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Hunion Syrup

3/2/2019

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Before I start my post… DO NOT USE THIS FOR BABIES UNDER 1 YEAR OF AGE!

This is how my children suffer. Okay suffering may be too strong a word, but not if you ask them. I have one child who currently has a rasping cough. I did the concerned mom thing, I took her to the doctor. This visit, to my great surprise, my doctor recommended that I give my child a honey-based cough syrup. The doctor then proceeded to give me absolutely no suggestions about where to find such a thing, but this isn't a problem for me.

Honey and Onion syrup to the rescue! Or as it's been nicknamed in my house: Hunion Syrup.​
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I first discovered this gem in a book called, "The Wild and Weedy Apothecary" by Doreen Shababy; but I've encountered it many times after that as part of folk medicine practices. I know folk medicine is just old wives tales, blah, blah. I hear you. But I'm going to say: just because it's an old wives tale doesn't necessarily mean it doesn't work. I've personally used this remedy for my own family, and extended family, for years. It's a go-to for me because I pretty much always have an onion and we keep bees. It's so simple to make, that my kids have done it. It's ridiculously easy.

Cut up as much white, or yellow, onion as you think you are going to use. I normally use about half a large onion. Next I pour in raw local honey (not from the supermarket that stuff is mostly corn syrup.) Cover the onion completely.
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​Then wait a few hours until the hygroscopic honey leaches the juice out of the onion, and into itself. It will be obvious by the onion's now wilted appearance and the liquid nature of the honey.

​All that's left to do is strain the onion out of the honey, and administer. For adults 1-2 tablespoons. For children over the age of one year (don't get hung up on dosing, it's just food) I force mine to swallow about a tablespoon.
 
FOR BABIES UNDER ONE YEAR DO NOT USE THIS!!!! Raw honey has been linked to BOTULISM DEATHS in babies due to their underdeveloped digestive system. AND LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK! BABIES CAN DIE FROM THE CONSUMPTION OF HONEY!
 
If you've stuck with me this far I can explain why this works for coughs, and congestion:
 
Raw, local honey is a wonder of the natural world. It is antibacterial, with a mild antihistamine action. Local honey ingested over time is believed to help build a resistance to local allergens and hayfever. It also gives a quick energy boost.
 
Onions, especially raw, are a good source of vitamin C, anti-inflammatory, and great for removing phlegm.
 
So how bout them apples…er…onions.
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Doreen Shababy link
1/11/2020 09:02:23 pm

I love it when people take an idea from my book and make it their own! Cool!

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Denise Terriah
1/13/2020 02:10:28 pm

Thank you so much. I have gotten years of enjoyment from your book and I keep it on the shelf with my favorite reference books next to Susun Weed, Rosemary Gladstar, and Juliette de Bairacli Levy.

The main character in my novel "As It Ends," is an herbalist. The stillroom book format of your book "The Wild and Weedy Apothecary," was one of the things that first made me want to make similar notes in my personal journal. My journal eventually evolved into the idea of the book that my main character received in my novel.

Thanks you for publishing your book. It was one of the seeds of my own herbal journey.

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Doreen Shababy link
3/5/2020 02:48:36 pm

I am honored and humbled! thank you!




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    Denise Terriah

    I have an ongoing interest in dystopian fiction, both reading and writing it. I’m a fan of simple living and draw inspiration for my writing from my love of old-fashioned skills and my small hobby farm. 

    I live in the Midwest with my husband, twin daughters, and an ever-shifting menagerie of pets and livestock; all of whom have been subjected to a wide array of weird-tasting herbs since I took up the hobby of herbalism. Thankfully nobody seems to mind.


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