[wbill]

Many moons ago, Mom had pneumonia. Doc prescribed booze instead of cough meds. "You want to break up that @$@#$ in your lungs, not keep it in" was what he said, approximately.

Dunno if it cured the pneumonia, but she didn't care so much about being sick. :-)

[stilloftyhenight]

My husband drank Rockin Rye, then covered himself with quilts to sweat it out. He would feel much better the next day.