[greeneyes]

Well we had those too, when I was growing up. I don't have the recipe, but my mom made homemade cough syrup. Lemon juice, honey, whiskey and hard rock candy.

When you took a dose, you felt it all the way down. It worked as well as Turpin hydrate and codeine. I read recently that honey is a natural cough suppressant equal to any found in cough medicine/drops of any medicine on the market.

[rightly_dividing]

Alcohol and sugar is basic in cough syrups. Thats all I used for years till my wife started buying store bought stuff.

[mojo114]

Lemon and soda was my Mom’s recipe for a cold back in the 50’s and 60’s.
Squeeze the juice of one lemon, add baking soda (enough to fit on a a dime) and stir and drink it down.