You can take a “sip” from this tasty syrup just for pure pleasure. The lemon adds acidity while the laurel gives you a special flavor and tone of bitterness and sweetness, and sugar which are the main components that “drive” the ingredients together with water in the circulation through the body. You must try it.
You will need:
- 5 oz of water
- 6 laurel leaves
- 1 lemon
- 6 tablespoons of sugar (the best you can use is brown, muscovado sugar)
Preparation:
Put the water in a pot andboil it. Next add the laurel leaves and cook it closed for about 6 – 10 minutes.
Take the laurel leaves out, pour the remaining liquid in a container in which you are going to prepare the syrup, put in the sugar and squeeze one lemon. Mix everything well and wait for the sugar to melt. Consume a teaspoon of the syrup few times a day. The first day consume a teaspoon every time when there is intense coughing.
NOTE:
The syrup can be kept in the refrigerator only for several days. You can consume it warm or cold. If you still have symptoms of a cold, even after the syrup you will need to additionally take a slice of lemon, peel it and chew it. It is quite effective in combating dry cough