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3 homemade cough remedies

When you feel a sore throat coming on, raid your pantry instead of your medicine cabinet to prepare affordable all-natural cough remedies that really work

By Morella Aguirre

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Web exclusive, November 2011

Ditch the chemical syrups

Chemical-laden cold and flu syrups leave much to be desired. In fact, according to Leslie Solomonian, naturopathic doctor and assistant professor at the College of Naturopathic Medicine in Toronto, studies have demonstrated that over-the-counter cough and cold remedies for kids are actually potentially harmful and no better in addressing symptoms than homemade syrups prepared with honey. Here’s how you can whip up your own all-natural cough and cold-fighting mixtures.

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5 Comments

This whole site is useless because the links don't work. I would love to know how to make a natural cough syrup but guess I'll have to look somewhere else!

Submitted by Kathy on Thu, 2011-12-01 5:51am.

Thanks for the recipies, I will try the garlic honey concoction.

Submitted by Nancy Tennier on Wed, 2011-11-30 7:53pm.

yes, how long will it last in fridge, and what's the dosage?

Submitted by wendy on Wed, 2011-11-30 5:10pm.

As usual, the link to how to whip up one's own all-natural cough mixes doesn't work. How is it that this article was voted 3.3 for absolutely *nothing* insofar as information is concerned?

Submitted by Jyl on Wed, 2011-11-30 3:15pm.

How long will the garlic/honey/onion cough remedy keep in the refrigerator?

Submitted by DLK on Wed, 2011-11-30 2:38pm.