The candy made you salivate more an soothed a rough throat from a cold.
We sold one brand that the aroma was so strong, one would open up the sinuses of everybody in the store. I can't think of the name, right now.
My Aunt made cough medicine out of honey, white lightning or whiskey and lemon.
I didn't take any thank goodness.
Grand Ma made some from base of Sasfrass, or Root Beer and weeds and bark from the woods. It was remarkably like her Spring Tonic.
I remember the last dose. She too me and my four sibblings, at the time and pointed out which roots to dig an which plants to pick.
That stuff would clean out any bugs, in your system and you too. Likd to cramp me to death.
When we got sick, on the mountain, we didn't let on. It was Mama I've got a test a test to take today. I really don't want to miss history. I'm much better now, got to go. If we were sick we didn't let on, or if Mam and Grand Ma, knew, we hid. She did have some cures though.