re: Does whiskey, honey and lemon work for a cough and cold?

Whiskey is right there with Duct Tape. It can fix anything.

Yeah, because it eases the pain.

Better solution: stop infecting yourself.

Keep your fingers away from your eyes. Haven’t had a cold in years since I learned this. Used to get at least one a year

I agree with your comment but the honey and lemon make it socially acceptable to drink at 9am.

Honey lemon whisky was a old home remedy either stirred together and taken as a syrup or heated with water and drank as a hot toddy add the whisky after heating to deep the alcohol. The other home remedy was mama's get well gumbo it started with a full pot of julianed onions and a diced head of garlic boiled down with lots of cayenne pepper, and a table spoon of liquid crab boil. Boiled down to a stock with chicken and sausage into a soup. She would sometimes thicken it into a gumbo with okra but it was fiery spicy loaded with onion and garlic and very soothing and helpful. My other thing for home remedy.