renaissance poisson

yeah, this is the first time ever that a bad cough has not resulted in a raw throat for me, and i subscribe that to the buckley's/honey therapy.

really, one doesn't want something that ends the coughing. the body is expelling crap that way, and the crap needs to come out, or it'll fester. so the best one can do is to make the crap more liquid, so it can be coughed up more easily. and the buckley's did a good job of that.

i need to tinker with the chest rub. i made one, but it was only so-so -- not really strong enough. i don't have any straight camphor, and the eucalyptus oil is the mild type. i really like chest rubs because they emanate expectorants all the time towards the nose and into the lungs, even while sleeping. maybe i'll drive down to rexall and see whether they have the vicks stuff; i remember that from my childhood, and it basically contains the same stuff, only in higher concentration.