Best medicine for common cough and cold problems

The old saying about common cold is that "When you take tablets, you recover in 7 days and if you don't take tablets, you recover in a week". Fortunately, our great ancestors who introduced Ayurveda to the world, have found out simple and effective remedies for most of the common health problems.

I was down with severe cold, cough and fever few days back due to the sudden change in weather here in UK. It was snowing with temperature around -7C. Luckily I got to know to a simple and effective remedy to cold and cough and I was completely back to normal in just 2 days after using the remedy. The remedy worked liked a wonder. I felt better after the first day itself and i was back to normal after 2 days. Thanks to my colleague. Definitely I feel that this remedy should be shared with all.

Remedy 1:
Required: 1 inch of ginger, pinch of turmeric powder, 3 black pepper or pinch of black pepper powder and milk.
Preparation: Cut ginger into smallest pieces as possible. Boil a glass of milk with the ginger pieces and add a pinch of turmeric powder and black peppers/pepper powder. Add sugar if required for taste and drink the preparation.
Dosage: You can have it upto 3 to 4 times as required and there are no side effects. I used it twice a day

Remedy 2:
Required: 1 inch of ginger, half teaspoon of honey, 3 black pepper or pinch of black pepper powder.
Preparation: Cut ginger into smallest pieces as possible. Boil a glass of water with the ginger pieces and and black pepper/pepper powder. Once boiled contents have cooled to be luke warm, add half tsp of honey and drink the preparation.
Dosage: You can have it 3 to 4 times as required and there are no side effects.

Medicinal values of Turmeric,Ginger and Pepper:

Turmeric - Magical Herb: Turmeric in India was always considered a magical herb. Turmeric is a blood purifier, anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, expectorant and skin tonic. It is also used to treat measles, cough, sprains, and scabies. A pinch of turmeric powder added in the Indian curries is the best antidote.

Ginger - Maha aushadhi or Great Medicine: Ginger is used internally as a stimulant and carminative and is used externally as a rubefacient that is, counter-irritant for relief of muscular pain. Ginger is useful in the treatment of flatulence, colic, vomiting, spasms and other painful affections of the stomach. This herb is an excellent remedy for coughs and colds.

Pepper: Black pepper is stimulant, pungent, aromatic, digestive and nervine tonic. Black pepper is very useful in in relieving flatulence. Pepper has a stimulating effect on the digestive organs and produces an increased flow of salvia and gastric juices. Pepper is beneficial in the treatment of cold and fever and very effective remedy for cough caused due to throat irritation.