LifeSaver Cough Syrup
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Yields:
-
2 cups
ingredients
- 1 tablespoon licorice root (cough fighting herb)
- 1 tablespoon crushed anise seed (loosens mucus congestion and relaxes respiratory tract)
- 2 cups water
- 1 tablespoon wild cherry bark (helps you sleep)
- 1 tablespoon dried thyme leaves (cough fighting herb)
- 1 cup honey (preserves the syrup, & soothes raw, irritated throat)
directions
- Simmer licorice root and crushed anise seeds (and if you're using the wild cherry bark, add this now, too) in 2 cups water for 15 minutes
- Remove from heat and add thyme leaves.
- Cover and steep until it's room temperature.
- Strain off herbs, keeping the liquid, and add the honey.
- Stir until honey is dissolved.
- Store in a covered glass jar in the fridge.
- It will keep for 3 months.
- TAKE 1 TBSP.
- AS OFTEN AS NEEDED FOR A COUGH.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
ciao4293
United States