Here is how to relieve a dry tickly cough

Some of the most annoying things about catching a cold can be the symptoms we are left with afterwards.

Sometimes it’s chesty mucus or a stuffy nose but one of the most irritating can be a dry tickly cough.

Most people turn to a cough syrup or a spoonful of honey for a tickly cough. These thick, viscous liquids put a temporary coating on the throat, covering the irritated tissues and providing instant relief.

Unfortunately, we quickly swallow the protective coating, meaning that we need to keep taking doses of the syrups.

While this might be ok for someone sat at home on the sofa by a box of tissues, it’s no good for those of us that need to get out and about. If the worst of the cold is over and it’s just a lingering, tickly cough that you’re left with, it’s hardly convenient to carry a sticky bottle of cough syrup around in your pocket or purse as you go about your daily activities.

One alternative to cough syrups is to use a cough spray.

Herbal cough sprays might be based on honey or syrup, designed to work similarly to a cough syrup. In my experience, their effectiveness is limited, as it is often the thickness of these liquids that make them effective. It’s impossible to spray honey from a nozzle, but honey and syrup are rarely my go-to herbs for tickly coughs.