Herbal Cough Syrup Recipe for Dogs, A Natural Treatment for Kennel Cough, Hay Fever, and Other Respiratory Tract Issues

Herbal cough syrup recipe for dogs, a natural treatment for kennel cough, hay fever, and other respiratory tract issues
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In this article:
  1. Natural Treatment for Kennel Cough and Other Respiratory Tract Issues
  2. Herbal Cough Syrup Recipe for Dogs
    1. Ingredients
    2. Preparation Instructions
    3. Dosing Instructions
    4. Storage
    5. Cautions

1.0 Natural Treatment for Kennel Cough and Other Respiratory Tract Issues

This natural cough syrup recipe is designed to help treat dogs experiencing:
  1. Kennel cough.
  2. Other upper respiratory tract infections.
  3. Asthma due to hay fever (environmental allergies).
  4. Sore, inflamed throat due to other issues.
Sooth and Treat Symptoms including:
  1. Cough 
  2. Dry, sore, inflamed throat
  3. Lack of appetite
  4. Fatigue
  5. Fever
  6. Runny nose
  7. Sneezing

2.0 Herbal Cough Syrup Recipe for Dogs

natural cough syrup recipe for dogs

.1 Ingredients

  • Coconut oil – use organic liquid coconut oil, not solid coconut oil, or use MCT oil.
  • Lemon juice, fresh squeezed from real lemons.
  • Honey - 100% pure, natural raw unpasteurized honey.
    • You can use wild flower honey, buckwheat honey, manuka or another active honey, or an herbal honey.
    • If you are making this recipe for a dog that is under 12 months of age, use pharmaceutical honey, not raw honey.
  • Optional ingredients:
    • Echinacea tincture, organic.
    • Propolis tincture.
      • If your dog is allergic to bees, leave the propolis out of the recipe.
    • Turmeric powder.
    • Slippery elm bark powder, organic.
  • Mixing bowl
  • Glass jar

.2 Preparation Instructions
  • Mix the following ingredients together in a glass, porcelain, or earthenware mixing bowl
  • You can double, triple, quadruple the recipe as needed to suit the size or number of dogs you'll be treating.
  • 2 tbs organic coconut oil
  • 3 tbs 100% pure lemon juice
  • 4 tbs raw unpasteurized honey
  • Optional
    • 1 tsp slippery elm bark powder
    • 10 drops Echinacea tincture
    • 10 drops propolis tincture
    • For a dry cough you can add:
      • 1 tsp or organic turmeric powder, or 1” of fresh very finely minced organic turmeric root
.3 Dosing Instructions
This cough syrup can be administered 1x up to 4x (times) per day as needed.
Small Dogs
1/8 tsp, up to ¼ tsp per dose.
1x to 4x per day.
 
Medium dogs 
¼ tsp, to ½ tsp per dose.
1x to 4x per day.
 
Large Dogs
½ tsp, up to 1 tsp per dose.
1x to 4x per day.
 
.4 Storage
  1. Pour the cough syrup into a glass jar or bottle.S
  2. Store in the refrigerator for up to four days.
  3. Then make a new batch if needed.
 
.5 Cautions
  1. If your dog has health conditions, or is on conventional drugs, check herb, and other natural ingredient interactions and contradictions.
  2. If your dog is hypersensitive (intolerant or allergic) to any of the ingredients, do not use the ingredient(s).
  3. Make sure you do not contaminate the batch. Use clean utensils to make and administer the cough syrup. 
 
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