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Natural Cough Mixture

January 5, 2020 by Alice 21 Comments

Best Quick Homemade Cough Remedy For Kids And Adults
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Homemade Cough Mixture Remedy

Natural DIY cough syrup recipe - this homemade cough remedy is good for kids and adults and can help with tickly, dry and chesty coughs and can be taken at nighttime
Cough, cough.

Hack, hack.

Grumble, grumble.

It’s cold, wet and soggy in our little corner of south London.

And we seem to have been battling sore throats all winter.

Not full on go to bed flu, just background grottiness. It’s a combination of run down immunity and the traffic pollution which has got horrid in London. (What’s it like round you?)

But the pollution ain’t going anywhere fast, so we’ve been dosing up on this good old fashioned, totally natural cough mixture you can whip up yourself in no time and keep in the fridge.

It’s a brilliant quick DIY cough remedy for adults and for kids that can relieve dry coughs fast so our throats don’t get even more sore and inflamed. It’s our go to cough remedy at the first sign of a cough or sore throat but we also use it to sooth bad coughs along with this easy DIY cold & flu remedy if we have got coughs with nasty colds or flu symptoms. 

And we really do prefer it to OTC cough medicines.

Easy Alternative To OTC Cough Medicines

I know it always seem simpler to buy a cough remedy but this DIY cough mixture really is super easy and fast to make and doesn’t have any of the nasties that come with OTC cough medicines for both adults and kids.

In fact, the American Academy of Pediatrics has warned most OTC cough remedies are ineffective and unsuitable for kids.

And recent research has shown the ingredients in this traditional cough mixture are the most effective way to treat initial and minor cough symptoms. So do give it a go when your through is sore and dry.

Or if you have got a cough with cold or flu or allergy symptoms you can combine the cough mixture with these other DIY natural remedies:

  • Natural Cold Relief
  • 20 Simple Natural Antibiotics
  • 15 Simple Immunity Boosters
  • 15 Flu & Virus Protection Tips
  • 48 Natural Antihistamines

Disclaimer: I am not a doctor and this post is not medical advice. If you or your family have an unexplained cough or sore throat, you should contact a medical professional and follow Covid-19 guidelines in your area.

Natural DIY cough syrup recipe - this homemade cough remedy is good for kids and adults and can help with tickly, dry and chesty coughs and can be taken at nighttime

Natural Cough Mixture Ingredients

All you need for this quick DIY cough remedy are:

  • 1 lemon
  • Natural runny honey – it must be proper honey!
  • A bottle of glycerin.

Glycerin’s a brilliant natural remedy for everything from broken nails to hard heels. AND it’s the secret ingredient in those super sized bubbles you see street entertainers blowing! Who knew?

You can get it over the counter at a chemist or pharmacy.

But the key is really the honey and lemon which both have natural antibiotic and antiseptic powers. The honey has been shown to be the most effective ingredient available to sooth the throat and prevent persistent coughing. (N.B. Honey should not be given to babies.)

Natural DIY cough syrup recipe - this homemade cough remedy is good for kids and adults and can help with tickly, dry and chesty coughs and can be taken at nighttime

Making Natural Cough Mixture

To make the cough mixture, just squeeze out your lemon and pour the juice into a jar.

Then add equal parts of runny honey and glycerin, i.e. add as much of each as you got juice out of your lemon. Heat it very slightly over a pan of water or in the microwave. And mix it all up.

And there you go! Instant sore throat relief.

It will keep in the fridge for 2 or 3 day, but I tend just to make small amounts daily as we need it. One super useful hack is to squeeze lemon juice into an ice cube tray and freeze the lemon juice so you always have small quantities of fresh lemon juice to hands for both natural remedies and cooking.

I do hope this quick DIY natural cough remedy works for you and your family. Don’t forget to save for later.

And for more simple natural remedies follow me on Pinterest and check out these posts:

  • Natural Remedies For Sore Throats
  • Natural Remedies For UTI Infections
  • Natural Remedies for Headaches
  • Natural Remedies for Stomachache
  • Natural Remedies for Warts & Verrucas
  • Natural Remedies for Lice & Nits
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Filed Under: Natural Remedies, Natural Remedies For Coughs & Colds Tagged With: family health, natural remedies

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  1. Aisulu says

    January 19, 2021 at 1:19 am

    Hi! I’m trying to make this remedy, but I have a few questions: 1) how do you use it? Orally?
    2) I bought Glycerin USP from Walmart – would it work?
    3) would you suggest to use it right away? As I see that you wrote it only lasts for couple of days.

    Hope to hear from you soon!

    Thank you in advance

    Aisulu

    Reply
    • Alice says

      January 19, 2021 at 10:27 am

      Hi there – Glycerin USP should be fine as the USP shows it meets the standard for food and medicinal use. I just make up small batches of enough doses for a couple of days and keep that in a jar in the fridge so whoever needs it can easily take a spoonful. Hope that helps best wishes Alice

      Reply

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