--what made it even funnier was a very senior, dignified employee of mine who saw me standing there crying and came over to offer help---
Buckley's Mixture
It taste awful and it works
Created in Toronto in 1919, the largest size bottle of Buckley's Mixture is currently the top-selling cough syrup by volume in Canada. Now Buckley's products are being sold around the world! Buckley's Mixture is sugar-free, alcohol-free and based on herbal ingredients like Pine Needle Oil, Canada Balsam, Camphor & Menthol. No wonder it tastes the way it does...
Indications: Effective, non-drowsy relief of coughs, congestion due to colds, minor bronchial irritations, laryngitis, hoarseness, croupy cough and minor irritations due to smoking, dust or air pollution.
Why does it taste so bad?
Because Buckley's Mixture has a herbal base, ingredients such as Canada balsam, menthol, camphor and pine needle oil give Buckley's a taste which most people describe as awful.
Why don't you make it taste better?
Put simply, we can't. We believe the very ingredients that make it taste so bad are the very ingredients that make it work so well. Let's face it though, the sacrifice is well worth the relief it brings, isn't it?