When I was pregnant I developed a bad cough that lasted 6 weeks. I paid my doctor a visit and was informed there was little I could take being pregnant. I thought I would research for a natural alternative to the shop brought cough syrups and found a fabulous easy to make cough syrup recipe by James Wong which didn’t look to hard to make and had easily available products. Don’t you just hate recipes that ask you for something so obscure you have no idea where to start looking it.
The syrup I made tasted delicious and actually worked to soothe my coughing. Now don’t except a magical cure more of an easing off.
Cherry Cough Syrup
500g (approx.) cherries (leave the stones in), 1 lemon sliced (see the humble lemon at work again) and 250ml honey
- Put all the ingredients in a pan with enough water to cover and simmer gently for about 30 minutes or until the cherries are soft.
- Remove from the heat and strain out the solids.
- Allow to cool before pouring into a sterilised bottle.
Use: Take 2 tbsp, as required, to soothe coughing. Storage: Keeps for several days in the fridge.
I’d be interested to hear of any other home remedies for the dreaded cough so please leave a comment.
Sarah x
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honeysucklecottagenz 
I remember my mum giving me a “butter ball” which was a spoonful of margarine/butter rolled in sugar…..
I remember my mum giving me a “butter ball” which was a spoonful of butter/margarine rolled in sugar….
Did it work?
I don’t remember but I do remember liking it and sneakily making my own ones when I didn’t even need to – it sounds gross to me now though. I did just google it and apparently other people have heard of it too….
You will have to give it ago next time your ill.
If we had a sickness bug my mom would give us flat lemonade to drink and nothing else