ITALIAN COUGH SYRUP 
1/2 c. whiskey
1/2 c. honey
Juice of 1 lemon

In small jar mix whiskey, honey and lemon juice. Take 1-2 tablespoons every 3-4 hours. I can't promise it will get rid of your cough, but it sure tastes good!

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Italian Cough Syrup
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 C. Pooser says:
This works! In the last four days I have taken one prescription and two OTC cough medicines which did nothing for me. Last night, I slept without coughing for 5 hours after trying this. My grandmother always used this, but I thought she just liked the liquor. However, now I am a believer.
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 Robbie (Georgia) says:
Have been coughing for two weeks and taken several meds... decided to try this today, sure hoping for it to work! : )
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 Kim (Texas) says:
Made this last night for my sister who has had a cough for a month. She took 1 t. of it and hardly coughed at all...had been waking up once or twice in the night with a coughing fit. I served it to her warm (the honey had started to crystallize, sp heated it for about 30 sec. before stirring it in the whiskey and lemon juice).
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 Daboo1019 (North Carolina) says:
My Mom made this when I was a child. I remember crying because I thought it could make me drunk, haha. She thought I didn't like the taste. It works great
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 Heidi (Oklahoma) says:
I have been looking for my grandpa's cough medicine and this is it. I knew there was honey and whiskey but couldn't remember what else. Going after work to get all this. Been staying awake until 1 in the morning due to coughing fits so here we go.............
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 Lindsey (Montana) says:
Perfect. I added a ton of cinnamon and took 2 tablespoons. Throat felt better instantly and I got a warm fuzzy feeling - actually could be dangerous because it tastes wonderful!
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 Eppie (Alabama) says:
I am 71 years old from the deep south. My mother raised us on whiskey cough syrup for as long as I can remember. I use to accuse her of trying to burn our guts up. That whiskey use to burn like the devil when I was a child. One sure thing you could forget about the cough. Now I got fully growed and had a son. I gave him the same thing. I had one of the pediatricians tell me there was nothing any better.
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 Stephanie (Illinois) says:
My mom use to make this for us when we were kids. After having a bad cold and no OTC medicine would give me relief I called her, she's 100% Italian for the recipe, it was exactly what was listed here, smiles. This helps you sleep, soothes a sore throat and will help you sweat out the cold.
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 Loretta (Kentucky) says:
A Doctor prescribed this for my 3 month old son for congestion. We did not give it to him. The next day I called the Dr back. It told me to do it. It had less alcohol than most cough medicine. I gave it to him and it cleared it right up. Our go to meds for congestion.

 

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