Cough
Notice
This does not replace a doctor. Information is for educational purposes only. Serious or persistent symptoms → see a qualified professional.
Folk use
Traditional and folk associations have not been clinically validated. They are not treatments.
Plants traditionally associated with Cough
- Ajwain (Carom)Trachyspermum ammiClinicalCaution
- Liquorice / LicoriceGlycyrrhiza glabraClinicalDanger
- Sea buckthornHippophae rhamnoidesClinical
- Holy Basil (Tulsi)Ocimum tenuiflorumClinicalCaution
- Elder / ElderflowerSambucus nigraClinicalDanger
- ThymeThymus vulgarisClinicalCaution
- Red CloverTrifolium pratenseClinicalCaution
- GingerZingiber officinaleClinicalCaution
- Vacha (sweet flag)Acorus calamusPreclinicalDanger
- Kantakari (yellow-berried nightshade)Solanum virginianumPreclinicalCaution
- Apamarga (prickly chaff flower)Achyranthes asperaPreclinicalCaution
- Wild cherry (black cherry)Prunus serotinaPreclinicalCaution
- American spikenard / wild sarsaparillaAralia racemosaPreclinical
- Sweet flag (North American calamus)Acorus americanusPreclinicalCaution
- Balsam poplar / cottonwood (balm)Populus balsamiferaPreclinicalCaution
- Sporysh / Common knotgrassPolygonum avicularePreclinicalCaution
- GuacoMikania glomerataPreclinicalCaution
- MunaMinthostachys mollisPreclinicalCaution
- Magnolia bark / hou po (厚朴)Magnolia officinalisPreclinicalCaution
- Magnolia bark / hou po (厚朴)Magnolia officinalisPreclinicalCaution
- Manchurian wild ginger / xi xin (细辛)Asarum heterotropoidesPreclinicalDanger
- Crow-dipper / ban xia (半夏)Pinellia ternataPreclinicalDanger
- Crow-dipper / ban xia (半夏)Pinellia ternataPreclinicalDanger
- Anemarrhena rhizome / zhi mu (知母)Anemarrhena asphodeloidesPreclinical
- Polygala / yuan zhi (远志)Polygala tenuifoliaPreclinicalCaution
- Aged tangerine peel / chen pi (陈皮)Citrus reticulataPreclinical
- Siberian Solomon's seal / huang jing (黄精)Polygonatum sibiricumPreclinicalCaution
- Tangut dragonhead (ji ru / brag spos)Dracocephalum tanguticumPreclinical
- Costus-substitute / pushkarmool (ma nu / Indian elecampane)Inula racemosaPreclinicalCaution
- Snowland fritillary / chuan-beiFritillaria cirrhosaPreclinicalCaution
- Snowland fritillary / chuan-beiFritillaria cirrhosaPreclinicalCaution
- Solomon's-seal (Plateau) / huang jingPolygonatum cirrhifoliumPreclinicalCaution
- MarshmallowAlthaea officinalisPreclinicalCaution
- Sweet chestnutCastanea sativaPreclinicalCaution
- EucalyptusEucalyptus globulusPreclinicalDanger
- Chinese liquoriceGlycyrrhiza uralensisPreclinicalCaution
- Yu xing cao / fish-mint / chameleon plantHouttuynia cordataPreclinicalCaution
- ElecampaneInula heleniumPreclinicalCaution
- BugleweedLycopus virginicusPreclinicalCaution
- Common mallowMalva sylvestrisPreclinicalCaution
- Tibetan poppy / MeconopsisMeconopsis quintuplinerviaPreclinical
- Mai dong / dwarf lilyturfOphiopogon japonicusPreclinical
- Zi su / perillaPerilla frutescensPreclinicalCaution
- Plantain (broadleaf) / Greater PlantainPlantago majorPreclinicalCaution
- Jie geng / balloon flowerPlatycodon grandiflorusPreclinicalCaution
- Caucasian/Georgian primrosePrimula verisPreclinicalCaution
- Vasaka (Malabar nut)Justicia adhatodaTraditional (systematized)Caution
- Eastern red cedarJuniperus virginianaTraditional (systematized)Caution
- Sosna / Scots pinePinus sylvestrisTraditional (systematized)Caution
- White horehoundMarrubium vulgareTraditional (systematized)Caution
- Anise / AniseedPimpinella anisumTraditional (systematized)Caution
- Hemp-nettleGaleopsis segetumTraditional (systematized)
- AngelicaAngelica archangelicaTraditional (systematized)Caution
- FennelFoeniculum vulgareTraditional (systematized)Danger
- HyssopHyssopus officinalisTraditional (systematized)Caution
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataTraditional (systematized)Caution
- Belleric myrobalanTerminalia belliricaTraditional (systematized)
- ColtsfootTussilago farfaraTraditional (systematized)Danger
- MulleinVerbascum thapsusTraditional (systematized)Caution
- LungwortPulmonaria officinalisFolkCaution
- OnionAllium cepaFolk
- Ground IvyGlechoma hederaceaFolkCaution
- BarleyHordeum vulgareFolkCaution
- Ribwort plantainPlantagoFolkCaution
- RoseRosaFolk
- ChickweedStellaria mediaFolkCaution
- Devil's Bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensisFolkCaution
- VioletViolaFolk
- QuinceCydonia oblongaHistoricalCaution
- VioletViola odorataHistoricalCaution