I have made/used this before and it is very soothing. Also, no chemicals! When I feel a cold coming on, I drink extra fluids and slam Vitamin C and Zinc, though I hate the ‘metallic’ taste Zinc leaves in my mouth. Ugh! Anyhow, printable recipe at the link below:
Homemade Cough Syrup
Ingredients
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
Juice of ½ lemon
1½ tablespoons water
1 tablespoon raw honey
¼ teaspoon ground garlic (or 3 cloves, finely chopped)
¼ teaspoon ground ginger
¼ teaspoon cinnamon
⅛ teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
small glass jar
Instructions
Add all the ingredients to the jar.
Put cap on jar and shake contents thoroughly. (And do so before each time you consume.)
Consume one-third of mixture (just over 1 tablespoon) for each serving.
Place in refrigerator. (Let it sit out for around 10 minutes for each future use.)
https://draxe.com/beauty/homemade-cough-syrup/
My mom told me that when she was a girl, her mother’s elixir was a tincture of horseradish root in a bottle of whiskey.
When you got sick, she’d mix some of that with a teaspoon of honey and make you take it. She said it was really nasty stuff, so you never tried to fake being sick to get out of going to school or a chore.
However if you you were really sick and she gave it to you, the next day you were better. It worked wonders.
Your recipe sounds much more pleasant.
I have a spicy beef soup[ recipe my daughter swears by and mr. mm says helps, but it’s in the cold sunporch so is going to have to wait until I warm the room up tomorrow.
I’ll copy and paste it then.
that’s a keeper!
Especially since most store-bought cough syrup puts me to sleep.