# Childhood cold remedies.

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 10, 2001, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhood-cold-remedies/57403 "2001-03-10T02:21:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2001, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhood-cold-remedies/57403/1 "2001-03-10T02:21:14Z")

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I came down with a cold today (I’m responsible for the board problems, eh?) This evening I ate with Mom and mentioned the hot lemonade she made when we were sick when I was young. So she sent me home with a couple of lemons. 😃

So I’m sitting here sipping hot lemonade (juice of 1/2 a lemon, lots of sugar, and water, heated up in a microwave).

What did your Mom do when you were sick as a kid?

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**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2001, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhood-cold-remedies/57403/2 "2001-03-10T05:33:05Z")

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My Mom did something like what you described only it was a bit different recipe… about a lidful or two of lemon juice (y’know the stuff you buy in the green bottles? lidful’s of that one) with boiled water, honey and for some reason a little bit of butter (just a little bit like a 1/4 teaspoon I guess)

I loved that for my sore throats…

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**Author:** ![Bawdysurfer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/90db22/32.png) [@Bawdysurfer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bawdysurfer)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2001, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhood-cold-remedies/57403/3 "2001-03-10T06:56:27Z")

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For generations, back to the Scottish Highlands, rabble-rousers and first rate bawdy-housers have used a concoction based on some form of tea, lemon or other citrus juice, and single malt.

This bawdy-surfer was weaned on Earl Grey, lemon juice, family harvested honey, pulverized asperin, and a splash (or ten) of top notch single malt whiskey.

Vicks got the recipe wrong with NyQuil. Their loss.

Colds were merely a situation that required proper lubrication to diminish.

Some say a predilection to imbibe can be a genetic issue. I say it comes from proper nurturing at a tender young age. Whiskey: from pram to senility…better than mother’s milk for the building of strong bodies, and character to match.