For those of us that can't stop coughing

kellyjayne

I had a friend share a homemade cough syrup recipe with me yesterday, and I tried it last night and today my cough is 100,000 times better. It is still lingering a bit but there is a HUGE improvement, I am so relieved and thought I would share it with any of you other frustrated, hacking ladies out there.

1 tablespoon of honey, 1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar, 1/4 teaspoon of cayenne pepper, 1/4 teaspoon of ground ginger. The recipe recommends mixing all of this in a cup of hot water to make a tea, but it didn't sound appetizing enough to drink a whole glass to me. I mixed the ingredients with about 1 ounce of hot water and took it like a shot (us pregnant ladies party hard) and surprisingly, it wasn't that bad. I finally got a decent night's sleep last night and plan on doing this once a night until it's gone.

One disclaimer - not sure if it was the vinegar, or the spices, but it definitely "cleansed my system" so to speak, which for those of us also struggling with constipation, it kills two birds with one stone!

roundthree24

Awesome! I've been coughing for something like 8 weeks now, hopefully this will help!

wtfisup

I will definitely try this! Awesome. I've been in sinus-cough-sore throat hell.

kellyjayne

I will keep the vinegar in mind for cold sores! I wasn't aware of that. I hope everyone feels better soon!