Coughs could be very annoying. It destructs me with whenever I work on some thing. It even irritates me during office hours. Plus, it accompanied with sneezing, teary eyes and sore throat. It also hinders my work leaving me desperate and restless. Coughing is very embarrassing in public especially when you are in front of a crowd. I had such moments too. Even worse was during my final oral recitation in my seminar workshop when I coughed so hard that I have to request our speaker to give me another chance to explain the subject matter. No commercial medicine had healed me. Instead of getting better, I felt more ill with usual synthetic medications. Until I discovered one day a herbal solution. A Lagundi introduced by my friend which is very helpful for my coughs. It may take a bit long to cure my coughs, but the results are above expectation.
Stretching up to about five meters tall, Lagundi plants grow in the Philippine land. Well, mostly in the unexploited ones where herbs like this thrive naturally. I boiled the leaves and drank the decoction. For one week, I never ceased this treatment. The results are evidently positive. I no longer have the sneezing and coughing-in-public stuffs. Though it tasted bitter, it was still worth it. Though I can still feel phlegm in my airways, it improved my breathing. Then, I went under water therapy just to soften the phlegm so I can easily spit it out.
Lagundi has been approved to be one of the healing herbs. Good try for me. I got my solution fast without the expensive pharmaceutical drugs. It is just free.
Lagundi or Vitex negundo is a large shrub native to the Philippines which has been used as a traditional herbal medicine for centuries. Research on lagundi conducted by the Philippine Department of Health has suggested that the plant has a number of practical uses, and the use of lagundi is actively promoted by the government as a result. Outside of the Philippines, preparations of lagundi are sometimes available at stores which supply herbal medicines, or through practitioners of herbal and alternative medicine.
This plant is native to the swamps of the Philippines, where it can sometimes grow quite tall. It has a single thick, woody stem like a trunk, and the leaves appear palmately, in the form of five pointed leaves which splay out like the fingers of a hand. The leaves, root, flowers, and seeds of lagundi all appear to have medicinal value.
Preparations of lagundi have been used for a wide variety of complaints traditionally, although scientific research has concentrated on its use for respiratory complaints. Lagundi is generally accepted in the Philippines to be useful for coughs, asthma symptoms, and other respiratory problems, and the Philippine government actively promotes it as an alternative to Western cough medicines. Some doctors also prescribe lagundi to assist in the treatment of asthma, as regular doses appear to reduce the strength of asthma attacks. As an analgesic, lagundi also appears to have some efficacy. It has been compared to drugs like aspirin in trials which show that lagundi may be useful in the treatment of things like pain after dental extractions. Some people like to take lagundi before going in for extractions, in an attempt to preempt the associated pain and discomfort.
Lagundi is prepared by boiling it, steeping it, and then straining it. At home, people make lagundi teas from the leaves, often producing a large amount and bottling the excess to use later. Commercially, lagundi can be purchased in the form of syrup or capsules to make it easier to handle. It is also blended in with cough medicines and other herbal remedies.
As with other herbal medicines, lagundi should not be taken without consulting a doctor, as it may potentially conflict with other medications or it may be contraindicated for a particular condition. If your doctor is resistant to herbal treatments, you may want to seek out a practitioner who supports complementary medicine so that you can get sound advice about whether or not lagundi is safe for you.
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