Honey compared with the effect of drug treatment better cough

Compared to the traditional Zhisou drugs and cough syrup, the honey cough better effect. Studies have shown that honey can significantly reduce the symptoms of child night-time cough.

The study found that children can sleep more fragrant honey

More and more children are now on the market because of ineffective cough syrup out of the market, but recent studies have found an ancient therapy may be the same as those cough syrup or even better effect.

Pennsylvania State University School of Medicine scientists in a group of children of sleep due to coughing, the study found that taking a bit of buckwheat honey before bedtime children than non-drug treatment group and dextromethorphan hydrobromide (DM, a common of-the-counter cold medicine) group of children better.
Pennsylvania State University, Pediatric Clinical Research Center for Dr. Ian
Paul said: “Compared with other treatments, honey and more to improve the symptoms of a larger extent.”

An FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) has recently suggested that the group is not recommended for children under 6 years of age taking a class of non-prescription cough and cold medicines, because these drugs ineffective for young children, and may have undesirable side effects. Paul said: “With honey, and now parents have a safe and effective against a child over the age of cold and cough treatment measures.”

Paul warned that 10 million not to take a child under the age of honey, because it may cause botulism. He also mentioned that those ingredients listed on the table with “honey” of the drug in fact only contain additives, artificial honey.

According to December’s “pediatric and adult medical journal” in the report, in this study, 105 children aged 2-18 were divided into three groups, each taking half an hour before bedtime honey, honey taste of hydrogen bromide acid, dextromethorphan, or not taking any medications food.

Paul’s research team found that honey right to reduce the severity of coughing at night and reduce its frequency effects than dextromethorphan hydrobromide group or non-treatment group more efficient. Honey makes the children sleep more fragrant.
And the researchers found that the role of honey in reducing cough than no treatment much better.

Paul’s team used in this experiment is black honey, honey the other has the same effect whether it needs further study.

Paul said, there are some children shortly after taking the honey will be over-active. However, the researchers found that the intake of honey child sleep better, their parents too.

Honey as early as a few hundred years ago has been used to treat the symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection, such as cough. In addition, honey, there is the role of anti-oxidant and anti-bacterial, while throat can feel comfortable. Paul said: “The World Health Organization has put honey as an effective treatment method.”
U.S. National Honey Association, the project research manager Charlotte
Jordan believes that the study’s findings confirm that elderly people are saying. She said: “This is an exciting discovery, because the cough is a kind of honey and drink the indigenous methods in use for a long time, and there are scientific studies to support this approach is very gratifying.”