Colds

[Synn]

Hey ya'll.. My pregnant dd has a bad cold.. Being that she's pregnant there's not much she can take.. Any suggestions?

[Kygal]

for sore throats and cough i boil fresh crushed ginger with water and honey to make a cough syrop. i make it strong, so i use about an inch of ginger root to 1.5 cups of water and a generous couple of table spoons of honey. it is also very good for morning sickness as well. provided ginger does not make you queasy...lol pregnancy does wierd things to a girl:P hope she feels better soon.

[gardnmom]

Elderberry juice or syrup. Raw Honey is a natural antibiotic and also coats the throat to help with coughing. Heating kills the antibiotic properties.

Ginger is also very good put it in some tea.

[Kygal]

i didn't know about honey being a natural antibiotic, i just used it for sweetener instead of sugar

[gardnmom]

Here is must be pasturized to be sold in the store so it is necessary for me to buy it at the farmers market in order to get it raw. Not sure if this is nation wide.

Honey is the best sweetner unless you have diabeties then it must be limited and the use of Stevia comes in to play.

[Linda]

and chicken noodle soup; lots of rest.

[Guest Guest]

mustard plaster! am I the only one that remembers?

 

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