Honey And Lemon

[Kazal]

What ratio of honey, lemon and hot water is used to make the cough medicine. Also I tried it with ginger, not only was it horrible it was very gritty, maybe used too much.

[rockyracoon]

Boil the ginger and drain it, then use the water, no grit at all that way. I don't use any ratio, I just put amounts in till it tastes how I like it.

[Eve]

You could try it in a herbal tea, I have camomile tea (currently a Camomile and Spiced Apple or Camomile and Honey ones) and squeeze some honey onto the bottom of the cup and a slice of lemon, leave it a little bit so that the tea bag infuses the water and honey. There may be some teas with ginger in too. Twinings do lots of different sorts.

I'm not a big fan of honey on its own but don't mind if it's in some as long as the taste isn't strong. Rowse do a mild version.

I haven't used it for a cough but might help you with the taste.

[Old_Geezer]

Hmmm these things aren't actually supposed to work are they ?

I tend to think they are there simply to comfort. A hot sweet drink when you are not feeling 100%, can do that.

[atalanta]

If you used ground ginger, the stuff you use in cakes, no wonder it was gritty. You should use crushed ginger root, tied up in a bag and boiled, then with extra ingredients added for flavour and sweetening.

[whirlyhurly]

For myself honey/lemon & hot water needs a good glug of whisky to work.

[murraymints]

2 heaped teaspoons of manuka in a standard lemsip ..works wonders !

[maddys]

I found here some good information on using honey and ginger as a cough remedy.
http://readanddigest.com/awesome-ginger-honey-combo-for-perfect-health/