Tame a Child’s Cough With a Touch of Honey According to an article in the New York Times health section, honey is a more effective remedy for coughs than dextromethorphan the most common over-the-counter cough medicine.
This is certainly an easy remedy to try out on your or your child's cough.
Honey, the authors wrote in the December issue of The Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, has well-established antioxidant and antimicrobial effects. In addition, it helps dissolve mucus and soothe the throat.
Here at the clinic, we frequently recommend eating pear, loquat, or lemon with honey to help reduce the frequency and severity of coughs.
For dry cough, pear juice is prescribed.
A more complex recipe is to take a chunk of white daikon radish about fist size and slice it thin, Then you can add honey to the slices , wait 30 to 60 minutes and then drink the fluids.
Of course, here at the clinic we have a range of formulas to help a wide range of coughs.
Here is a link to the NYT article which has a link to the original study in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine:
Vital Signs: Nostrums: Tame a Child's Cough With a Touch of Honey
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