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Thyme (or garlic) honey

Herb steeped in honey. Spoon for a cough, or into hot water for a sore throat.

No honey under age one. Garlic honey is strong — not a jar you give by the tablespoon for fun.

Time
Overnight, better in a week
Yield
1 cup

Method

  1. 1.Loosely fill a half-pint with chopped fresh thyme, or 4–5 crushed garlic cloves (wait 10 minutes after crushing).
  2. 2.Cover with raw honey. Stir out air pockets. Lid.
  3. 3.A day on the counter, then a cool shelf. Garlic honey may fizz a little — burp the lid. Use within a month, or fridge.
Dose
1 tsp as needed for an adult cough. Child over 1: 1/2 tsp. In a mug of hot water for a throat.
Store
Cool. Garlic honey is the shorter keeper.

Herbs

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