On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 17:58:05 -0500, Michael Horowitz
> wrote:

>GOOGLING, I see homemade cough remedies made of honey, lemon and
>whiskey.
>
>I can see that drinking enough will make me not care about the cough,
>but will this actually calm a cough? - Mike <cough, cough>

I don't know about the whiskey... but my mother taught me to make a
hot honey and lemon drink if I had a sore throat. It's very soothing -
the lemon strips the mucous that makes you cough, and the honey
soothes the membranes in your throat.