How to Get Rid of Chest Congestion Fast
Things You'll Need
- Medicine Chicken soup
Instructions
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Take over-the-counter medications. Cough suppressants assist in bottling up the cough so you can sleep. However, other cough medicines break up the mucus. This will help in getting rid of the chest congestion faster. This medication includes Mucinex and Tylenol Cold.
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Drink hot chicken broth. The steam will loosen the mucus in your chest. Breathe in the steam from the soup before you begin drinking. This will allow the boiling chicken stock to cool while still helping relieve your chest congestion.
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Take a hot shower. Stand in the shower and let the hot water run against your chest. Breathing in the steam will help break up the mucus. Take a 30-minute shower three or four times a day.
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Cough. Every time you cough, your chest works to break up the mucus. This will allow phlegm to come up. Spit out the phlegm every time. This is the infection. Swallowing the phlegm will make you worse.
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