Thanks Henriette!  Have to put that in my memory bank (or a notebook) so I use it next time we have a persistent cough.

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It said Licorice tea is very good when you have bronchitis -so after dinner I had 1 cup and now 2 hours later- when I normally coughs like crazy - no cough

 HB, that is so great!!! I LOVE licorice tea and usually have at least 3 or 4 cups a week.    Thanks for the info.  

Be careful ladies licorice tea is VERY estrogenic  

Italybound: The recommendation of Gotu Kola is much much better; taking it in combo with Licorice regulates the Adrenals and feeds them, makes them stronger, and that is a huge help once stress gets the better of you.

Cheers

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Be careful ladies licorice tea is VERY estrogenic  

DANG!!! why do you always have to remind us of that !!     I know there is a reason why I limit myself, had just forgotten what it was    Thanks Zuki  

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Italybound: The recommendation of Gotu Kola is much much better; taking it in combo with Licorice regulates the Adrenals and feeds them, makes them stronger, and that is a huge help once stress gets the better of you.  

Thanks for the recommendation of Gotu Kola for the adreals. Victorrriiiaaa........where arrrreee youuuuuuuuu????????????    Hope she and the rest of all of you all () that need that info, sees it as well.    Lisalea, is Gotu Kola in any of Dr D's books?

Thanks Lisalea
But I don´t have a problem with hormones etc- and to use it for a short while to cure my damn cough - is worth it

My son has bronchitis right now, and I made him fresh ginger tea from ginger root, and he thought it helped his cough. Plus it is supposed to be good for your immune system too. I hope you feel better soon HB.

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Thanks Lisalea
But I don´t have a problem with hormones etc- and to use it for a short while to cure my damn cough - is worth it

I sympathize, coughs r horrible !!

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I don´t have a problem with hormones etc- and to use it for a short while to cure my damn cough - is worth it

I'll be feeling this way too if I ever have a bad cough. I remember pre-BTD being up and down many, many nights w/ a cough. It was awful enough to be coughing, but then you're exhausted the next day from no sleep and coughing, right HB?
I will stil continue to drink my few cups a week of the licorice, but will look for the Gotu Kola as well.   Thanks again Zuki  

I almost did not cough last night - I think the licorize tea did the trick- had another one after lunch today- I´m down to 2 mayor cough fits.... really crazy when there is nothing to cough up anymore...
But thank you all for the sympaty.

I think I´ll start making a list of common advice for coughs,diarea headaches etc
- That I can pull out when I´m in the situation- I seem to have lost my brains when I´m sick - can´t remember what to do...
Henriettes herbal/medical book

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I seem to have lost my brains when I´m sick

don't we all.............  

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DANG!!! why do you always have to remind us of that !!     I know there is a reason why I limit myself, had just forgotten what it was    Thanks Zuki  

U r most welcome

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Lisalea, is Gotu Kola in any of Dr D's books?

I have NO idea ... however; I intend to look into it whenever I have more than a few moments

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I almost did not cough last night

Now THAT is great news HB !!
Btw; ur initials stand for highly beneficial

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I think I´ll start making a list of common advice for coughs,diarea headaches etc
- That I can pull out when I´m in the situation-

Phenomenal idea  

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Now THAT is great news HB !!
Btw; ur initials stand for highly beneficial

I wish

I got my name on the old UK board- it was easier to put the B on my name than writing all the time that I was a B - there was no avatars
Now I have gotten used to this -that the B´s just an integrated part of my life .

Hey,
I don't know, if this is to late and You are o.k. But I like to recommend a plant the latin name is Plantago lanceolata German expression is SPITZWEGERICH yust take a sirup wich is real good. Or try Malva sylvestris MALVE/KÄSEPAPPEL(german), Tussilago farfara HUFLATTICH(german), some juice of Sambucus nigra HOLUNDER (german), and of cause some tea from Salvia officinalis ECHTER SALBEI
(german) For today all the best and have good health.

Thanks Le pen- always good to get new information to put down in my book
My cough is finally gone.
The herbs you recommend are the same I saw in my danish herbal book- but some of them are untested like
Platago, malva and tussilago- That Is why I havn´t done them.
Sage tea( salvia officanalis) I use sometimes as well as the elderberry juice( Sambucus)- but I did not harvest any last year due to hot weather.

Well, perhaps you should have tested them. You would know for now how excelent they are. Never mind all o.k. I'm pleased to read your fine. All the best, and keep well.

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Be careful ladies licorice tea is VERY estrogenic  

Italybound: The recommendation of Gotu Kola is much much better; taking it in combo with Licorice regulates the Adrenals and feeds them, makes them stronger, and that is a huge help once stress gets the better of you.

Cheers

was searching for "yerba santa" & this thread came up so now I have 2 questions - First I learned that yerba santa is supposedly great for increasing tolerance of salicylates... so went searching for BTD info re yerba santa - is it related to yerba mate at all?

& now also re the above concerning licorice tea being VERY estrogenic?? What does this mean exactly? I am low on estrogen (well seem to be high on testosterone, anyway, so some inbalance post menopause..)
I also seem to remember licorice tea being not so good for a certain blood pressure -high I think? Mine is normal & if anything drops too low...

Italybound ... The only thing Mucinex did for me was give me a bloody nose. Did nothing to help my bronchitis. Everything ran down my throat into my chest. I can't take any synthetic/otc/prescription meds for sinus or bronchitis, it seems, because of my heart.
Dragonsgold ... Two months later I still cough up tiny pieces of yellow thick flem a few times a day, but the bad, hacking, continual cough is finally gone, after elderberry, olive leaf, heavy vitamin C, etc.  A lot of people around this section of my state have it. Even my friend's husband, a doctor, can't seem to shake it.

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don't we all.............  

I'm the same way. Then later I will think, why in the world didn't I think of that!