Often times, I take seasonal fruits and herbs to create my version of cough syrup. I keep this on hand and use it as needed or if I feel run down, 'stressed out', or possibly exposed to someone that was sick. I wanted you to use food and herbs you have easy access to. A few suggestions would be to add thyme, sage, lemongrass, peppermint, hibiscus, cayenne pepper, ginger, lemon balm or rosemary herbs to help with a sore throat, cold or stay healthy! Some fruits I use are lemon, lime, blackberries, cherries, blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, oranges, figs to name a few. Get local honey and make a tasty combination. Use your discretion depending upon how thick you want your syrup. Either take a spoonful, add to tea, make a hot tottie (tea with whisky or brandy), or even add to plain yoghurt. As you warm the honey, please keep it on a warm setting so you don't scorch the honey. Save all those medicinal properties!
For example:
1/4 cup of water
1/4 cup honey
splashes of cayenne
a few tablespoons of herbs
fruit of choice
Simmer water and gently and lovingly mash fruit - a palmful of berries or 1/2 of citrus. Lower heat or turn off heat and cover ~90% so the honey melts with the infusion. Add honey. Allow to blend - the time is up to you. I try to allow it to blend for ~20-30 minutes. You also can keep the herbs in the syrup so they continue to infuse. Put in a jar and label. Enjoy!! Again, you can make this thicker by using more honey, or thinner with less honey or more water. You decide.
Recently, I did organic blackberries with rosemary and a splash of cayenne. I started on the stovetop. Then, allowed it to infuse in the window sill for another few days. Fabulous!!!! Strawberries, lemon, and peppermint.
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