Home remedies containing pineapple juice are sometimes used as an alternative to cough medicine. But is pineapple juice effective for cough relief?
Natural remedies for common ailments are often made popular by alternative medicine blogs and websites. However, claims about the effectiveness of these treatments are sometimes made without much or any scientific evidence.

This article explores the health benefits of pineapple juice and the scientific evidence to support using it as a cough treatment. It also looks at other cough remedies to help people decide which is the right option for them.

Can pineapple juice relieve a cough?

Many communities use natural remedies as an alternative to over-the-counter medicine. For instance, the Amish community has traditionally used a remedy containing pineapple juice to treat coughs.

These types of home remedies have reached a wider audience in recent years. Some websites claim that pineapple juice is five times more effective at treating a cough than cough medicine. But is this true?

While there is some medical research around pineapple juice, there is a need for more evidence of its effectiveness, as a cough remedy.

Pineapple juice is commonly known as a lytic agent, meaning it helps thin out mucus, so it is easier to move with coughs.

One review, published in 2010 by researchers at an institute in India, has been cited in other articles, as evidence that pineapple juice is an effective cough treatment. However, the article focuses on tuberculosis rather than cough treatment.

The peer-reviewed article mentions that a mixture of pineapple juice, salt, pepper, and honey can help dissolve mucus in the lungs of people with tuberculosis.

However, it is unclear from the study whether this finding was central to the research. As such, it is hard to rely on this finding to support the claims made about pineapple juice, as an effective cough remedy.

This does not undermine the experiences of those who have personally found pineapple juice helpful in relieving a cough. It just means that further research is needed to prove it is effective.

Health benefits of pineapple juice

While the effectiveness of pineapple juice as a cough remedy is still in question, it does have nutritional properties that suggest it may help reduce cough symptoms.

Pineapple juice contains bromelain, a type of enzyme that research shows to have anti-inflammatory and pain reducing properties.

Bromelain may help relieve symptoms of asthma and other respiratory problems, as well as break down mucus. Another study shows bromelain to have the potential to help fight cancerous cells.

Bromelain is not known specifically to relieve a cough, but because of these other properties, it may help reduce some cough symptoms. It will still depend on the cause of a cough, however.

When considering the health benefits of pineapple juice, it is helpful to remember that it also contains:

high levels of vitamin C to support the immune system and eyesight
some fibre to help digestion
manganese, which helps prevent cell damage and ageing
the anti-inflammatory properties of bromelain
beta carotene, copper, zinc, and folate, which can boost fertility
Given the many health benefits of pineapple juice, there is little harm in using this remedy to assist healing.

Pineapple juice cough remedy recipes

If someone is keen to try pineapple juice as a home cough remedy, there are recipes they can try. Here are two simple ideas to get started.

Traditional pineapple cough remedy

The most common pineapple juice remedy and the one included in the often-cited Indian research study uses a few simple ingredients.

To make this traditional pineapple cough remedy at home, combine:
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