Warm tea or water with lemon and honey -- a proven expectorant -- can soothe your child's inflamed throat. Warm liquids can also ease the feeling of a "tickle in the throat" and a dry cough. Breathing in steam, along with drinking plenty of fluids, can also help loosen up mucus.

Honey eases the cough and soothes the throat. Method: Take a teaspoon of apple cider vinegar and add in a teaspoon of honey. Mix well and ask your kid to drink it. This will give instant relief from cough