by Elizabeth Renter
While we usually put honey with tea, a new study reveals mixing the sweet sap with coffee could have its own unique benefits. According to the work published in the Primary Care Respiratory Journal, this natural combination could be more effective at treating certain coughs than the commonly-prescribed systemic steroids.
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The study was specific to something known as a post-infectious cough, or PPC. PPC is a cough that can stick around for weeks after an upper-respiratory infection or common cold. Not only can that nagging cough that doesn’t seem to go away long after your cold is gone can be irritating, it also can lead to a lack of sleep, irritated throat and airways, and general malaise.
Conventional treatments for PPC often include steroids, codeine, antihistamines, bronchodilators, and even narcotics. These drugs all come with other negative health effects—a laundry lists of side-effects that can sometimes be worse than the PPC they intend to treat.
The study looked at 97 patients in Tehran Iran, who had PPC for more than three weeks. The pool was randomized into three groups.