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How to Clear Mucus From The Lungs and Strengthen The Immune System

Having a cold or flu, being surrounded by tissues and coughing at every situation can ruin your day. However, lemon water, ginger, and honey can help you get rid of the excess mucus.

Viral infections, conditions associated with smoking, and seasonal allergies are followed by excessive mucus. To determine the reason behind the excessive mucus, you can examine the quantity, the color, as well as the consistency of it, and this is not a nice thing to do.

Fortunately, the fantastic four ingredients (lemon, ginger, water, and honey) can help you get rid of excess mucus and phlegm in your throat, lungs, and nose.

The Advantages of Drinking Water

Many medical professionals recommend drinking a lot of water on a daily basis. With the help of water, you can loosen and clean any phlegm in your back of the mouth and the throat.

Also, water can help you remove the toxins from your body that contribute to your disease. Consuming cold water improves the metabolism and helps your immune system. Consuming warm water regulates body temperature.

The Advantages of Ginger

When you feel better after an illness, but you still feel that excess mucus, you need to remind yourself of ginger. Ginger is popular because it lowers a headache which is a result of congested sinuses. (1)

And, it lowers the extra phlegm left in your body after the recovery of the illness.

Moreover, ginger improves your whole system, and the active component in ginger named oleoresin is usually found in flu and cold meds. If there is excessive mucus in your lungs, ginger can help in a reduction because it stimulates circulation.

Having a chill or a fever can be treated with the help of ginger. Consuming ginger regularly can help in easing morning sickness as well as inflammations. Also, ginger is helpful to people who have respiratory problems like asthma.

The Advantages of Honey

(Moderate use for diabetics.)

Honey has antifungal, anti-inflammatory, as well as antibacterial benefits which make it an excellent food. (2) Often, honey is used to treat seasonal allergies and hay fever because of its high amounts of flavonoids and antioxidants.

And, it treats wounds and constant ulcers. The probiotic bacteria are known as Lactobacillus kunkeei, and it can be found in honey, and it improves the immune system.

We recommend you to use raw honey instead of refined. Why? Raw honey is not filtered or heated, so the bacteria is still active. This bacteria is healthy because it gives off many natural compounds in order to fight and kill the bacteria standing in their way.

Furthermore, honey lowers phlegm and mucus, and it soothes our roughened muscle linings we have after coughing. (3)Remember that honey is a natural sweetener so you can use it every morning in your tea, for example.

The Advantages of Lemon

You all know that lemon contains high amounts of the vitamin-C as well as potassium, and it is extremely beneficial for our immune system. (4)

Likewise, lemon has antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory characteristics which can clean the mucus and improve the immune system.

Additionally, lemon is useful in controlling the blood pressure, stimulating the function of the nerves, and balancing the pH in our bodies.

When the lymph system is hydrated, your stress is lower, so your hormones are functioning properly, and lemon is here to help you prevent dehydration.

Lemon-Honey-Ginger Drink – Recipe

The following recipe is extremely healthy and can make two or three servings. The time you need for preparation is about fifteen minutes.

What do you need?

  • a quarter of a cup of raw honey
  • half a cup of filtered water
  • four tablespoons of squeezed lemon juice
  • an inch of a chopped ginger root or you can use two teaspoons of ground ginger

How to make it?

First, you need to make a mixture of the water and the ginger. Then, put the mixture on a stove and boil it for about 10 minutes. When the mixture is cold, add the lemon juice as well as the honey.

Let it stay over the night. You can keep this drink in your fridge, and consume it for a week. Take two tablespoons every morning before you eat. After 40 days of consuming this drink, your immune system will be improved.

Then, you should make a pause for about two weeks, and continue drinking this mixture for another 40 days. If you want to treat excess phlegm and mucus, you can use it as a steamer.

How to do it? Take a pot and fill it with the mixture, then boil it. Place your face over the pot and inhale the steam for 5 minutes. Also, for a better effect, cover your head with a towel.

Finally, as you can see this natural treatment is safe and effective. So, before you decide to use antibiotics or pricey meds, you can try out this healthy elixir.

This recipe is a traditional Grandmother’s-Remedy that has been used for hundreds of years. Although there is no scientific evidence to support these claims, our Grandmothers swear by it.