When I have an uncontrolable cough, I'll drink a tall glass of water or two. It won't take effect for five or ten minutes, but sometimes a little boost of hydration is all it takes to stop the coughing fits. Works for me 90% of the time.
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"The physical body is acknowledged as dust, the personal drama as delusion. It is as if the world we perceive through our senses, that whole gorgeous and terrible pageant, were the breath-thin surface of a bubble, and everything else, inside and outside, is pure radiance. Both suffering and joy come then like a brief reflection, and death like a pin" Stephen Mitchell
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