Persistent coughs melt away with chocolate:
An ingredient in chocolate may actually be a more effective cough medicine than traditional remedies, a new study suggests.
And not only that, the UK-based research showed that the cocoa-derived compound had none of the side effects associated with standard drug treatments for persistent coughs.
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996699 ----------
Well hell, anything's worth a try at this point. *scarf* Let you know how it goes.