Cough lozenges with honey and ginger

There are many recipes for making honey lollipops that are not only tasty but also healthy. Honey lollipops with the addition of "chest collection" have proven themselves well. For preparation, take a collection of medicinal herbs called "chest". It has proven itself as an expectorant restorative. The collection is poured with boiling water, infused for 20 minutes, then filtered. Add honey to the resulting broth in a ratio of 1:2, boil this mixture until it thickens. As soon as the mixture becomes thick, you can pour the mixture into molds and let it harden. If desired, you can decorate the top with granulated sugar or powder, add lemon juice or grated zest.

You can also make lollipops using another recipe: with the addition of lemon juice and grated zest. To prepare, you will need 300 grams of honey, about 2 teaspoons of butter and about 10 drops of essential oil. It is important to note that the oils must be food grade. Oils help relieve inflammation and prevent infection. In addition, they soften mucous membranes, stimulate natural immunity and saturate the body with vitamins. The advantage is that the healing properties will last even longer if they are placed in the refrigerator.

Honey and Ginger Cough Drops

Traditional medicine has many remedies for cough. There are even remedies that children take for a treat, eat with pleasure, and are treated at the same time. It turns out that when a cold and cough appear, it is not necessary to immediately go to the pharmacy and buy medications. At least, there is no need to buy lozenges or cough lozenges. You can make lozenges at home yourself.

Such lollipops have a number of advantages. They are stored much longer. They are prepared at home from natural ingredients, do not contain any food additives or dyes. Therefore, you can be absolutely calm and not be afraid of side effects. In addition, children eat them with pleasure, since they are associated with a delicacy, but not with medicine. The child can even show imagination and take part in their production.

Traditionally, ginger lollipops with honey are prepared. Ginger has antiseptic and anti-inflammatory properties, kills pathogenic microflora, normalizes metabolism and restores normal microbiocenosis. Honey has a softening effect, eliminates inflammation. Honey contains a large number of vitamins and microelements, provides nutrition and restoration of the mucous membrane. Normalizes the state of the immune system, has antioxidant properties, removes toxins and metabolic products from the body. It has a calming effect on the nervous system.

Lollipops are quite easy to prepare. Children can eat them without restrictions, as they have excellent preventive properties. They are especially recommended to be eaten during the height of flu epidemics and other infectious diseases, if a person has been in contact with infectious patients. Lollipops can be eaten not only by children, but also by adults.

Cough drops are prepared in exactly the same way as regular candies, only the necessary components are added. First, caramel is prepared. To prepare it, you will need sugar and water. Unlike regular candies, you can eat a lot of them, since the negative effect of sugars is neutralized by the positive effect of honey and ginger. They combine two properties - they are both tasty and healthy.

After the caramel mass is obtained, honey and grated ginger are added to it. After that, the lollipops are poured into silicone or other molds. All this is thoroughly mixed with wooden sticks. The molds or cooking utensils can be pre-moistened with vegetable oil, which will prevent the mass from sticking to the walls and burning.

After the mold is filled, place it on the fire. Bring it to a molten state over low heat, as a result of which the mixture turns into a thick, molten mass. Then you need to constantly monitor that the honey is in a state of boiling, but does not run off. The mixture should boil for an hour and a half. After this, the mixture should thicken. As soon as it begins to stretch into thin threads, you can begin pouring it into small molds for further hardening. After this, the lollipops will be ready for use.

When making lollipops from ground ginger, it is important to ensure that it is evenly distributed throughout the mixture and does not clump together. If it clumps together, its beneficial properties may not only decrease, but also disappear completely. It is important to observe the amount of ginger. There should not be too much of it. If you add a large amount of ginger, the candies will become bitter. The proportions look something like this: 1 teaspoon of ginger is taken for 300 grams of honey.

There are many different lollipop recipes. For example, many children like cough drops with added spices. They have an immunostimulating effect, significantly increase the body's resistance, and eliminate coughs. To prepare, take one and a half glasses of water and a glass of sugar. Finely chop the ginger root and cloves. Separately squeeze the juice of one lemon. Mix all these components together, begin to cook on low heat with constant stirring. After the sugar has completely dissolved, add honey to the resulting mixture, transfer to medium heat. Begin stirring, heat until the mixture turns into a caramel mass. As soon as the emulsion thickens and stops spreading, the lollipops are ready. After the mixture begins to harden, carefully remove the ginger and cloves, then spoon the mass into molds or onto paper.

Children also love mint candies with ginger and honey. To prepare them, you will need dry mint and chamomile leaves. Take about 2 tablespoons of the resulting mixture. Pour boiling water over it and boil for about 10 minutes. After 30 minutes, strain the resulting broth and add half a glass of honey to it. Also add half a teaspoon of cinnamon and ground ginger. Boil until the mixture thickens. Then pour the candies into molds and let them harden. You can sprinkle coconut flakes and powdered sugar on top.