{"id":19541,"date":"2025-09-16T16:22:29","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T20:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/?p=19541"},"modified":"2025-09-16T16:22:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T20:22:29","slug":"harvest-cough-drops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/16\/harvest-cough-drops\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvest Cough Drops"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"post\">\n<div class=\"entry\">\n<ul>\n<li>2 c. turbinado sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 c. strong herbal tea<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 c. light corn syrup<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 t\u00a0<a href=\"\/remedies-treatments\/aromatherapy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Essential Oils<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Making the tea:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These cough drops are a way to use some of the\u00a0<a href=\"\/remedies-treatments\/herbs-oils.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Herbs<\/a>\u00a0you have grown or that you find growing near you. I go out and collect everything that is abundant and have properties that are good for cough drops (expectorant, anti-microbial, mucilaginous). Some\u00a0<a href=\"\/remedies-treatments\/herbs-oils.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Herbs<\/a>\u00a0I have used are\u00a0<a href=\"\/remedies-treatments\/herbs-oils.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elecampane<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"\/remedies-treatments\/herbs-oils.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thyme<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"\/remedies-treatments\/herbs-oils.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sage<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"\/remedies-treatments\/herbs-oils.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Echinacea<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"\/remedies-treatments\/herbs-oils.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marshmallow<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"\/remedies-treatments\/herbs-oils.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Angelica<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"\/remedies-treatments\/herbs-oils.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elder Flowers<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"\/remedies-treatments\/herbs-oils.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mullein<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"\/remedies-treatments\/herbs-oils.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comfrey<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I collect everything and throw all the roots in a pot and simmer these for about 30 minutes then throw in the leafy\u00a0<a href=\"\/remedies-treatments\/herbs-oils.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Herbs<\/a>\u00a0and simmer some more. I start with about 1 quart of water. After the\u00a0<a href=\"\/remedies-treatments\/herbs-oils.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Herbs<\/a>\u00a0have simmered for 10 minutes or so I cool it down and strain out the\u00a0<a href=\"\/remedies-treatments\/herbs-oils.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Herbs<\/a>\u00a0then put the tea back on the stove and simmer until the volume of liquid is reduced to 1 cup.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-teaser\"><b><a title=\"Permanent Link: Harvest Cough Drops\" href=\"\/alternative-therapies\/herbs-for-health\/harvest-cough-drops\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read the rest of this post here<\/a>\u00a0(422 words, estimated 1:41 mins reading time)<\/b><\/div>\n<p><em>If you enjoyed this post, make sure you\u00a0<a href=\"\/feed\/\">subscribe to my RSS feed<\/a>!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"post\">\n<p class=\"postmetadata\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 c. turbinado sugar 1 c. strong herbal tea 3\/4 c. light corn syrup 1\/4 t\u00a0Essential Oils Making the tea: These cough drops are a way to use some of the\u00a0Herbs\u00a0you have grown or that you find growing near you. I go out and collect everything that is abundant and have properties that are good [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-herbs-for-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19541\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}