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Natural Remedies

for Easy Breathing

In 2019, the Medical Anthropology magazine acid than other citrus fruits. As an acid, it has
published an article called Ebola and Public the proposed ability to break up mucus, if the
Authority: Saving Loved Ones in Sierra Leone cough is productive.
in which Melissa Parker and her colleagues
investigate the situation related to Ebola virus Honey contains antibacterial properties
during the epidemics of 2013-2016 in Africa. that help in getting rid of the harmful
Among findings of the researchers from UK cough-causing bacteria. It is loaded with
was one interesting observation that “people’s vital nutrients as well: potassium, calcium,

science” was often more effective in treating the manganese, phosphorus, and copper. The
virus than treatment methods used in hospitals, body needs these minerals for normal and
called Ebola Treatment Centers or ETC. healthy functioning.

The article mentions that one of the commonly The WHO recommends honey as the most
used remedies in battling Ebola was honey and effective demulcent in the treatment of
lime syrups. cough due to its chemical and nutritional
composition.
Lime and Honey Syrup

Lime, being a citrus fruit, contains vitamin C, The sweetness of honey stimulates the salivary
beta-carotene, flavonoids, limonoids and folic glands and induces the release of the mucus
acid. Lime and lemon juice have more citric through the airways. The antimicrobial and
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