i made this syrup for a winter time immune stuff. my girls deal with chronic infections, vaginal and viral .... i feel l-o-w energy and slow, and most of us (not the girls, but my husband and son and i) have asthma issues.

i think these problems stem from the mold issue a year or so back, and considering the problem, it isn't totally resolved in the basement- part of it is dirt floor :(

BUT now i am thinking, even though the syrup made with honey and elecampane tincture added to it is so damn good, that the sweet of it may be contradictory?
honey has it's healing virtues, is it still a concern with yeasty stuff?

i do know that my 2 yr old had a runny nose for four days, maybe five.... lots of mucus, clear, running freely. i had started out giving her elder flower, even though there was no fever. it stopped the nose, but then it sounded like it had just plugged her nose, because i could hear it in her head when she talked..... i just let her nose run after that....but it wouldn't cease or slow.
the girls sounded like they were catching a respiratory thing.... even though i had been giving them elecampane at times and then a combo of thyme and monarda at other times to prevent that.

i made the syrup anyway, thinking i shouldn't be giving astragalus if they were already sick.... but there was no fever so i gave it anyway... and the next day- no runny nose and we started getting all better.

and it is just so good, but i do wonder about the sweetness of it- even if it is just honey.

i wish i knew more about diabetes. this sounds like a good mix for that, but then it seems that the sweet would be an issue there too.....

any thoughts?