If you have hard lumps of mucus that you cough up quite a lot your mum says that you should get acupuncture in you your face should you?

See if you can capture one of these lumpy bits and (sorry, it's gross), sniff it . If it stinks it may well be your tonsils - sort of cheesy lumpy cr*ppy smelling stinkie-poo. removal of tonsils is generally the answer.