3 ways to make mint cough syrup at home extremely SIMPLE!

Peppermint syrup has many uses such as: treating colds, treating prolonged coughs... In particular, this syrup has the ability to help improve fussiness and restlessness in children. You can completely make your own syrup at home thanks to the 3 simple recipes below. Don't forget to refer to it!

I. 3 super simple ways to make peppermint cough syrup at home!

1. Make mint syrup from simple ingredients

This is one of the easiest mint syrup recipes with the simplest ingredients and method!

Specific ingredients: Mint leaves, filtered water, sugar.

Steps to follow:

→ Step 1: Prepare ingredients: After buying mint, pick the leaves, wash them, and drain.

→ Step 2 : Cook sugar water. Add sugar and water and boil together. The ratio of water and sugar is 1:1 (100ml water: 100 grams sugar). Boil the water over steady heat, stirring constantly until the sugar dissolves. Boil for about 15 minutes from when the water boils, then turn off the heat.

→ Step 3: Soak the mint. After turning off the stove, add the mint leaves, stir well so that the mint is submerged in the sugar water. After the mixture cools, cover and soak overnight. Then, remove the mint leaves.

→ Step 4: Store the syrup. Pour the mint syrup into a clean glass jar. You can store it in the refrigerator or in the preparation area.

With this “finished” syrup, you can dilute it with cold water to cool down in the summer!

2. How to make mint and honey cough syrup

The second syrup recipe NanoFrance wants to introduce to you is quite different from the first one.

Ingredients: Fresh mint leaves, honey, filtered water.

Steps to make syrup:

→ Step 1: Prepare ingredients: Pick mint leaves, wash and drain.

→ Step 2: Put mint leaves and honey in a blender.

→ Step 3: Steam the pureed mint leaves and honey.

→ Step 4: Remove the pulp and strain the syrup.

With this honey mint syrup, you can use it as a cough syrup for both children and adults. You can dilute it with warm water before giving it to your child. Dosage: Drink 2 times/day until your child's cough is gone.

3. Treat coughs effectively with the mint lemon syrup recipe below!

Basically, this third recipe is quite similar to recipe number 1 but with the addition of lemon juice.

Ingredients: Fresh mint leaves, lemon juice, rock sugar, filtered water.

The steps are as follows:

→ Step 1: Prepare the silver leaves similar to the first recipe

→ Step 2: Boil the sugar water, stirring while boiling. The sugar-water ratio is also 1:1.

→ Step 3: Add mint leaves to boil with sugar water mixture. Simmer until water turns green, then remove mint leaves and add lemon juice.

→ Step 4: Continue stirring and simmering over low heat until the solution thickens, then turn off the heat.

Store cough syrup in a clean glass jar in the refrigerator. It will keep for about 1-2 weeks.

If you want to “transform” your baby’s peppermint cough syrup, you can make it into candy. However, you need to boil it a little longer to reduce the amount of water in the syrup.

II. How to use peppermint cough syrup for children properly?

In fact, there are many cases of abuse of peppermint cough syrup, causing children to fall into a state of shock and confusion. Experts recommend: Children should only drink about 1-2 teaspoons of syrup/day.

Besides dosage, time, how to take is also one of the important issues that determine whether your baby's health condition improves or not! Don't ignore some important notes below:

• Do not drink syrup before meals because it can make your baby lose appetite and cause digestive disorders.
• Do not use syrup with cow's milk.
• Children should not drink syrup before going to bed because it can cause tooth decay.
• For children who are breastfeeding: Do not take syrup close to breastfeeding time because it may affect absorption.

Above is one of the most important principles that any mother needs to master when giving her child cough syrup!

Apply the above methods to make your own peppermint cough syrup at home! Don't forget to regularly follow NanoFrance's website to update more interesting information!