Name: Easy 3 minute Homemade Honey Garlic Cough Syrup Recipe
Prep time: 3 min
Ingredients: 2 tbsp honey; 2 ½ tsp minced garlic; 2 tbsp sliced ginger ((optional))

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Ola my friend! It’s that time of year where you have to maintain a solid defense for your immune system. The weather is cooler and cold now in many areas of the world. You may notice that people tend to get sick during this time of the year because of the viruses and sickness going around. No worries though, you can easily keep your immune system fortified with this homemade honey garlic cough syrup. It takes less than 5 minutes to make.

Homemade Honey Garlic Cough Syrup Main Ingredients
How to Make and Hacks
How to take
My Review
Other Remedies
Health Benefits
Until Next Time

Homemade Honey Garlic Cough Syrup Main Ingredients

I was talking to a family friend one day and I remember saying, “I am not sick.” I remember saying that all day because my nose was running earlier but it stopped. Words have power. I knew I was not sick but I wanted to assure her that I wouldn’t pass any bug to her. She immediately and eagerly began sharing this honey garlic cough syrup recipe with me. She said crush some fresh garlic and mix it with raw honey and let it sit out and infuse. That’s it. I was amazed.

Raw Honey: this ancient beloved sweet substance produced by bees is the rock star of this recipe. It softens the intensity of the garlic in addition to being packed with many awesome benefits.

Crushed Garlic: this superfood is the superhero of many recipes but especially this one thanks to being loaded with undeniable and faithful health benefits.

How to Make and Hacks

Like my friend instructed me, the best way to make this homemade cough syrup is to crush the garlic into small tiny pieces and put in a container. Add raw honey and mix well. Let this mixture sit out on the counter and infuse overnight.

You can also store in the fridge or the freezer. Instead of a container you can use a ziplock bag or a ice cube tray and freeze for daily use.

You can use minced garlic if you do not have fresh. Do not use the garlic powder because that is too processed for this type of tonic.

How to take

You can take a tablespoon of this homemade honey garlic cough syrup every 4 hours.

The frozen honey garlic cough syrup ice cubes are perfect to pop in hot water or tea of your choice. You can sip on this throughout the day.

My Review

Let’s start with taste. I do not like the taste of this homemade cough syrup LOL. I love garlic. It’s a common root vegetable / herb / spice I use for soups, stir-frys, and all types of dishes. But garlic by itself is too overwhelming for me. The second time I took a teaspoon full, I had to hold my nose and take it otherwise I would be able to swallow it.

The honey barely makes it tolerable. I am so grateful for the honey any time I take this remedy. Adding ginger helps a ton. Just adding the ginger to the tea made the taste a bit more tolerable but chewing the ginger helps the most.

This simple 2-3 ingredient remedy is extremely effective for me. I remember feeling a satisfying boost of energy after about 1 hour of taking this remedy for the first time. I also remember my throat feeling better. It wasn’t sore but felt like something was trying to happen and this simple honey and garlic really prevented whatever that was.

Other Remedies

My family friend also recommended:

Add crushed garlic, raw honey, ginger in a cup of echinacea tea
Cayenne pepper, ginger, garlic, and honey homemade paste/cough syrup
Broncolin Honey Syrup with Propolis and Natural Plant Extracts

My coworker takes this daily:

celery, garlic, green apple, lemon, ginger blended or juiced

Health Benefits

I’m just going to list all of the benefits I could find online for honey and garlic.

Honey

fight infections	relieve from nausea and vomiting
prevents acid reflux	help heal stomach ulcers
relieve cold and cough symptoms – cough suppressant	rich in minerals and compounds i.e. iron, zinc, potassium, amino acids, phytonutrients
helps stop hiccups	helps with weight loss
anti-pathogenic (fights pathogens)	anti-cancer properties
stress relieving	supports liver health i.e. fight jaundice
helps with bed wetting & frequent urination	arthritis
prevents bad breath	reduce high blood pressure
brain health booster	anti-inflammatory effects
helps with wound (i.e. burns, cuts) healing	reduce cholesterol
instant energy source	improves digestion
supports relaxing and restful sleep	prevents vision problems

Garlic

improves brain functioning	boost immunity
improves digestion	antifungal properties
manages blood sugar	prevents cancer and peptic ulcer
improves skin health	supports cardivascular health
aids weight loss	low in calories
fights urinary tract infection (UTI)	rich in Vitamin C, B6, maganese, iron, sulfur, potassium, calcium, more
improves renal health	reduce high blood pressure
reduce exercise fatigue	improves cholesterol levels
reduce blood toxicity	antioxidants that help fight Alzheimer’s disease and dementia
prevent heart blockages	detoxify heavy metals from the body
prevent oestrogen deficiency	improve bone health (prevent bone issues like osteoarthritis)

Until Next Time

Well, what do you think? How did this homemade honey garlic cough syrup work for you? How do you like the taste? Do you have any similar hacks for protecting your immune system from viruses and sickness? Please drop a comment below or email me. I would love to hear your feedback and/or stories. Another good way to flush or detox out your system is eating a green leafy salad like this powerful mango kale salad.

Well, I will take my leave for now. I look forward to our time together again soon. Be inspired to have an appetite to Live and Live well.

Adaeze