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Honey Recipes to Help with a Cough
Information provided by Amy Leigh - Published: 2011-05-05
Honey makes the taste of some herbs more palatable. The following are three recipes using herbs and honey to cure cough for adults and children.
There is a growing concern with cough medicines available in the market these days. The concern centres most on the adverse effects of commercially prepared cough medicine, especially amongst children. Many cough syrups cause drowsiness, affecting most activities of daily living.
Honey is one of nature’s gifts to all people affected with cough who would love to do away with the drowsiness. This is used as a key ingredient in concoctions based on alternative medicine principles, with the goal to treat and manage cough. Honey, however, could not work alone as it needs the power of other herbs to achieve maximum therapeutic action.
Honey makes the taste of some herbs more palatable. The following are three recipes using herbs and honey to cure cough for adults and children:
1. Honey and Lemon Juice Recipe
Children especially need sweet and good-tasting cough medicine. Mothers should not have a problem anymore because this recipe is a guaranteed hit—it does not just cure cough fast, it also makes it easy to administer to children.
Ingredients:
 Honey and lemons |
* 1/3 cup warm water
* 3 tbsp lemon juice
* 1 tbsp of frozen concentrate (optional)
Procedure:
* Mix honey and lemon juice in a small bowl.
* Using a spoon, blend the mixture well.
* Add the frozen fruit concentrate, but this may not be necessary.
* Stir the mixture and gradually add the warm water.
* Blend the mixture.
* Store it in a glass bottle.
* Take the syrup two to three times a day to effectively cure the cough.
2. Honey and Onion Recipe
Onion is another wonder herb that is known to cure almost all minor health problems, especially those that affect the respiratory tract. This recipe is most advisable for adults, because the smell and after-taste may be a little too strong for children.
 Honey and onion |
* 1tbsp honey
* 2 tsp lemon juice
* 2 tsp onion juice
Procedure:
* Mix the lemon juice with the juice of onion in a small bowl.
* Add the small amount of water and blend well.
* Heat the mixture, just slightly above lukewarm temperature.
* When the mixture is about to boil, turn off the flame.
* Before it cools down, add honey and stir well until it forms into syrup.
* Keep the cough syrup aside for 6 hours before consuming it.
* Have one teaspoon of the honey cough syrup twice a day.
3. Honey and Ginger Recipe
Ginger is a popular remedy for cough, and it is made even more palatable and effective by mixing with honey.
 Honey and ginger |
* 1 tbsp honey
* 1/2 tbsp ginger paste
* 1 tbsp vinegar
* 3 tbsp water
Procedure:
* Grind the chopped ginger in mixer until it forms into a thick paste.
* In a small bowl, mix the ginger paste with black pepper powder.
* Add the vinegar and honey to the mixture and stir well.
* Add the water to the mixture so that it forms into concentrated syrup.
* Set the syrup aside for a couple of hours.
* Drink one to two teaspoons of the syrup thrice a day.
This guest article was provided by Amy Leigh who writes about the health benefits of honey at her blog. When not blogging, Amy is planting flowers to attract bees to her small suburban garden.
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