IMMUNE BOOSTING COUGH SYRUP RECIPE - including nettle tincture recipe

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Let me start off by saying I have countless remedies for coughs including many other syrups, so if you have a specific type of cough or would like some more recipes just drop me a message and I will be sure to help where I can.
Ingredients include: 150-250ml Honey (depending on your level of sweetness), 450ml Water, 1 TBSP Lemon juice, 2 TBSP Ginger fresh chopped, 2 TBSP Turmeric root chopped, 1 TBSP Liquorice root dried, 1TBSP ground cloves, 1 TBSP Elderberries dried and 2 TBSP brandy (stinging) nettle tincture (optional and I will give recipe to this at the end).
Recipe: Make a decoction of the ginger, turmeric, liquorice root, ground cloves and elderberry, leave it to rest overnight (or for a couple of hours till cool), then strain decoction. In a double boiler heat the honey and add in the cool decoction. Stir until thoroughly mixed together, do not boil the honey, at most simmer it. Then will hot pour into a sterilised jar, once cooled add your brandy nettle tincture and the tablespoon of lemon juice(strained) and stir thoroughly until all mixed in. Make sure to label when you make the syrup and it lasts around 3 months in the fridge. Have a tablespoon 3 times a day, or when coughing arises. Avoid if you are pregnant or lactating and if you are on any other medication, check if they have synergy before consuming.
Breakdown of the plant medicines used: Ginger: Helps you sweat out the toxins in your body, which is helpful when you have a cold or flu and is a powerful anti-inflammatory. Turmeric: Boosts the immune system and is also another powerful anti-inflammatory. Honey: A fantastic anti-bacterial and known to be one of the best remedies in relieving cough and boost the immune system! Liquorice root: Boosts the immune system and also helps hoarseness and pain throat related to cough, great for bronchitis. Elderberries: One of the best plant medicines if you have a cold or a flu, powerful immune-booster. Lemon Juice: Loosens mucous, immune boosting and also one of the best known cough cures. Nettle: One of the best immune boosting plant medicines there are and also known for anti-inflammatory properties. Cloves:Beyond there anti-bacterial properties they are also great at slightly numbing and relieving sore throats caused by coughing.
Nettle tincture recipe: Using brandy as your alcohol, using a 1:2 ratio of herb (if fresh add a bit more, just wear gloves, will give histamine response when making contact with skin) to alcohol, label and leave in a dark place for 4-6 weeks, then strain put in dropper bottles, label and use outside of the above mentioned syrup as prevention: 2 dropperfuls (10-30 drops) daily (can be taken 1 dropperful twice daily). It is not necessary for the recipe and you can also optionally just add a bit of plain brandy in the syrup in the place of the tincture.

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