Winter Cough Remedy

As the colder season descends upon us, I always make a large batch of this home made winter cough remedy to both prevent and keep the kids (and also us!) from suffering from that ailment.

It’s a very easy recipe as all it requires its a large mason jar, some organic lemons and ginger and a pot of a good quality honey. I sometimes use manuka to make this, but as its quite pricey I mix it with a good organic honey to make it a more cost efficient remedy.

Coughing might not be an illness as such, but it really can make us restless and with lack of sleep comes body imbalance and then illness can take residency in our bodies. Getting rid of cough quickly, or even better, prevent it, it a great measure to be healthy all winter long.

Back to making it- truly the easiest! peel the ginger and slice thinly, wash the lemon well and slice it thinly as well, place the lemon and ginger in layers into the jar and pour the honey over them until covered. Place the cough remedy jar in the fridge and it should get a jelly like texture in a few days and the honey will be then throughly infused with the lemon and ginger.

I use this remedy in two ways. I make a infusion with it putting a tablespoon of the mixture in a cup with hot water and I administer in tablespoons to the children when they have a cought or a sore throat. Although there are not known contraindications, i tend to not give them more than 3 tablespoons in a day.