasanandham Oil

1. Sadabindu Oil

1. Cephagrain Nasal Drop

1. Normal Saline Water

Local Application

1. Mentho Plus Balm

1. Zandu Balm

1. Amritanjan Balm

1. Amritanjan Roll On

1. Sensor Oil