My child has a bad cough, cold - I need Jamaican herbs

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QUESTION: Dear Jamaican Herbalist,
My child has a bad cough and sometimes it make sounds like a train on a track. What can I give him at 2 years old?
Clarice Josephs

RESPONSE: Dear Clarice

Give him a teaspoon of homemade turnip syrup every day. Here’s how to make the syrup. Cover turnips with just brown sugar in a container. Make sure no air can get in. When the sugar has melted and forms a syrup over the turnip with the juices from the turnip, then you can drain it into another air tight container. Give a teaspoon of the syrup to the child each morning. You can also eat the turnip or crush it and give to the child.

The guinea hen weed is also very effective when you make it into a tea and give your child to drink. You can make the guinea hen tea with or without garlic.

The Jack-in-the-bush is also a good herb to use.

At nights you can place the eucalyptus bush under your child’s pillow or in the room. You can also opt to rubbing VICKS on the child’s chest, under the nose and by the temples.

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