How to make your own natural cough remedy

I'm currently driving my colleauges to discraction with the persistent and irritating cough I seem to have picked up. I can't stand the taste of those gooey, over the counter remedies that never seem to do any good, so I've decided to try making my own natural cough remedy at home. Here's one that comes particularly recommended (it had me cough free for at least an hour last night):

Cough-relieving ginger tea

* 1 inch or so fresh ginger root, sliced thin or grated
* 1/2 a fresh lemon, sliced (peel & all)
* 1 clove garlic, mashed
* ~2 c water
* Very generous spoonful honey

Read on for instructions...

Place water, ginger, lemon, & garlic in saucepan; bring to boil, then turn down heat and simmer gently for 20 min. Strain into mugs and add lots of honey. The tea *will* get stronger if you let it sit! Most invigorating!

The maker of this remedy says: "The garlic adds a bit of bitterness, but the honey masks that. This tea is very soothing to the throat and warms and opens the chest and nasal passages. Plus there are all those vitamins and other good things! I now make this tea at the first sign of a cold, which helps me fight it off. I find it more effective than the commercial hot lemon remedies, and of course cheaper!"

...and I promise it doesn't taste too bad.

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