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
Dealing with the nagging dry cough from COVID now and cough syrup wasn’t touching it. We’ve used honey and lemon tea forever to help with colds and the flu, so why not for coughs from COVID? There’s nothing in there that can cause any harm, so what the heck? Works like a champ. Better than the expensive cough syrup that was doing no good at all.
I live in a cut off area. Raw honey is difficult to come buy here as well as lemons. Can regular honey, such as clover honey, and lemon juice from a bottle be substituted?
Most stores here aren’t allowed raw honey due to federal regulations similar to raw milk.
I was desperate one night do to coughing found this recipe on line and made it from just regular honey lemon juice I had in the fridge and virgin olive oil and it worked great.
I was thinking as an alternative maybe trying Amazon to purchase the honey and lemons? That may be a route you can go.. however I think regular honey and bottled lemon should be okay, but unsure how effective vs raw and fresh ingredients; this would be.
P.S** I’m just another browser not the blogger.
Cannot wait to try this. I know it will be great to have on hand as we are in the middle of Cedar season. I plan to share this with my family. Thanks.
Thank you so much for this recipe. It reminds of my grandmother.
I have had a constant cough since may due to allergies and asthma. I’ve tried a lot of different things to get relief. I just made this and took some warm and no cough yet it will be nice to be able to breathe again with out the cough so far so good!
This was a desperate 2am save for us. Thank you!
Hello grandma Barb everyone liked your recipe so much so do I. Is it ok if I add ginger and cayenne to this recipe?
Hello, out of curiosity what would cayenne and ginger do exactly? I am looking for new recipes for different ailments. Thank you
That sounds like a great plan. How did you find the improved recipe?
Instantly helpful! Seriously like magic! It tastes amazing and it stopped my incessant coughing. It’s obviously take as needed so it’s incredibly helpful when you’re home. I’ll definitely be using this recipe in the future. Thank you Grandma Barb!
How would you recommend rewarming it by the way?
Contents for grandmas cough syrup. How much of each.
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 just until steaming, stirring.
Remove from heat and let cool.
Place into a jar with a lid.
Store in the refrigerator
Take 1 tablespoon warmed as needed.
Is that 1 to 5 lemons?
She said to use as many as you can stand. The more, the better. ☺️