Grandma Barb’s Homemade Cough Syrup…That works!!
“Grandma’s easy recipe for natural, homemade cough syrup. Uses only three powerful ingredients; olive oil, honey, and lemon. Soothes sore, itchy, dry throats and calms coughs”
Watch me make this homemade cough syrup from start to finish!
*First, I am NOT A doctor lol. Just sharing a family recipe that we love. Check with your doctor before taking if you think you are allergic to any of these ingredients or it will interfere with any of your medications
I come from a long line of herbalists. Growing up the fridge was the medicine cabinet and I honestly can’t ever remember taking any kind of store-bought medicines. My grandma Barb, was from the school of “nip it in the bud”. So we tackled illnesses at the very start which kept us from the normal colds and flu that the other kids would get.
That woman is the queen of all things natural, especially natural medicines. She grows her own natural remedy plants in her cute little backyard garden and there is always some kind of wild homemade tea brewing on the stove.
Whenever anybody in the family has some kind of ailment she is usually the first person we call for a natural cure. She retreats to her bedroom of herbal cure books and notes and comes out with a recipe that always works wonders, like this homemade cough syrup recipe.
Everyone in the family has this homemade cough syrup recipe because it really does work, not to mention it’s natural with just three powerful ingredients; honey, olive oil, and lemon juice!
This homemade cough syrup recipe is GREAT for kids over the age of 12 months. Isaac has only had two colds so far and this recipe does a great job with soothing sore throats and coughing, especially with that nagging nighttime coughing. There aren’t too many cold medicines on the market for kids under 4 anyway.
My grandmother uses only 1 lemon in her recipe but I like to use as many as I can stand since lemons are so good at combating colds and really helps to balance out the sweetness of the honey. Also, my grandmother stores this cough medicine in the refrigerator but I store mine in the cupboards.
Get the Recipe: Grandma Barb's Homemade Cough Syrup
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups organic raw honey
- 1/2 cup organic extra virgin olive oil
- 1-5 organic lemons, juiced (the more the better)
Instructions
- Add honey, olive oil and lemon juice to a small pot.
- Stir.
- Heat over medium heat until barely warm, stirring. (See note)
- Remove from heat and let cool.
- Place into a jar with a lid.
- Store in the refrigerator
- Take 1 tablespoon warmed as needed.
Video
Notes
Use as soon as you feel a cold coming on.
Use as many fresh lemons as you can stand.
Stir and warm before using. Use by the teaspoon or tablespoon as needed.
Also great for allergies
I made this a few months ago and loved it! But I was wondering how long does this keep for?
Im gonna make this for myself since I currently have a cold but where can i find some raw organic honey or can i just pick up some regular honey from the grocery store
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Hey, I found this video and I’m so glad I did 🙂 I have a 3 year old toddler who’s been sick for 3 whole days and couldn’t sleep without getting cough attacks in the middle of the night… I tried this and thanks to this he is a WHOLE lot better 🙂 and he can sleep better so I just want to thank you so much girl!!! 🙂
I just made the homemade cough syrup and it taste great! While at the store the clerk told me to use local honey because the bees are using the same things your allergic to make the honey which will help build your immune system!
I’m gonna make this as soon as possible. Can you show us more homemade medicines that really work? Thank you.
My grandmother also made homemade cough syrup….but she kicked it up a notch to also allow us to sleep
Natural Honey
Organic lemons
Bourbon !! yes bourbon
also, my great grandmother made the same recipe but she also added crushed horehound candy.
The only place that I know you can find this is Cracker Barrel…or online. When I was little my grandmother couldn’t locate the candy so I’ve never had it like that. My Grandfather was a chemist so she would put the medicine in Pyrex test tubes (5 for all the grand kids) and stick in a coffee cup. She would then mark how much and when to take it. We would serve ourselves. Its really good so we didn’t follow those instruction too well. So then she had 5 grand kids fast asleep…and not coughing…lol… This REALLY works.
My husband and I have Covid so we can’t leave the house. He is coughing a lot and it keeps him up at night. I want to try this but don’t have fresh lemons. Will bottled work as well???
Fresh seems to work best! If it’s bottle juice that’s 100% lemon you can try it.