It seems to be a law of nature, that you always get sick on weekends or holidays.

At least at a time, where no drugstore is open unless you want to drive 30 minutes at a time, where you don't want to leave the house at all.

Wet and cold weather didn't result in cozy holidays for us. Instead, we all got the flu and fell like flies. 

I have to confess, I don't have lots of remedies at home. Miffed and coughing, I started to search for home remedies for cough and flu. I wasn't very successful, so I decided to make my own homemade cough syrup. 

Onion juice with honey is a very effective remedy against cough and cold. Recent studies indicate, that honey is partly superior to antibiotics in its effect, as honey also helps against drug-resistant germs.

Homemade Cough Syrup: Recipe

For your own homemade cough syrup, you cut the onion into small dices and cook it in the water for about 5 minutes. Afterwards add the honey and you're done.

You can mix the homemade cough syrup additionally, if you want to have the onions extra fine. If you want the onion juice to be thicker, just add more honey, it won't hurt.

Take your homemade cough syrup at least 3 times a day and keep it in the fridge. After 3 days, I would make new onion juice and litter the old one.

If you're searching for other natural remedies for cold, drink chamomile tee with honey. I drank it until I literally thought it must come flow out of my ears (sorry for this image). But after only 2 days, my sore throat was completely gone (though I didn't take any other remedies for flu).