GIVE HONEY AND LEMON, NOT OTC COUGH MEDICINES

摘要

Children with troublesome coughs should be treated with 'old-fashioned' honey and lemon rather than over-the-counter cough medicines, a leading paediatrician has advised. An article on a medical biog, The Hippocratic Post, stated there was "no evidence that cough medicines work" and that "they could do the child more harm than good".