01/02/2026
This week has been the most challenging week since having my first child in 2017. All three kids and my husband, varying degrees of sick from last week Saturday until yesterday. They never all get sick together. My husband never gets sick to the point of being bedridden for three days. My second born had 2 seperate illnesses in one week 🙈🙈🙈. Yesterday morning, I was at my wits end wrt what to do, what to give him and my youngest to get them better.
I had to do something different, mix it up, do something that would work fast so that I could get the sleep I desperately needed.
So I took the most basic ingredients that most people wouldn't give a second thought to as medicine for their children, ingredients that you most likely all have in the kitchen - onion, cloves, fresh garlic and raw honey. I chopped one small onion, crushed 3 or 4 cloves of garlic and about 10 cloves in a pot with 2 cups of filtered water, boiled it for about 20 minutes. Then I sterilised a glass jar and strained the liquid into the jar. I allow it to cool down for about 20 minutes and then added the raw honey. Once the honey melted, I stirred it and started giving it to my kids every 2 hours.
It definitely made a noticeable difference, and they slept much better last night. Today, I continued with my 2 hourly doses and fell oddly proud that I was able to come up with something that made such a huge difference in just 2 days. Medicine does not need to come from a shop, you might just have what you need, in the kitchen.
*Disclaimer: this is an account of my experience and not advice for anyone to necessarily follow. Do your reseach, seek medical treatment if deemed necessary.
