Grandma’s Homemade Cough Syrup

January 2, 2013 · by

Homemade Cough Syrup

So, I’ve done a few posts on natural cold remedies recently.  Homemade vapor rub & shower soothers. You should be able to tell now that this time of the year is the worst on my family’s sinuses.

In any cold fighting arsenal, you need something to treat that cough.  So, I wanted to share with you my Great Grandma’s homemade cough syrup.  She used it on all of her kids, grand-kids, and on me…and now I make it myself.  It’s so-so-so simple with just 3 all-natural cough busting ingredients.

Olive Oil: Making a homemade cough syrup using olive oil will help you combat your cough as well as reduce reduce inflammation in the throat.

Honey:  Honey helps with coughs, particularly buckwheat honey. In a study of 110 children, a single dose of buckwheat honey was just as effective as a single dose of dextromethorphan in relieving nocturnal cough and allowing proper sleep. You can use any type of honey you have on hand though.

Lemon: Because everyone knows that lemon & honey is the one of the best throat soother combinations.

Homemade Cough Syrup - Just 3 Simple Natural Ingredients that you probably already have in your pantry.

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Grandma's Homemade Cough Syrup

Yield: About 1 cup

Grandma's Homemade Cough Syrup

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup raw organic honey
  • 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 3 lemons - juiced

Instructions

Add all ingredients to a small pot over medium heat until steaming. Remove from the heat & let it cool. Place it into a mason jar or other container with a tight fitting lid. Store it in the fridge for 3 months, or on the counter top for 1.5 months.

Tips:

Use by the teaspoon or tablespoon, as needed.

Stir & warm before using

Use as soon as you feel a cold coming on.

Also great for allergies

 

 

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  • Morticia

    If you add some onion to the mixture as you are simmering it, it will help alot, too. While it does alter the taste, onions have powerful anti-sickie properties. Also, when anyone in your household gets sick, chop up an onion, put in a bowl and set in general living area. The onion will attract all the germs, etc. to itself and help clean the air. My family and friends swear by this trick.

    • http://MrsHappyHomemaker.com/ Crystal

      I would have never thought of that – thanks so much for the suggestion! :)

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  • Jamie St.Clair

    Do not give anything with honey in it to children under 3 years of age, it causes botulism in the intestines of young toddlers and infants. Also Yes Morticia, onion in Very, very good, and even if the kids hate onions they will love the flavor of the mixture but don’t chop them up cook them quartered and remove the solids that are left from them. My son hated onions and still does, but can handle the syrup for the cough and cold.

  • Daniella H

    Honey is not considered safe for children under one but at that age no medicine natural or not is for infants so honey over age 1 is not going to cause botulism we have an all natural honey children’s cough syrup store brought that states so. Will definitely make this though that crap costs per $6 to buy.lol thanks for the recipe

  • Jill

    My grandmother would boil the onion put the onion on a saucer and put a coffee cup over the onion. then she would put honey in the saucer. the onion would then seep into the honey and that’s what i would be given for cough medicine. she was a nurse and my uncle was a doctor and the entire family used this when we had colds !

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  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1668604984 Bodz Gutierrez

    is this safe for baby age 1 year and 9months old???

    • Kate

      No. Honey is not safe for children until the age of two due to the bacteria in it. Molasses can be a suitable substitute though.

    • Sara

      Yes. You can give honey after the age one to a child.

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  • debbie grandma

    how long does the cough medicine last before you can not use it any more

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  • Meg

    Thanks for sharing, It’s pinned on my board :)

    -Meg, http://www.willwork4cupcakes.blogspot.com

  • chelsea

    they do make pasteurized honey, would that not kill any bacteria?

  • http://www.facebook.com/resndizqueen Kaila Resendiz

    I added cinnamon because its known to be a natural antibiotic and some vanilla extract becauwe its an anti flamitory for the soar throats