For the previous 10 days, I had a brutal chilly and cough. As I lay supine on the couch, my youngsters hovered over me (“Mother, you good?”), and I attempted every part I may consider — menthol lozenges, Ricola lozenges, Robitussin, Robitussin PM, Advil, Advil PM, Mucinex, scorching lemon tea, a humidifier, two humidifiers, steamy showers, stacked-up pillows, recent air, the record goes on.
Nothing appeared to assist — all day, all evening, the hacking cough remained — till lastly, my good friend urged one thing easy.
“Why don’t you’ve gotten a teaspoon of honey?”
I’d spent a fortune on drugstores drugs and doubted a chunk of honey would transfer the needle. However I figured, why not, and pulled out our honey bear.
YOU GUYS. I ended coughing nearly instantly. Apparently honey coats your throat? I don’t actually know the reasoning and what I don’t must know. I wasn’t coughing and felt SO relieved. That evening, I slept by the evening for the primary time in additional than every week.
Possibly everybody already is aware of this treatment, however I figured I’d share in case anybody else, like me, was unaware. I’m sipping honey tea as I write this very sentence, and I’m so glad to know this trick!
Pre-honey discovery.
How are you feeling today? Some other chilly cures you’ve discovered useful?
P.S. The silver lining of being under the weather, and how to make a hot toddy.
