There was a local doctor back in the 60’s through the 80’s that bought moonshine from local moonshiners to make cough medicine. Everybody wanted his cough medicine because it worked better than the “store bought” stuff.
Every year I make a big batch of cough syrup, 10% 180 proof Clear Springs. Not the main or active ingredient though!
(Wild cherry bark, coltsfoot and lots of other stuff including a lot of honey.)
There was a local doctor back in the 60’s through the 80’s that bought moonshine from local moonshiners to make cough medicine. Everybody wanted his cough medicine because it worked better than the “store bought” stuff.
My great grandmother, from North Carolina, was the local "medicine" woman. She used moonshine for a lot of her remedies, cough syrup, spring tonics, etc. A cousin would bring her a monthly supply of moonshine from his stock. The cousin and his two brothers were some of the biggest moonshiners in the state, at the time. One of them died in a car accident being chased by law enforcement (1929) and another was killed in a shootout (1930).