COUGHS

- Take a phlegm-reducing infusion made
with hyssop, anise, elder, or goldenrod.

- Make a tea of horehound, ground ivy, anggelica,
red clover, wild cherry, or elecampane roots.
Add lemon and honey if desired.

- Drink an infution of honey-suckle leaves and flowers.

- Cough Elecammpane: Make a syrup by slicing the fresh root[s],
covering them with sugar, and baking them for an hour or two.

- Decoct quince seeds, about 1 ounce to 1 cup boiling water.
Let sit for 1 hour, strain, and take with an equal amount of honey
as a cough syrup or for horseness or a sore throat.

- Make a pectoral (chest plaster) of sage,, barley, and turnips.

- Make a chest poultice of boiled onions.<

- Make a mustard plaster with egg whites and flaxseed meal,
applied over a piece of gauze.
Check at regular intervals to avoid burning or irritating the skin.

- Native Americans decocted
pine pitch or dried balsam root to make a strong tea.


Source(s)
Onyx
"GreenWitchGarden"

Health: Herbal Remedies
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