Consumption of honey can reduce severity of cough and also common cold duration by a couple of days. However honey should not be fed to infants younger than 1 year old. Garlic also has astonishing anti-bacterial properties, said Prof. Mohammad Hosein Soltanzadeh, pediatrician and faculty member of Tehran’s Shahid Beheshti University.
In developing countries the main cause of children’s death is respiratory infection - about 28%, Salamet news reported.