Honey may be more effective for treating respiratory symptoms than antibiotics

[Swordsmyth]

Honey may be more effective at treating respiratory symptoms than prescribed antibiotics, a study has claimed.

Upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) impact the nose, throat, larynx and bronchi, the large air passages that lead from the windpipe to the lungs.

Examples of URTIs include the common cold, tonsillitis and laryngitis, while the flu can be an upper or a lower RTI, the NHS explains.

Although honey is frequently used as a home remedy to treat coughs and colds among children and adults, its efficacy as a remedy for URTIs among adults has not been systemically reviewed.

Researchers from the University of Oxford decided to conduct an investigation into the topic, assessing 14 clinical trials that compared honey and other forms of treatment that included it as an ingredient, including antihistamines, cough suppressants and painkillers.

According to the data, which featured 1,761 participants of different ages, honey was deemed a more effective form of treatment that other forms of usual care for relieving respiratory symptoms, particularly when it came to coughing.

More at: https://news.yahoo.com/honey-may-mor...083719702.html

[donnay]

Honey has been around a lot longer than pHARMaceuticals.

[tod evans]

Mullein helps too.

[donnay]

Mullein helps too.

Mullein is great and OSHA root too.

[Chester Copperpot]

Comb honey and chewing honeycomb is very good.

[jmdrake]

Mullein helps too.

This grows all over the place in middle Tennessee.

[tod evans]

This grows all over the place in middle Tennessee.

Ozarks too.

[donnay]

Ozarks too.

New Hampshire too.

The root, flowers and leaf is great to make a tea.

[alivecream]

Honey, lemon, and warm water. Works like a miracle!