Make your own herbal medicine for your families cold and flu symptoms.

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Make your own herbal medicine for your families cold and flu symptoms.

 

 

 

Garlic Honey Cough and Cold Syrup

 

Peel garlic cloves, put into a jar. cover with honey. Set in warm place for 2

weeks or more until the garlic turns opaque. Take 1 teaspoonful as needed.

Dilute with a little water or lemon juice for children.

 

Onion Cough and Cold Syrup

Slice an onion, cover it with honey, let stand overnight. Strain, take a

teaspoonful 4-5 times daily as needed.

 

Cherry Horehound Syrup

2 ounces honey, 2 ounces water. Boil and skim. Add 1 ounce vodka, 1 ounce syrup

of wild cherry bark, 1/2 ounce of horehound syrup, 1/2 ounce of rhubarb syrup,

1/2 ounce of wild ginger syrup. Shake well before each use. Take one teaspoon as

needed or every hour.

 

My Favorite Cough Syrup Combo

2 part Elecampane Root, 1 part Horehound, 2 parts Muskmallow or Marshmallow

Root. Combine all the herbs, cover in honey and keep warm for 1 day. Strain

herbs and use as needed.

 

Anise Tea for Coughs

Using Anise as a cough remedy is now supported by science. It has been a

traditional treatment for coughs, bronchitis and asthma. The herb contains

creosol and alpha-pinene that loosen bronchial secretions and make them easier

to cough up. Gently crush 1 teaspoon of anise seeds per cup of boiling water.

Steep for 10-20 minutes and strain. Drink up to 3 cups per day. As a tincture,

take 1/2 to 1 teaspoon up to 3 times a day. for children and the elderly begin

with low-strength preparations and increase in strength if necessary.

 

Cough Combo

Equal parts of Coltsfoot, Mullein and Licorice. Combine all herbs and use 1-2

tsp. per cup of boiling water. Steep for 10 minutes.

 

Whooping Cough

1 part White Horehound, 2 parts Mouse Ear, 1 part Sundew, 1 part Coltsfoot, 1

part Thyme. Mix all ingredients together. Use 1-2 teaspoon to 1 cup of boiling

water. Steep 10 minutes.

 

Old Fashioned Mustard Plaster

Mix one part mustard powder with 4 parts of flour. add enough water to make a

thick paste. Rub a little warmed olive oil over the chest then apply the mustard

paste to chest, lung areas and upper back, keeping it in place with a clean

cotton cloth. You can use powdered ginger root instead of mustard as well.

 

Ginger Root Tea

Ginger helps fight kill influenza virus and increases the immune systems ability

to fight infection. 1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger, 1 cup of boiling water.

Pinch of cayenne. Add lemon juice and honey to taste. Steep 10 minutes. Drink as

little or as much as you desire throughout the day.

 

Fenugreek Tea

Fenugreek's soothing mucilage may help relieve sore throat pain, cough, and

minor indigestion. Gently boil 2 teaspoons of bruised seeds per cup of water.

Simmer 10 minutes. Drink up to 3 cups a day. to improve flavor add, honey,

lemon, anise or peppermint. Do not give medicinal preparations to children under

2. for older children and the elderly start with low strength preparation and

increase strength if needed.

 

Sore Throat

2 teaspoons honey. 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice or to taste, 1 cup water. boil

water, add honey and lemon. Drink to relieve sore throat. Other remedies:

Gargle with hot salt water.1/2 teaspoon salt to 8 ounces of water 4-5 times a

day.

Licorice Root. Suck on Licorice candy made from real licorice or drink a tea by

steeping 1 teaspoon of licorice root in 1 cup of hot water for 3 minutes.

 

Blackberry

Eat blackberries to relieve mouth sores and sore throat. Tea: Use 2 to 3

teaspoons of dried leaves per cup of boiling water. Steep 10-20 minutes, drink

up to 3 cups per day.

 

 

 

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