Home Remedies - What'sYour Poison?

• fever
• cough
• sore throat
• runny or stuffy nose
• body aches
• headache
• chills

I received an email from a co-worker this week, offering me a 'home remedy' for a cough.  Now that I think about it, my coughing was probably getting on everyone's nerves.  For some reason, the annoying cough is always the one flu symptom that hangs on forever.

Supposedly, my co-worker's grandfather would slice onions in a bowl and then sprinkled them with sugar.  The 'syrup' created from the onion juice and sugar was then used to treat a pesky cough, and according to the email, it worked.  The added benefit was that it could be taken as often as needed without fear of over-dosing the patient.