Homemade Herbal Cough Drops

Thank you, it looks good.
However, I’m not sure there’s a need to purchase the more expensive “raw” honey when you are going to boil it like this. I think cheap honey will be fine.

Is this ok to use for small children – for instance, a 1 year old?

It is heated, so yes.

Where do you buy your muslin bags? And how do you wash/care for them? Thanks for all your helpful tips and recipes!

Mountain Rose Herbs… I just wash in hot water while doing the dishes and sometimes sterilize in boiling water

I would assume not because you don’t give any kind of hard candy or lozenge to anyone under 5 usually. That would be a huge chocking hazard.

I am really excited to try this but I have a question. How long is the shelf life for these lozenges? I would love to make a batch and have on hand but I have a feeling I may not be able. Please advise! Thanks!

And be sure not to give a child under 1 any of the cough syrup since it has honey in it. They aren’t able to digest the possible spores found in honey yet and can get botulism.

These look fabulous, thanks so much for your hard work in developing them! I will point my patients this way, if I might. One quick note: slippery elm is becoming endangered – althea (marshmallow) will serve to replace it in almost every instance.

These look great! Where did you get the silicon molds?

What a wonderful recipe that I cannot wait to try with my family!

There is a nasty cold/flue buzzing around our area too (I noticed you live in KY and so do we!!!) and does not seem to want to leave anytime soon.

I have been struggling with some infection and have had 3 relapses of this cold even on the heavy stuff (oregano, garlic, GSE, and probiotics to replenish the ones lost during this sickness) among many other herbs, but it has not completely kicked it like it usually does.

I have started making this very helpful tea from a book I would highly recommend called “Be your Own Doctor” by Rachel Weaver M.H and it has been making us feel so much better, and hope that we are now on the road to recovery and will get rid of this cold for good!

Here is the recipe if you (or anyone else for that matter) would like to try it!

*Flue Tea*

Mix together:

3 parts Red Raspberry Leaf

2 parts Peppermint Leaf

1 part Alfalfa Leaf (optional, as this herb can aggravate those with arthritis)

1 part Nettle Leaf

1/4 part Yarrow Flower or Boneset

Mix this in a bowl, and store in a jar. Use 1 tsp. per cup of boiled water, or 1/4 cup to 2 quarts boiling water.

*My note* Tastes better if you add a small amount of stevia, and chill the tea with ice or in the frige for a few hours.

Here is another great tea our family has used for a few years that is great for coughs and sore throats, and pretty much anything else!

Garlic, Lemon and Honey Tea

Boil 3-4 good sized cloves of crushed garlic in about 3-4 cups of water in a pan, let simmer (with lid on) for about 10-20 min.

While garlic water is steeping, juice half a lemon in a mug. Use strainer to filter out the garlic and pour garlic water into mug and place the rest back on the stove for later use.

Sweeten with honey to taste, and if you need an extra boost, add 1 tsp. of coconut oil!

Hope this helps and thanks again for sharing this cough drop recipe….this will certainly come in handy!

Blessings,

Miss Antoinette K.

PS. Part of this may be because we recently moved from another state, and our bodies may be adjusting to the new bacteria in the area our bodies are not used to yet.

I don’t see why freezing them would be a problem.

how much of each herb do you use?

I am curious, as well

They can have pasteurized honey, small children under 2 can’t have raw honey.