Cough Remedy

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Dinah" <betty_belladonna at f...> wrote:
> Simon, if you're brave enough to try this, I found it really helps 
and
> lessens this really annoying scratching in the throat. Just don't 
think I do
> this out of brotherly love, I'l just miss your wisecracking remarks 
on
> Sunday ;-) Get better, okay? I can stand seeing people suffer.#
> 
> Okay, this might sound a bit strange, but it tastes great *and* 
settles the
> throat.
> 
> Take 2/3 Cup of Orange or Citron Juice, add a spoonful of honey and 
heat it
> up. Add either two coughdrops or peppermint tea-leaves. Cook til 
the drops
> have melted (or until the tea leaves have steeped enough). Fill it 
in a cup
> and add hot water til it is filled up.
> 
> In the original recipe stood that you should add one shot of whisky 
to the
> orange juice before cooking. The alcohol cooks out and it really 
helps, too.
> But people always give me strange looks when I mention whisky in a 
medicin,
> so this is just a... suggestion.
> 
>  ~ Dinah ~
> 
> ICQ: 10 44 52 471
> YM: bludger_witch
> 
> The wages of sin is death, but so is the salary of virtue, and at 
least the
> evil get to go home early on Fridays.
> 
> -- (Terry Pratchett, Witches Abroad)


Simon--

A cough and sore throat remedy I use is similar to this.  

Prepare your favourite tea (herbal or not, it doesn't matter).  Add a 
small amount of honey.  Singers have used this for aeons.  Another 
remedy (which my mum used on me & I still use) is to take a teaspoon 
of your favourite whiskey and add a small amount of honey.  Repeat as 
needed.  This is *guaranteed* to cut coughs.  Mum used it on me when 
I had whooping cough as a child.  *Please* get better soon!

Peace & Plenty,

Parker