Cough: How diet, lifestyle, and supplements may provide benefits.

Examine Database: Cough

Intervention	Grade	Evidence	Effect
Kefir	D	Participants: 125	No effect
Vitamin D	D	Participants: 164	No effect
Honey	C	Participants: 899	Moderate Improvement

Kefir

Participants: 125

No effect

Vitamin D

Participants: 164

No effect

Honey

Participants: 899

Moderate Improvement

Intervention	Grade	Effect	Detail
Kefir	D
Vitamin D	D
Honey	C

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Sediflù may relieve cough in children

In this randomized controlled trial, an herb-containing cough syrup improved cough and cough-related outcomes in children with dry or productive cough.

E-cigarette use and respiratory symptoms

Thyme extract may improve coughing during asthma flares in children

Herbal medicine for cough

Can honey improve acute cough in children?

Examine Database References

Vitamin D - Laaksi I, Ruohola JP, Mattila V, Auvinen A, Ylikomi T, Pihlajamäki HVitamin D supplementation for the prevention of acute respiratory tract infection: a randomized, double-blinded trial among young Finnish menJ Infect Dis.(2010 Sep 1)
Kefir - Daniel J Merenstein, Jennifer Foster, Frank D'AmicoA randomized clinical trial measuring the influence of kefir on antibiotic-associated diarrhea: the measuring the influence of Kefir (MILK) StudyArch Pediatr Adolesc Med.(2009 Aug)
Honey - Kuitunen I, Renko MHoney for acute cough in children - a systematic review.Eur J Pediatr.(2023-Jun-25)