I am amazed how this has worked. I have a lingering cough/throat irritation that usually occurs at night (but also sometimes during the day as well) while I am sleeping - this reaction is usually due to a sinus condition brought on by seasonal allergies. I don't like taking O-T-C cough meds unless I have something ELSE going on with me as well. But I was at my wits end!

I tried this the first time using the juice of a lemon. It's nearly time for me to make more cough syrup. This time I will try the vinegar suggestion instead of the lemon juice. Hopefully it works as well as the lemon juice. I'll let you know!

Told you that I would get back with you when I made another batch. This will be my third batch. My second batch I made with 2 tbsp. vinegar. I also didn't have any ginger spice (powder) so I decided to dice up a piece of ginger really fine and used that instead of the 1/4 tsp. ginger (spice). I really didn't care for this combination very much, and found that for me, it didn't work as well as the original recipe. It seemed like the garlic and the vinegar irritated my throat more. Okay, now for my third batch. I am going to use the 3 tbsp. honey, juice of 1 lemon, 1/4 tsp. ginger (powdered spice) and instead of 3 tbsp. butter, I used 2 tbsp. olive oil and 1 tbsp. butter, thinking it might be a little healthier? Who knows. When I go through this 3rd batch, I'll report back and let you know how it worked, making it this 3rd way.

12/20/2013 - I think my last review was 4 weeks ago. I haven't been using my concoction as much, as the weather has been turning, so perhaps my allergies are beginning to subside. :-). My little bottle, actually a small glass bottle that I usually purchase dried spices in from the grocery store works really well! So I noticed today that I will need to make a new batch before I become desperate for some cough med and I will be out of one of the ingredients. Today I will need to go to the store and purchase a lemon, then come home and mix up a new batch. Will use the same recipe, using honey, olive oil 1 tbsp. of butter, juice of one lemon, and 1/4 tsp of ginger. Easy Peasey... .and it works so good too!