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Milk with honey for coughing child, adult, in pregnancy
Last reviewed: 04.07.2025

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A nutritious product of animal origin, in addition to its rich vitamin and mineral composition, helps relieve inflammation and irritation of the throat, and minimizes pain. Milk with honey for coughs speeds up the recovery process, minimizes coughing fits, and helps remove phlegm.
Honey is a beekeeping product with a unique composition. It contains high concentrations of not only vitamins and minerals, but also fructose, glucose and other substances. It has anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties, promotes health and improves immunity.
The combination of milk and honey is effective against colds, helps with laryngitis, bronchitis, flu and acute respiratory viral infections. The medicinal drink can be taken by pregnant women and children. It is better to consume the remedy warm, not hot, to relieve the inflammatory reaction in the larynx.
Recipes for treatment:
- Dissolve 1-2 teaspoons of honey in a glass of warm milk. Take 3-4 times a day, especially before bed.
- In a glass with honey and animal product, add a spoon of butter and a spoon of still mineral water. This composition has anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties. The oil coats the throat walls, and the water strengthens local immunity.
- Take a glass of milk and put it on medium heat, add a couple of spoons of oats. Boil the remedy until the grains swell. Strain the cooled drink, add butter and take it warm, 200 ml during the day, including before bedtime.
- An effective mixture for relieving pain and destroying pathogenic microflora in the respiratory system is garlic, honey and milk. Put a glass of milk on the stove and add a couple of cloves of garlic, bring to a boil. After cooling, strain and add a spoonful of honey.
Before using the above recipes, you should make sure that the ingredients do not cause allergic reactions.
Milk with honey and soda for cough
Truly unique ingredients in the treatment of colds are milk with honey and soda. For coughs, their combination is used, which has the following properties:
- Emollients.
- Expectorants.
- Anti-inflammatory.
Thanks to these properties, the remedy can be used for bronchitis, laryngitis, tracheitis and tonsillitis.
To prepare the medicine, bring a glass of milk to a boil and dissolve ½ teaspoon of soda and two spoons of honey in it. Take the drink warm, in small sips 3-4 times a day. It is better to drink the remedy after meals, so that the alkali contained in the soda does not harm the gastric mucosa.
The soda-honey recipe is contraindicated in case of low acidity and obstruction of the stomach, frequent constipation, diabetes, gastritis or stomach ulcers. Individual intolerance to the components of the folk remedy should also be excluded.
Milk with butter and honey for cough
A combination such as milk with butter and honey for cough is allowed for the treatment of both adults and children. The ingredients are effective for:
- Bronchitis in acute and chronic stages.
- Inflammatory lesions of the upper and lower respiratory tract.
- To thin mucus and remove it effectively.
- Dry barking cough.
To prepare the medicine, take a glass of milk, 20 g of butter and a tablespoon of honey. Heat the liquid well, but do not boil it, as boiling kills all the beneficial flora. Add honey and butter, mix well.
It is better to take the medicine before bedtime. This will eliminate dry productive cough and make breathing easier. Therapy should last until the painful symptoms completely disappear and the bronchi are cleared of phlegm. This recipe is approved for children and pregnant women.
Milk with onion and honey for cough
A good alternative to many cold medicines is milk with onion and honey for cough. This medicine is approved for adults, children and even during pregnancy.
Anti-cough recipes:
- Take 200 ml of fresh milk and pour it over the onion cut into half rings. Put the remedy on low heat and boil for 30 minutes. After cooling, strain and take ½ glass, especially before bed.
- Finely chop 1-2 onions and pour honey over them. After 2-4 hours, the onion will begin to give off juice, which should be strained. Take a teaspoon of the extract every hour. Already on the 2-3 day of such treatment, coughing fits become milder.
- Add ½ teaspoon of onion juice and a spoon of honey to a glass of warm milk. Mix all the ingredients thoroughly and take 1/3 cup 2-3 times a day.
In addition to honey, other medicinal ingredients can be added to the onion-milk mixture. This can be propolis, herbs, oils and much more.