Olbas Cough Syrup, Honey & Herbs, 4 fl oz (118 ml)

This syrup works wonders for me during allergy season. Opens up the nasal passages and helps soothes an irritated throat.

This Olbas cough medicine seems to help with the underlying bug as well as the symptoms for our family. Thyme is a natural expectorant and honey is antibacterial, so that makes sense. We have used it for many years. You can take it every two hours if your cough is really bad. It's quite tasty, too, so our kids are always game to take it. The Olbas cough drops taste terrible, however. We have found that if we take Olbas and take 30 mg of zinc two times per day on a full stomach (works even better on an empty stomach but that makes us all nauseated for about 15 min.) at the first sign of a cold and for the first week, we don't get the secondary bacterial infection that causes that wracking, three week bronchitis cough, though. We used to always get that before we learned about zinc and Olbas.