Rub/Massage Your Ear to Stop a Cough

November 21, 2016 14:47

By Mara Landis

1445 - Community Leader

Blogger, Mother, Founder of Nutmeg Aspirin, Advocate & "Guinea Pig" for feeling-getting-being-better. Mara is a NY State Safe & Healthy Foods Advisory Council Member, an Advisor to Columbia University’s Spirituality Mind Body Institute, and is currently involved in The Vitality Project at Brown University--a research study looking at the effects of Qi Gong on cancer patients post chemo and radiation as well as supporting efforts to bring mindfulness to doctors in training and the students at large. Mara is a perpetual student of all aspects of holistic living and passionate about helping others to "feel, get and be better."

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How It Works

When you feel that tickle at the back of the throat, simply massage your ear. Rub the lobe and the exterior of the ear and the urge to cough will subside.

What You’ll Need

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I have used this technique many times especially when a cough awakens me in the night and it works. However, I have not had the opportunity to try it out on a full fledge bronchial cough.

#cough #massage #ear

By Mara Landis

1445 - Community Leader