How to Quiet a Dry Nighttime Cough

No one likes a dry cough, especially at night. The best approach will be from several directions. This guide will help you enjoy a night's rest by suppressing your cough.

Things You'll Need

• Tea
• Lemon or lemon juice
• Honey
• Peppermint
• Humidifier
• Nighttime cough syrup
• Cough lozenges
• Peppermints
• Glass of water

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Instructions

• 1

  Drink hot tea with honey. The hot water will help moisturize your throat as well as soothe the membranes where the mucus is being produced. If you do not like tea, try hot lemon water with honey.

• 2

  Have a humidifier in the room where you sleep. This will add moisture to the air you breathe, thus helping to moisturize your dry throat.

• 3

  Take some nighttime cough syrup. This will help with any aches and soreness in your throat as well as help to suppress your cough and any other symptoms you may have. Make sure you look at the bottle and that it covers all of your symptoms. Use a nighttime medicine so that you will be able to sleep all night and not wake up coughing.

• 4

  Keep lozenges or peppermints and a glass of water at a nightstand by your bed in case you need either of them. Keeping yourself hydrated will help get rid of the dryness you are experiencing.