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Why does herbal cough syrup work so well? It may be full of morphine

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Of course, often you actually want the cough to do its job

And for that it's pretty hard to beat senega and ammonia. Breathing the effusions from a jug full of steaming hot water with a few drops of eucalyptus oil also works well for both types of cough.

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