How to Make Cough Suppresant
Cough and cold season is a dreaded time in a household. Even more dreaded is facing the nasty flavors, not to mention the potentially harmful ingredients in your typical over the counter cough suppresant. So what is a person to do? Make your own of course! Here is a quick and easy way to relieve your cough, using ingredients that can easily be found around your house.
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Instructions
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How to Make Your Own Homemade Cough Suppresant
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Go to the store or look in your cupboards for the needed ingredients. The secret ingredients are quite readily found in your kitchen. The two ingredients that you will need are corn syrup and buckwheat honey. If you can’t find buckwheat honey at your local supermarket, any type of honey will do.
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Put about one tablespoon of salt in a glass of warm water. Mix well.
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Take the salt water solution that you've just made and put a good amount into your mouth. Gargle with the salt water for about sixty seconds, and then spit the solution out.
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Take one tablespoon of the buckwheat honey and one tablespoon of the corn syrup orally and swallow.
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Tips & Warnings
For younger children with a mild cough do not use the salt water solution or the buckwheat honey. Instead use a smaller dose by itself (about ½ teaspoon of corn syrup). The salt water helps to prepare your throat and the honey and corn syrup act as a cough suppressant.
If cough persists for more than three days, go to the doctor. Home remedies are great but they are no substitute for a doctor's care.
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