hot toddy for a cold

[noddyholder]

I have a dreadful cold full on blocked alternating runny nose and sore throat and generally feel awful.Do has bought some whisky to make me a hot toddy Does it work?And will it knock me out?Also do I add lemon

and manuka honey - take it off the spoon and in the drink, the whiskey wont knock u out.
maunka has excellant antiseptic qualites

my dad always used to add it to coffee, i tried it and it was quite good, however, my dad added whiskey to everything.

sainsburys sel it, by convita not their own brand

spacecadet

ooo .. I've been living on these for 2 days

teaspoon of honey, tot of dark spirit (optional imo but I like rum at night), half a lemon squeezed and about 4 whole cloves then hot water

delicious and very soothing .. my voice has gone, throat sore

You need the 'right' manuka honey btw - really expensive but I know some who swear by it.

Warm milk and honey is good for a sore throat (especially kids)

Hot water, honey and lemon plus a couple of parecetomol = good sleep ime!

Get well soon. We've all got colds here too!

I think it doesn't matter which honey if in a hot toddy because the hot water will kill it off

but manuka honey is good when raw

I would also suggest tot of whiskey in a beechams hot lemon drink .. knocks you out and you wake up feeling much better

I give my DH the following when he has his odd 'man flu' symptoms. It knocks him out (although I'm not sure I'd have a defence if I accidentally OD him one time!) and he feels great the next day:
Take a lemsip extra strength lemon sachet (yes the ones with paracetamol in)
Add it to either hot water or hot lemonade - whichever takes your fancy.
Slog in a good meaure of whisky.

My DH has 1 or 2 depending on how bad the cold is, then sleeps for about 12 hours and is great in the morning.