LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) – An upper respiratory disease has been flowing recently, leaving everybody with a dry and irritated throat.

For those of you engaging the consistent cough, British doctors recommend indulging some milk chocolate as opposed to cough syrup.

University of Hull professor Alyn Morice told to The Daily Record that chocolate can really “calm coughs.”

Professor Morice, the head of cardiovascular and respiratory investigations and establishing individual from the International Society for the Study of Cough, composed that researchers have gotten consequences of an ongoing investigation of over-the-counter cough medication that contains cocoa.

An investigation of 163 individuals demonstrated that patients saw upgrades in two days with the cocoa prescription.

Researchers found that theobromine, an alkaloid in cocoa, is better at suppressing your desire to cough since it’s sticky, which Morice said forms a covering on your throat’s nerve endings.

“This demulcent effect explains why honey and lemon and other sugary syrups can help, but I think there is something more going on with chocolate,” Morice added.