Chocolate: The best cough medicine?

THE chocolate is the best medicine for him cough, even compared to the most well-known medicine, honey with lemon, claims a leading expert in cough and respiratory diseases.

Suffer from cough; Eat chocolate, as it is the most effective drug to treat it, according to Alyn Morice, a professor at the University of Hull and founding member of the International Society for the Study of Cough. According to him, who has been researching the mechanism of coughing for years, there is some evidence.

This is the ROCOCO study, the largest study to date in Europe on non-prescription cough treatments, which was recently completed and showed that a new medicinal product containing cocoa is extremely effective in relieving this troublesome symptom. Specifically, patients who received the drug experienced a significant improvement in symptoms within two days.

However ROCOCO  is not the first scientific study to show that chocolate soothes a cough. Researchers from Imperial College London previously found that theobromine, an alkaloid found in cocoa, effectively combats the urge to cough.

Researchers believe that the positive effect is due to the emollient effect of cocoa, which, like honey, creates a protective coating on the inside of the throat, protecting nerve endings and preventing the urge to cough.

Although scientists believe that the effectiveness of cocoa medicine is due to the combination of ingredients it contains, they believe that slowly sucking on a piece of chocolate can provide relief. However, the same is not true of hot chocolate, as it is not in contact with the throat long enough for the protective coating to form.

The study, which involved 163 people, is expected to be published in the coming months.