Home made syrups for chesty cough.

Swede and Sugar...

Get yourself a swede cut it down the middle in to have and then you will want to get some sugar and can over the swede that you have just cut in two. With the to insides of swede covered with sugar don't be shy with the sugar because you are going to leave this for 4 - 6 hours or over night and the sugar and swede will make a syrup and you can even use this on your children and this will help clear up the mucous. 1-2 teaspoons

Raw Honey...

If you have a cough that is consistent and you can't do and anything but uncontrollable cough all day and even while you are trying to sleep or just have a cough you can use raw honey. With honey have enzymes and having antibacterial properties this will help shorten you how long you cough if its a bacterial illness take 1 tablespoon three times a day. Adults and children can use this.

Make your own cough sweets

Make your own cough sweets...

You have a cough and many of us will go out a buy cough sweets to suck on while we are at work. We will go out and buy a packet of cough sweets there is many brands to choose from and we all try and find you which ones work the best. So many of us will go out and but one packet and so many of us will go and buy two packets and other will just deal with it letting the body do what it has to do to fight it off.

Well instead of spending money on the one packet or two packets day until the cough is gone. Here is a recipe that you can make your own cough sweets at home for cheaper than the weekly cost. You will already have some of the ingredients in you kitchen.

This what you will need:

Sugar = 1 full cup
Water = 1/2 a cup
Lemon = squeeze half a lemon
Cloves = 1/2 tablespoon
Ginger = 1/2 tablespoon
Honey = 1 tablespoon

Put this recipe in to a pan on a medium to high heat mixing it regularly you want to boil it until it have a syrup texture. When you have got it to the consistence you want to let it cool down then get yourself some grease paper with a spoon being careful not to burn yourself you will want to put the mixture on the paper making little sweets then leave to cool down and dust them over with powered sugar to prevent them from sticking together.