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Honey for a Cough
Honey for a Cough
When you’re sick and sleep is the only thing on your mind, nothing is worse than a cough that won’t quit. To hinder that hacking, swallow two teaspoons of honey with a vitamin C supplement right before you hit the sheets. If taken in the early stages of the cough, the vitamin C helps boost your immune system while the honey has been proven to work even better than cough suppressants. Not only does this sweet syrup do the trick, but it tastes better, too. If your kid has a cough, use just one teaspoon of honey, but don’t give honey to children younger than one year. Honey contains spores that cause botulism. An adult's intestinal tract can prevent the growth of these spores, but a baby's GI tract isn’t developed enough to resist.
By Daniel Halperin, published July 12, 2011. Daniel is a freelance writer based in New York City.
