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2. Doctors Say This Is How You Can Loosen and Clear Mucus From ...

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   In adults and children age 2 and older, use it only on the neck and chest to ease coughing during a cold, per the Mayo Clinic. Vicks VapoRub is made of ingredients such as camphor, eucalyptus oil ...

3. Ambroxol - Wikipedia

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   Ambroxol is a drug that breaks up phlegm, used in the treatment of respiratory diseases associated with viscid or excessive mucus. Ambroxol is often administered as an active ingredient in cough syrup. It was patented in 1966 and came into medical use in 1979. [1]

4. 12 Natural Remedies to Relieve Cold Symptoms

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   Neti pots or other nasal irrigation devices help flush excess mucus out of your nasal passages, says Jennifer Bourgeois, PharmD, a pharmacy and health expert at SingleCare. “Excessive mucus ...

5. Bromhexine - Wikipedia

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   Bromhexine is intended to support the body's mechanisms for clearing mucus from the respiratory tract. It is secretolytic, increasing the production of serous mucus in the respiratory tract, which makes the phlegm thinner and less viscous. This contributes to a secretomotoric effect, allowing the cilia to more easily transport the phlegm out of ...

6. This Popular Cold Medicine Doesn't Work—Here's What To Buy ...

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   Does phenylephrine work? Doctors explain how to choose between cold medicines like Dayquil and Sudafed PE for congestion, runny nose, and other symptoms.

7. Guaifenesin - Wikipedia

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   Guaifenesin might act as an expectorant by increasing the volume and reducing the viscosity of secretions in the trachea and bronchi via stimulation of the gastric mucosa. . This stimulation leads to an increased parasympathetic activity in the respiratory tract via the so-called gastro-pulmonary reflex, although some in vitro studies suggested that it might also act directly on the ...