I’ve always seen people saying “if you have built up mucus in your lungs then drink this or that” but I never really understood that how can a liquid that goes down your throat help to clean/fix/heal your lungs?
and i’m not only referring to mucus that was just an example
In: Biology
Water gets distributed all over the body. It’s not just for the area it has direct contact with. A cold has so many ways to dehydrate you, snot, difficulty breathing through your nose, sweating, and not much of an appetite for anything, including drinks.
A warm drink can help soothe a sore throat, some teas are antibacterial (sage tastes gross but works), honey is too, but not quite in the doses you’d use in tea.
An expectorant needs something to work with. Can’t liquefy mucus when there’s no spare liquid. They cut the long molecule chains holding mucus together, but now it’s still just sitting there, still too dense for the cilia to move upwards and out.
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