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Category: > Recipes > This Homemade Natural Cough Syrup Recipe Helps Remove Phlegm From The Lungs

This Homemade Natural Cough Syrup Recipe Helps Remove Phlegm From The Lungs

Dec 23, 2015 Carly Fraser Save For Later Print

Last Updated: Oct 27, 2018

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Homemade Natural Cough Syrup Recipe
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Dealing with persistent, dry coughs, or phlegm-clogged lungs? This homemade cough syrup recipe is just what you need!

There are two types of coughs – dry and productive. Productive coughs include those in which you cough up phlegm or mucous. You do not want to suppress a productive cough, as your body is trying to get rid of whatever is clogging the lungs (bacteria and viruses). Most synthetic over-the-counter cough syrups do just that, which is harmful to the body and makes matters worse.

This homemade cough syrup contains natural remedies that address a productive (or dry) cough by including an expectorant – something that loosens mucous and makes it easier for the body to get rid of.

Honey is incredibly anti-bacterial and lemon is beneficial in killing viruses and other bacteria. Liquorice root tea is also great for soothing your airways while loosening and thinning mucous, helping to ease congestion. It also helps get rid of inflammation that may irritate your throat!

Homemade Natural Cough Syrup Recipe

Ingredients:

– 2 cups hot water
– 2 tbsp. dried liquorice root
– 1 tsp. grated ginger
– 1/2 lemon, juiced
– 1 tsp. dried sage
– 1 tsp. marshmallow root
– 1 tbsp. honey

Method:

1. Steep liquorice root, ginger, sage and marshmallow root in hot water for 10-15 minutes.
2. Strain out liquid into a cup.
3. Add honey and juiced lemon.
4. Drink 1-2 times per day or until you start feeling improvement.

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Filed Under: Drinks, Herbs & Spices, Recipes Tagged With: cough syrup, coughing remedies, get rid of phlegm naturally, heal the lungs, Homemade Natural Cough Syrup, lungs, wellness

Carly Fraser

About the Author

Carly Fraser has her BSc (Hons.) Degree in Neuroscience, and is the owner and founder at Live Love Fruit. She currently lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with a determined life mission to help inspire and motivate individuals to critically think about what they put in their bodies and to find balance through nutrition and lifestyle. She has helped hundreds of thousands of individuals to re-connect with their bodies and learn self-love through proper eating habits and natural living. She loves to do yoga, dance, and immerse herself in nature.

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Comments

  1. Robin Griffin says

    Jan 2, 2020 at 5:11 pm

    Thank you I will try this for my friend who is always coughing up junk

    Reply
  2. Bella Uí Bhaoill says

    Jan 3, 2020 at 4:41 pm

    Hi, I was wondering if this remedy can be given thread a feeling tube, Thank You

    Reply
    • Carly Fraser says

      Jan 8, 2020 at 9:59 am

      I’d check with your doctor about that.

      Reply

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