Home Remedies For Phlegm

Drink more water Increasing fluids is a typical recommendation made by Western doctors to patients suffering from colds, coughs, and sinus infections. Drinking more fluid is safe …   Read More

Ulmus rubra Slippery elm is a medium-sized tree that grows in North America. Powdered bark from the slippery elm tree has been used as an herbal remedy for coughs by Native Americ…   Read More

Zingiber officinale Ginger has been used to loosen and break up congestion for hundreds of years. A natural decongestant and antihistamine, it is often included in herbal remedies…   Read More

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What is phlegm?

Pleghm is mucous from the respiratory system. For much of human history, phlegm was considered one of the four humours (along with black bile, yellow bile, and blood) which needed to be balanced for good health. Hippocrates is believed to have been the first to document the theory of humorism in the 4th century BC; the theory was not officially discredited until the theory of cellular pathology was published in the mid 19th century. Please consult a doctor if you have chronic, excessive phlegm.