Lifesaver Cough Syrup

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon licorice root (cough fighting herb)
• 1 tablespoon crushed anise seed (loosens mucus congestion and relaxes respiratory tract)
• 2 cups water
• 1 tablespoon wild cherry bark (helps you sleep)
• 1 tablespoon dried thyme leaves (cough fighting herb)
• 1 cup honey (preserves the syrup, & soothes raw, irritated throat)

Recipe

• 1 simmer licorice root and crushed anise seeds (and if you're using the wild cherry bark, add this now, too) in 2 cups water for 15 minutes
• 2 remove from heat and add thyme leaves.
• 3 cover and steep until it's room temperature.
• 4 strain off herbs, keeping the liquid, and add the honey.
• 5 stir until honey is dissolved.
• 6 store in a covered glass jar in the fridge.
• 7 it will keep for 3 months.
• 8 take 1 tbsp.
• 9 as often as needed for a cough.