A full-fledged alternative to mustard plasters for coughs are cupping glasses. If the former help in the fight against dry coughs, then cupping glasses are effective for expectorating phlegm.
The mucolytic cough medicine Ambrobene belongs to a group of drugs that facilitate expectoration of phlegm (bronchial secretions) and clear the respiratory tract.
As a home remedy for coughs, lemon is used mainly because of its high content of ascorbic acid (Acidum ascorbinicum), that is, the antioxidant vitamin C.
Currently, in pediatric pulmonology and phthisiology, there is an increasing need for antibiotic action aimed primarily at reducing the number of bacteria and fungi. Inhalations with miramistin are quite effective in this regard.
Inhalation antimicrobial therapy, when antibiotics are used for inhalation – one of the parenteral methods of drug administration, began to be used in the middle of the last century.
Thermopsole cough tablets are completely natural, but this is not a synonym for "harmless". The herb is poisonous, one of its popular names is arsenic or drunken herb, which suggests what effects its excessive use can cause.