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mia

(8,360 posts) Mon Mar 11, 2019, 08:06 PM Mar 2019

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Favorite home remedy.

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Favorite home remedy. (Original Post) mia Mar 2019 OP

Pediatrics? TreasonousBastard Mar 2019 #1

How's little Billy? NightWatcher Mar 2019 #2

Yes. mia Mar 2019 #3

Yup, whiskey and honey (but no lemon juice) The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2019 #4

ah yes - Lord John Marbury lapfog_1 Mar 2019 #5

Adult formula reverses the amounts for honey and whiskey and calls it a whiskey sour. n/t denverbill Mar 2019 #6

Hahaha! Oh, interesting. littlemissmartypants Mar 2019 #7

Hot toddy ProudLib72 Mar 2019 #8

That is a whisky sour. Made them often for my dad to give out to his friends and applegrove Mar 2019 #9

My mom did this for us kids when we were sick. Dem2theMax Mar 2019 #10

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)

1. Pediatrics?

Reply to mia (Original post)

Mon Mar 11, 2019, 08:08 PM

Mar 2019

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)

2. How's little Billy?

Reply to TreasonousBastard (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 11, 2019, 08:10 PM

Mar 2019

Fucking asleep, thanks Doc!

mia

(8,360 posts)

3. Yes.

Reply to TreasonousBastard (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 11, 2019, 08:16 PM

Mar 2019

Back when my children were young, I had a pediatrician (friend) who recommended a version of this recipe. Just a teaspoon.

As an adult, I use rum, water, lemon or lime juice, and honey to make a tea whenever I have a cough. Heat the water first, then add the other ingredients.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,674 posts)

4. Yup, whiskey and honey (but no lemon juice)

Reply to mia (Original post)

Mon Mar 11, 2019, 08:17 PM

Mar 2019

was my family's old home remedy for a cough.

lapfog_1

(29,199 posts)

5. ah yes - Lord John Marbury

Reply to mia (Original post)

Mon Mar 11, 2019, 08:18 PM

Mar 2019

denverbill

(11,489 posts)

6. Adult formula reverses the amounts for honey and whiskey and calls it a whiskey sour. n/t

Reply to mia (Original post)

Mon Mar 11, 2019, 08:27 PM

Mar 2019

littlemissmartypants

(22,632 posts)

7. Hahaha! Oh, interesting.

Reply to mia (Original post)

Mon Mar 11, 2019, 08:40 PM

Mar 2019

Is this the kid's dose or the parent's?

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)

8. Hot toddy

Reply to mia (Original post)

Mon Mar 11, 2019, 09:30 PM

Mar 2019

applegrove

(118,622 posts)

9. That is a whisky sour. Made them often for my dad to give out to his friends and

Reply to mia (Original post)

Tue Mar 12, 2019, 01:45 AM

Mar 2019

family. I would think one tsp an hour would knock out any kid.

Dem2theMax

(9,650 posts)

10. My mom did this for us kids when we were sick.

Reply to mia (Original post)

Tue Mar 12, 2019, 03:32 AM

Mar 2019

And I was born in the mid 50's.

I've had a cold for two weeks. Why didn't I think of doing this?

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