Remedy
Cough and tight chest
Dry tickle vs wet freight-train. Honey and thyme for most. Mullein tea for the dry one. Steam for both.
- Honey (over age one) is the cough medicine with the most honest evidence in a kitchen.
- Thyme honey by the teaspoon, or onion syrup overnight if that is what you have.
- Mullein tea, double-strained, for a dry tickle. Steam at night.
- Sit up to sleep. A dry room in January makes everyone cough — a pot of water on the stove.
Blue lips, one-word sentences, a child who is sinking between ribs, or a cough after a bee sting is first aid, not mullein.