You can make your own herbal cough medicine with lemon and honey. When you combine these two ingredients, not only you can fight off cough, but you can also improve your overall health. Honey and lemons are known to be quite handy in improving the immune system naturally, so when you consume this mixture regularly, you should be healthier and stronger.
Why Lemon?
Lemon is popular for its high level of vitamin C, which can do a lot of marvelous things for your health and immune system. Not to mention that it’s also rich in plant compounds as well as soluble fibers. In general, lemons may help to reduce cardiovascular risks, kidney stone issue, cancer, anemia, and digestive issue.
Not everyone appreciates the taste of the lemon, but you have to admit that it does smells nice. If you don’t really like consuming lemon directly, you can always add it to your drinks and food.
Lemons can treat cough and cold very well too. Warm lemons, especially when mixed with honey, are believed to provide relief for the cough. Of course, you can’t expect to have instant results, but it will help with the discomfort and tingly sensation on the throat.
The Health Benefits of Honey
Honey is packed with antioxidants and micronutrients. You can use it to treat wounds so they will heal faster. In relation to coughing, honey is said to effectively relieve not only the (coughing) duration, but also the symptoms. When combined together, honey and lemon is quite helpful to alleviate the tingly sensation.
How to Make the Recipe
The key to successful recipe (that will deliver satisfying outcome) is the fresh ingredients. Make sure that you have everything needed and they are all fresh. This recipe only takes around 10 minutes in the making, so it won’t take forever. What will you need?
- 500 ml of honey
- 4 lemons. Slice them up. It’s up to you whether you want to slice them thin or rather thick.
- 150 gr of ginger. If you can find red ginger, it’s even better. Slice them.
- 50 gr of aromatic ginger. Again, slice them up.
The steps to do:
- Prepare the honey. Steam it for around five minutes.
- Put all the sliced ingredients into a container.
- Pour the honey into the container and make sure it’s cool enough before you store it into the refrigerator.
- Take a tablespoon of this concoction for three times a day.
- Do it regularly and you should feel your condition improved.
Some Things to Remember
- Why should you steam the honey? The idea is to warm it up so it will blend better with the lemons, promoting better mixture and ‘soak up’ between the two ingredients.
- Always let the mixture cool off first before you can store it in the refrigerator.
- Use completely dry spoon to take the mixture. If it’s wet or it has been used before, it will contaminate the mixture.
- Keep the mixture in a closed jar with a lid, so you won’t expose it to the air within the refrigerator.
Conclusion
Make sure that you pay attention not only to the steps, but also to proper storage. Lemon and honey mixture isn’t only good for coughing, but for your overall health too.
