Case 1: Last night a friend told me that she has had a dry cough for 3 days that is making her desperate and asked me to help her.
I explained to her that a dry cough has 3 possible causes:
1. a strong fright, in which case the larynx is affected;
2. a negative shock, "I was left speechless", in which case the larynx is also affected;
The cough in both cases 1 and 2 is felt in the throat and not in the chest; syrups and sweet candies help until the tissue is repaired and the cough goes away on its own when the laryngeal mucosa has completed the repair process.
3. fear of losing territory or something in the territory (e.g. fear of losing home, child, partner, parent, job), in which case the bronchial mucosa in the lungs is affected. The cough is felt in the chest.
She confirmed that it is 100% found in case 2 and that sweet candies help her. She wanted to know how long it would last and what she had to do. I asked her to tell me what happened so I could tell her how long it would last :)
Here's the story: she works at a multinational company, at a secondary headquarters in a smaller city. 10 days ago she was asked to help recruit a new member in the department where she works, but at the main headquarters in a larger city. The recruited person will have basically the same duties as her. When she found out what the salary that person would have at the main headquarters, she was shocked, she was literally speechless. It was a substantially higher amount than she earns.
I explained to her that she has been in the healing phase since the cough started, that the tissue is recovering. If she has already had it for 3 days and the conflict lasted a week, she has 4 more days and that's it. All she needs to do is eat a candy every now and then, take a teaspoon of honey, whatever helps her and that's it. Otherwise, the larynx can handle itself :)
Case 2 dry cough: Another friend has 2 children, a boy of almost 7 years and a girl of about 5 years. 2 years ago, her father went abroad for work and since then the boy has a dry cough that does not go away under any circumstances. Talking to her, I found out that the children's father calls her every day and since the guy did not come to the children's party at Christmas, the boy coughs much worse, including at night. He was very attached to his father.
I explained to her that hers is case 3 - the child is afraid of losing his father. She gives him herbal and black radish syrups and does not help him at all. I told her that there is nothing she can do. The cough is not in her throat. She cannot help him and the fact that the guy calls every day or almost every day only makes the conflict recur because the boy remembers him and remembers that he is gone.
I advised her to talk to him openly or in her sleep. Until the guy comes home or until the child gets over the shock of him leaving home, the cough will persist, especially since it recurs every time she hears him on the phone.





