| Folk Medicine Stops Cough | | | | Honey can be taken by itself or mixed with tea and/or |
| More effectively than OTC or over the counter drugs | | | | lemon juice. Darker honey tends to have more |
| and cough suppresants? Indeed it does. | | | | antioxidants and pure, raw honey has the greatest |
| A little bit of honey, taken before bedtime, may ease | | | | anti-microbial effect. Just don't give anyone too much |
| coughing in children. It seems Grandma may have | | | | because of the high carb content. |
| been right again. | | | | Honey is truly a wonder food. It is one of the most |
| Pennsylvania State University researchers reported | | | | efficient and effective anti-microbial substances there |
| that news based on 130 children with coughs. | | | | is. Honey has been found preserved in jars hundreds |
| They were divided into three groups. One was treated | | | | of years old and it is still not only edible, but sweet and |
| with dextromethorphan, the most common (and often | | | | tasty. By itself it simply will not spoil. It has been used to |
| touted as the most efficient) over the counter cough | | | | treat wounds and even gangrene for years on various |
| suppresant. Another group was treated with | | | | battlefields with success. |
| buckwheat honey and the final group was treated with | | | | Shamans, curanderas and witch doctors the world |
| absolutely nothing. | | | | over, not to mention Mom's and Grandmas have |
| Honey won. | | | | recognized honey's attributes for centuries. We are |
| Not by much, but it was just as effective if not more | | | | just now getting around to proving them. |
| so than a drug. I don't know about you, but I would | | | | You have a cough, try some honey. You have a real |
| much rather take a spoonful of honey than a spoonful | | | | bad cough, try some honey and some capsaicin (the |
| of drug and as far as my kids go, honey wins hands | | | | stuff that makes chili peppers hot) in the form of chili |
| down. Especially if it is more effective than | | | | powder or chili sauce or even tabasco sauce in a tea. |
| conventional treatment. | | | | Very, very effective. I know, I grew up on it. I preferred |
| A word of warning here. DO NOT GIVE HONEY TO | | | | New Mexico chili pods myself. Nothing better when |
| CHILDREN UNDER 1 YEAR OF AGE since it can | | | | mixed with raw honey. In fact, we used to buy honey |
| potentially cause botulism. | | | | and chili already mixed. |