This didn’t work nearly as well as I remembered it working. I think it needs some mint in it as an addition to the licorice &c.
I happen to like proper licorice, so the flavor doesn’t bother me and it did loosen up some chest congestion for an hour or two which was nice when trying to fall asleep.
Combined with a metholyptus cough drop this would probably work wonders.
Take Fishermans Friends coughdrops if they are available there. They work
Heh. Probably not in Texas, but I remember them in New England.
I actually really hate cough drops (they seem to be the single most noisy product on the planet) but will resort to them when tea is failing me.