Cough Remedies
1. Cough syrup: Boil 1 ounce of flaxseed in 1 quart of boiling water one-half hour. Strain and add to the liquid the juice of 2 lemons and 1/2 pound of rock candy (loaf sugar may be used but the candy is better). Set this to simmer one-half hour, stirring occasionally. Take a wine-glassful whenever the cough is troublesome. For whooping cough give after every paroxysm.
2. Hot honey, 1 teaspoonful every one-quarter hour, will break up the worst cold in one day. It will also relieve severe spasms of asthma. The constant use of honey keeps the throat in a healthful state, and it cannot be too highly recommended as an article of diet.
3. Rubbing turpentine on the chest is also a relief.