Homemade Pineapple Cough Syrup

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All Natural Pineapple Cough Syrup

Yield: about a cup so make more if you think you may need it. This is very good stuff: good for you and good for treating your cough.

Ingredients

2 thick slices of fresh pineapple, peel removed, but core intact (about two good cups)
1 Tbsp honey
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper (omit or reduce for children)
a thumb sized piece of fresh ginger, peeled and sliced or rough chopped
juice of 1 lemon

Instructions

Chop the pineapple roughly into chunks, including the core, which is both edible and extremely healthy. Blend everything up in a blender or food processor until smooth. read more

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