I read an answer to persistent cough about using warm onions & honey but I cant find it again. Help please?
Under the Questions on fixing unyielding coughing I read an answer using onions & honey,heated. I can't remember what to do. Can someone help please?
Answer: Onion Cough Syrup
"Place 3 large chopped white onions within a double boiler along with one-quarter cup of honey. Cook slowly for a couple of hours, strain off the juice and dispose of the onions. The liquid can be taken as often as needed."
I enjoy also used this with molasses...it really worked..
This sounds very similar to a sugar and onions remedy which would deeply be the same thing:-
Slice a significant onion very thinly and stripe the sides of a large bowl with them, sprinkle next to sugar. You can build it up to a couple of layers or so.
Juice will come out of the onions and gather at the bottom of the bowl; a spoonful of this is said to luxury some types of cough.
For warm honey I'd imagine you'd do something similar, but warm the honey would make it easier to spread thinly on the onion slices, however it would probably be better to mix it directly next to onion juice. It probably tastes even better and instinctive honeys are slightly antiseptic and antibiotic which may help kill any throat germs. I can also see that a honey-based mixture would tend to hold demulcent qualities (forms a soothing film).
Don't heat the onions contained by the honey though as it will cook them and render them useless.
I know that I've tried the onion & sugar remedy in the past but don't call in how effective it was..
3 parts honey
3 parts onion JUICE
1 chunk Aloe gel
Mix- let stand for 3-4 hours
(a vitamin E caplet will keep the Aloe gel from browning if you are concerned almost how it looks. commerical gel should not brown)
If you are using your own aloe leaves- let the leaves drain for 10 minutes or this cough medicine will turn into a laxitive.
You dont' want the sap- of late the juice from the inner gel