Are you looking for an old-fashioned cough remedy?
I recommend without hesitation this natural recipe for homemade cough syrup.
His secret? It's thyme, super effective against viral diseases.
This aromatic syrup relieves cough in 5 min.
Since I discovered this cough syrup recipe without prescription , I only use that anymore.
Now let's see together the easy recipe for homemade thyme cough syrup. Watch:
- 70 g of dried thyme
- water
- sugar
1. Put the thyme in a saucepan
2. Pour water over it to cover it.
3. Let it macerate for 24 hours.
4. After 24 hours, boil the water with the thyme.
5. Let simmer for about 15 minutes with a lid on then turn off the heat.
6. Cover the pot with a lid and let the thyme steep again overnight.
7. With a fine sieve, filter the water and thyme over a bowl to keep only the infusion.
8. Weigh the liquid on a kitchen scale.
9. Prepare 50% of the liquid's weight in sugar. For example, if you have 1 kg of liquid (i.e. 1 liter), you must prepare 500 g of sugar.
10. Pour the infusion into a saucepan.
11. Add the sugar.
12. Heat over low heat until thickened.
13. Pour the syrup into a glass bottle and close the bottle tightly.
There you go, your thyme cough syrup is ready :-)
Easy, fast and efficient, right?
No more scratchy throat!
You can use it to stop a coughing fit.
Thanks to this remedy, you will stop coughing quickly.
No need to run to the pharmacy to buy cough syrup!
These syrups are expensive, not always effective and sometimes dangerous to health!
With your 100% natural syrup , you know exactly what it is made of.
In addition, this grandmother's recipe is particularly economical, compared to commercial syrups.
But that's not all.
This DIY syrup is effective for treating coughs, but also for relieving a sore throat or clearing a stuffy nose.
Very handy, isn't it?
Know that you can take thyme from your garden and dry it or buy it commercially.
As a natural treatment, your thyme syrup can be taken three times a day .
Swallow a tablespoon morning, noon and night.
Please note, this treatment should not be followed for more than a week.
If symptoms persist, see a doctor.
You can also put a teaspoon in your favorite infusion to enjoy all its benefits.
Did you know that you can also use your thyme syrup as a simple thirst quencher?
Just pour a little in a glass and dilute it with water...
Like any other syrup!
And the best part is that it keeps very well.
The sugar that goes into its composition allows excellent long-term preservation.
Be aware that the sweeter it is, the longer you can keep it.
Concretely, what does this mean?
This means you can keep it between 3 and 6 months in a cool place away from light, after putting it in its bottle.
Once opened, you keep it 2 to 4 weeks in the fridge.
Thyme is a delicious herb for flavoring dishes.
But that's not all.
Its health benefits are numerous and recognized for a very long time.
Thyme has antiseptic and anti-infective properties s that allow it to fight against viral diseases.
It is used for example to treat bronchitis.
But the good news is that it is effective in relieving other respiratory diseases such as asthma, angina or whooping cough.
Overall, it acts effectively on the entire ENT sphere :throat, sinuses, bronchi.
This is why it is able to soothe a cough or an irritated throat and to decongest the nose.
