Homemade Cough Syrup - Becca Piastrelli
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You’ve landed on a post I wrote a few years ago -
back when I was known as The Dabblist and was exploring all sorts of ways I could create beautiful things with my hands. It was a powerful time for me — awakening my creativity after suppressing it for so long — but this space has since evolved to reflect the woman I’m becoming.

So, if you stick around (and I hope you do!), you’ll be hearing from me weekly-ish on the topics of: 

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Love Becca

Homemade Cough Syrup

It's tremendously empowering to make my own medicine.

I feel like I'm channeling the generations of women that came before me. The healers. The grandmothers who learned from their grandmothers what to do when a child has a dry cough. These women didn't have Web MD. They knew which plants to use for every common ailment.

I hope to continue teaching myself these home remedies, so that one day I may have my own medicinal garden and be able to help heal others.

I recently learned about the Slippery Elm and Marshmallow Root, both traditionally used to treat a dry cough. They help coat the throat to ease that pesky tickling feeling and allow for healing. Combine that with the soothing power and sweet natural flavor of raw honey, and you've got yourself a homemade cough syrup.

Homemade Cough Syrup // The Dabblist

Ingredients

2 cups water

1 tbsp marshmallow root, powdered

1 tbsp slippery elm, powdered

2 tbsp raw honey

Combine the water, marshmallow root, and slippery elm in a pan over medium heat. Bring to a boil and allow to simmer for 30 mins until the liquid is reduced by half. Remove the mixture from heat and allow to cool for 5 mins before stirring in honey. Pour into jar and seal tightly. Store in glass jar in fridge for  1 month. A dose is 2 tsp up to 4 times a day.

Adapted from Do It Gorgeously 

9 Comments

  1. Mom
    Mom on February 7, 2013 at 2:05 am

    Where do you buy slippery elm and marshmallow root?

    Reply
    • becca
      becca on February 7, 2013 at 2:16 am

      You can get it on Amazon, but I buy them from Mountain Rose Herbs.

      Reply
  4. Marcia
    Marcia on November 11, 2013 at 12:20 pm

    Does this taste good?? ..thinking of my grandkids.

    Reply
    • becca
      becca on November 11, 2013 at 1:25 pm

      Because of the honey, the flavor is sweet. Some kids have trouble with the slippery consistency but that’s what makes it work.

      Reply
  5. jp
    jp on November 25, 2013 at 12:43 pm

    I was wondering, do you think you could add elderberry to this concoction? thought it might help boost the immune system. I might try it and add some ginger too. Thanks very much for your inspired posts!

    Reply
  6. becca
    becca on November 25, 2013 at 1:25 pm

    Hi jp. That sounds interesting, and might make the syrup tastier! I saw go for it!

    Reply
  7. Summer
    Summer on March 14, 2019 at 6:14 am

    Hi! I made this for a friend of mine and she forgot to put it in the fridge. It’s been close to a week of no refrigeration. Is it bad now?

    Reply

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