North & South

CAT’S EYES AND COUGH MIXTURES

MARSHMALLOW, elderflower, lobelia… they may sound sweet, but don’t be fooled. These gentle herbs, blended with others, can form a dark, brown potion so bitter it made me shudder. When medicine tastes that bad, it has to be good.

Over the previous two winters, I’d developed a cough that lasted four months. I sounded like a lawnmower

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