Sage and Honey Cough Syrup
This is such a simple and effective cough syrup. A batch will keep forever because honey is an excellent preservative.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup or more of fresh, organic sage leaves
- 1 cup or more of raw honey, preferably local (if you don’t have a local source, you can order it here)
- a clean jar or glass container that can be sealed tightly and can hold at least 12 oz. (I love these and these, and mason jars are also perfect.)
Instructions
- Wash and dry your sage very thoroughly.
- Trim the leaves from their stems.
- Pack the sage leaves into your glass jar, and pour the honey over. It will take a while for the honey to ooze between the leaves and underneath them.
- Stir it up with a clean spoon, and seal the jar. Stir it up daily and let sit for about a week.
- (Optional) Remove the leaves, pressing all of the honey out of them. You can decant into a bottle that is easier to pour like this kind, or just leave it there and spoon it out as needed. I am going to keep the leaves in the jar, and pull one leaf out at a time for cups of tea.
- Administer medicinally in teaspoonfuls for sore throats and coughs, or stir a spoonful into a mug of warm water with a squeeze of lemon as a soothing tea.
- Store tightly sealed in the fridge. It should last for a long, long time as honey is an excellent preservative.
Find it online: https://andhereweare.net/sage-and-honey-cough-syrup-2/