Drink ginger ale if you like the taste, the fizz, or the nostalgia of being sick and watching bad daytime TV. It’s a perfectly fine comfort drink, like a warm blanket for your tongue. But don’t expect it to slay the cough dragon.
And if you’re coughing so hard you can’t speak, please see a doctor. Don’t just chug a six-pack of Schweppes and call it a day. Your lungs will send you a very angry email, and you won’t be able to reply because—you guessed it—you’re still coughing.
So, does ginger ale help with cough? Sure, in the same way a teddy bear helps with a broken leg. It won’t fix the problem, but it might make you smile while you’re miserable. And sometimes, that’s the best medicine of all—especially if it comes with a bendy straw.
