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Cough

•Last Updated: October 13, 2024

Coughing is a forceful reflex that is done to remove foreign objects or secretions from the airway.

Last Updated:October 13, 2024

Research Snapshot

11,101 participants in 18 trials

Examine Database: Cough

Intervention	Grade	Evidence	Effect
Umckaloabo	A	Participants: 746	Moderate Improvement
Shirazi thyme	D	Participants: 394	No effect
Kefir	D	Participants: 125	No effect
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Vitamin D		Participants: 164
Honey		Participants: 102

Moderate Improvement

No effect

No effect

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