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Cough Remedy II.

4 servings

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons chest tea
• 0.5 teaspoons sal ammoniac, crushed
• 1 pcs licorice, finger-long piece
• 1 pcs rock candy, brown, egg-sized piece
• 0.5 l water

Instructions

1. Prepare 2 tablespoons of chest tea (pre-mixed from the pharmacy), half a teaspoon of crushed sal ammoniac, a finger-long piece of licorice, and an egg-sized piece of brown rock candy.
2. Place the chest tea with half a liter of cold water and boil for half an hour; then add the remaining ingredients and let the tea steep in a warm place until everything has dissolved.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.