Name: Onion Tea (Home Remedy for Cough)
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 65 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 4 cups water; 2 organic onions, quartered with skin left on; 4 teaspoons honey, or to taste

Onion Tea (Home Remedy for Cough) Recipe

Cook Time: 65 minutes

Ingredients

4 cups water
2 organic onions, quartered with skin left on
4 teaspoons honey (or to taste)

Directions

Step 1: Pour 4 cups of water into a pot and add the quartered onions with their skin on. Bring the mixture to a boil over medium heat.

Step 2: Once the water reaches a boil, reduce the heat to low and let it simmer for approximately 1 hour, allowing the flavors to meld together.

Step 3: After simmering, strain the liquid through a sieve to remove the onion pieces.

Step 4: Pour the hot liquid into cups, and sweeten the broth with honey according to your taste. Stir well and serve warm.

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

Calories	51
Total Fat	0g
Sodium	12mg
Total Carbohydrate	12g
Dietary Fiber	2g
Total Sugars	6g
Protein	1g
Vitamin C	8mg
Calcium	33mg
Iron	0mg
Potassium	169mg

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

Comments

Soup Loving Nicole

10/06/2025 01:52:54 PM

I'm not going to lie, this didn't taste good but I didn't expect it to. After all, it's onion juice sweetened with honey. My particular cough is due to seasonal allergies and I will say that after drinking this, it went away for a couple of hours. I drank a second cup before going to bed and was not woken up by coughing until 4 am so take that for what it is worth.

RedBao4574

01/31/2023 04:29:58 PM

My husband's grandmother told me about this in 1977. Made this for my kids when they were little and it does work! i always added about a teaspoon of vanilla.

Danielle Schrader

11/26/2024 04:33:37 PM

So I have been battling a head cold for almost two weeks. Now I will let you know that I have a very strong immune system and this head cold has got me in a literal head lock. I have been hearing about this tea for some time so I decided to try it out. The flavor of this tea will be determined by the onions you use. I used sweet onions. Once the tea was finished, strained, cooled a bit I added a little bit of honey and lemon juice. This was actually a very pleasing flavor. I drank a cup just now and will drink another before bed. I doubled the recipe so I dont have to go through the whole process again for a bit :)

RedEel2587

05/14/2025 10:48:15 PM

I added some vanilla and other than the onion smell, it's pretty good tasting. Let's see how i feel in the morning.

Linda Flores

01/01/2025 01:24:05 AM

OMG this is AMAZING! 😍

Kevin Martinez

10/29/2024 07:47:05 PM

I feel like a professional chef now.

Bubbles

09/10/2024 08:26:55 AM

My grandfather put a bowl of cut onions and sugar water on the space heater and let them simmer. That was his remedy. Sounds similar since most don’t have an oil burner in the kitchen like we did!!!

EdgyKiwi7933

12/29/2023 02:19:05 PM

Immediately worked. I will be making this again.

HardyChip6501

10/04/2023 02:12:58 AM

Unlike others, I actually like the taste of this tea. I am making it in hopes that I would like it for its medicinal benefits. From what I understand it’s good for inflammation which I have from my rheumatoid arthritis. And some other benefits if you look it up. So here goes nothing. I sweetened with honey, however, I put the honey in while the tea was simmering.

litlestarr

11/08/2021 06:55:50 PM

I don't know why you call it tea, I'd call it broth Onion broth. You can even add lemon. or add some chicken or beef, celery/carrots/noodles etc and make a soup. You can do all kinds of good stuff.