How to Make Homemade Kid's Cough Medicine

With all over-the-counter cough medicines that are available for children, sometimes it's hard to decide which to buy. In addition, over-the-counter medicines have so many ingredients that aside from not being able to pronounce them, you may not know which could have side effects that you're not looking for. By making your own homemade kid's cough medicine, you can safely and simply relieve your child's cough.

Things You'll Need

• Honey
• Cooking pot
• Lemon
• Knife
• Strainer
• Container

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Instructions

• 1

  Heat two cups of honey under medium heat in a cooking pot and remove from heat before it comes to a boil.

• 2

  Boil one whole lemon in water in another pot until it softens, and slice it after it has cooled. Alternately, you can choose to squeeze out the juice of the lemon instead of slicing it.

• 3

  Place the lemon slices or pour the lemon juice into the pot with the honey and continue to heat it, allowing it to warm for at least an hour.

• 4

  Remove the lemons and strain the seeds that are left in the lemon and honey mixture after heating.

• 5

  Allow the mixture to sit until it has completely cooled.

• 6

  Pour everything into a glass jar with a cover and tightly seal it.

• 7

  Refrigerate the cough syrup if you won't be using it right away.