Old fashioned cough syrup

[Beekissed]

Some used to use a few drops of turpentine for cough. My grandma used to give a few drops of turpentine to her chickens if they started coughing and cough was gone by the next day.

 

[BarredBuff]

Not sure on homemade cough syrup, but my aunt fixes me a hot hottie when I am sick with whiskey, honey, and lemon juice. Blend all this together on the stove, and it will perk you up.

Here is a link for a honey based one I googled. https://www.honey.com/recipes/detail/38/honey-cough-syrup

Hope this helps!

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Agree with the whiskey hot water, honey, and lemon juice...it'll cure what ails ya!

 

[Country homesteader]

Right now the only thing that bothers me is my allergies. I was only asking about the cough syrup just in case someone else on here had a family member that grew up in the early 1900's.

 

[Country homesteader]

I would try it but I'm not into drinking the strong powerful stuff. I just like Mike's Harder Lemonade, Seagram's Wine Coolers or Smirnoff Ice.

 

[Mini Horses]

Hey - whiskey might help allergies too, lol. I'll be the guinea pig and letcha know!

How kind of you, FEM...

I think many use elderberry syrups with decent results. Also, honey & apple cider vinegar, some use a little cayenne in it.

 

[baymule]

We found some wild elderberries on the side of a back road close by!!! We're going to dig some up to transplant and I can go pick the berries when they are ripe. There are lots of elderberries around here, but they always seem to be on private land. So I am excited to find these on the outside of a fence in a heavily wooded area.

 

[CrealCritter]

Wife does local honey and cinnamon. I can't recall the last time I was sick or had a sore throat but she says it works well.

I will try honey and cinnamon the next time I get sick and let you all know but it could be a while before I report back...

Personally I take fisherman's friend when I would have a sore throat - it's some wicked powerful stuff that tastes like crap but it does work.

I also once grew and made some horehound cough drops and that also worked well.

 

[moxies_chickennuggets]

Have any of you heard of using marshmallow leaf/root for coughs? My DH came down with a horrible cough 2 years ago. It was waking us both up at night, and affecting his work. Then, his boss gave him a RX cough med, and he almost fell asleep on his commute home. So, I started researching online, and found marshmallow root for cough. I ordered a box of 10 tea bags.
It works!!

So, now, he drinks tea with 1 to 2 bags of it a day. I am on my 3rd order of the marshmallow leaf/root and tea bags for filling. I tried it this past winter. The taste is hardly noticeable. It goes well with regular tea.

Every so often now, I do up about 100 tea bags. Fill up the little canister by the tea pot, and vacuum pack the remainder for the freezer.

http://www.herbco.com/p-1350-marshmallow-leaf-cs.aspx

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Althaea_officinalis

 

[lcertuche]

Marshmallow tea sounds promising but YUCK on the turpentine. I once knew someone that would put kerosene in a spoonful of sugar and give to her kids for pinworms. I couldn't understand why Mama wouldn't let me have any when all her kids were lined up for it. I think I was 5 at the time.