Ayurvedic Remedies for Vata Cough – Indian Cures for Dry Cough

In Ayurveda, vata is “wind” dosha. Wind by nature is dry. So vata cough (Vataja Kasa) presents a dry cough. When a person suffers from a vata cough, the common symptoms may include the following: the cough is accompanied by dryness – with no or little mucous production, chest pain, loss of voice.

To treat vata cough, Ayurveda usually applies warming and moisturizing treatment to restore the balance of respiratory system. The warming treatment is to warm the body and expel coldness, and the moisturizing treatment is to moisturize the body and reduce dryness.

The remedies that Ayurveda recommends to warm body include:

– Hot water
– Warm foods
– Steaming therapy
– Spices

The remedies that Ayurveda uses to moisturize and nourish body include:

– Cooking oils
– Ghee
– Bamboo manna
– Rock candy
– Honey
– Milk

Ayurveda often uses a traditional formula Sitopaladi Churna to treat vata cough. Sitopaladi Churna contains rock candy, bamboo manna, piper longum, cardamoms and cinnamon.

– To treat cough with common cold, take 2 teaspoons of Sitopaladi Churna
– To treat chronic coughs, take 1 teaspoon
– You can take the powder with honey, milk or ghee, or make a tea in boiling water

To learn how to make Sitopaladi Churna at home, go to this page:

http://www.naturalremediescenter.com/4986/how-to-make-sitopaladi-churna-for-cough-cold-asthma-flu-and-fever-traditional-ayurvedic-formula/

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