Q: Medical research has found that cough syrup works no better than honey. Chances are, you may prefer the taste of honey over the taste of cough syrup. If that is the case, swallow 1 tablespoon of honey up to 3 times per day to help coat your irritated throat and slow down or stop your coughing. Mix 1 teaspoon of regular, everyday salt into a glass of warm water. Make sure the salt is completely dissolved and then take a sip and gargle. Gargle for about 15 seconds and then spit the salt water out. You can continue to gargle until you've used up all the water in the glass. If you have a leftover salty taste in your mouth afterwards, just rinse with regular water. Do you know that feeling of complete relief you get when you have a nice hot shower while you have a cold, and for those few brief moments you can actually breathe? This method is similar, but adds some soothing ingredients to help alleviate your cough as well. Put boiling water in a medium-sized bowl and let it cool down for about a minute. Add 3 drops of tea tree oil and 1-2 drops of eucalyptus oil and stir. Lean you face over the bowl, set yourself in a comfortable position, and just breathe! Put a towel over your head and around the bowl to help keep the vapours close to your face. You can do this for 5-10 minutes at a time, up to 2-3 times a day. You can also add 3-6 drops of your favourite essential oil to a humidifier or a bath to help relieve congestion. For this chest paste you'll need ½ cup of cold-pressed castor oil, 1-2 cloves of garlic (crushed), 1 tablespoon of freshly grated ginger, 3-4 drops of eucalyptus oil, and ½ teaspoon of cayenne pepper. Add all the ingredients together in one bowl and mix thoroughly. Apply the finished mixture to your chest - ideally under an old t-shirt that you won't mind getting messy. Alternatively, you can just use castor oil without any other ingredients. Put the castor oil directly onto a soft cloth on your chest, and then put plastic wrap over top of the cloth. Then you can you place a heat source over the plastic wrap for 30-60 minutes. Castor oil is an anti-inflammatory, and, according to some research, an immune booster. You're sick after all, you can eat whatever you want! Eating 50-100g of dark chocolate will actually help to reduce a cough due to the ingredient theobromine. While milk chocolate also contains theobromine, it doesn't contain as high a concentration and therefore won't work as effectively as dark chocolate.
A: Swallow a spoonful of honey. Gargle salt water. Breathe in steaming water. Apply a castor oil chest paste. Eat dark chocolate.

Q: This shouldn't be about badgering people to take you on, but more about providing help where it is needed. The ubiquitous DofE Volunteering choice, these are a good option. They could usually use some help, and you can arrange your work timings and days with them more or less when you'd like them. However, these are pretty popular, and so you should probably move fast! Many Local Council's also have a team responsible for coordinating volunteers as well as Youth Workers that should be able to work with you to find an opportunity. Don't be put off by the myriad of departments on a Council website, ring the main switchboard number and the operator should be able to connect you to the right person. They are often in need of help, especially with their younger members. However, some groups require you to be a member of the Scouting/Guiding movement, and their meetings may last quite a bit longer than an hour. Remember that there are many different branches of these organizations, which could be a better choice if you have a particular skill, e.g. Sea Scouts or Air Scouts. Search around in your area for people who are currently looking for some assistance. Some good places to offer your aid would be at a school for the disabled, or an old people's home, for example.
A: Find a person or organization in need of help. Apply to a local charity shop. Talk to Scout or Guide groups. Look for people in need of help.

Q: Type out the author or authors as you would for an unedited textbook. The name of the first author is written in LastName, FirstName format. All following names are written in FirstName LastName format. Follow with a period. For instance:  Erikson, Leonard. Gill, Rachel and Susan Sanders. The title should be italicized and followed with a period. Each major word (that is, anything that isn't an article, conjunction, preposition, or "to") should be capitalized. Here's an example: Gill, Rachel and Susan Sanders. Textbook of European History. This includes the publisher and year of publication, separated with a comma. Follow with a period. For example: Gill, Rachel and Susan Sanders. Textbook of European History. Ed. Kevin Jackson. European Press, 2002.
A: List the author or authors. Write the textbook title. Specify the publishing information.

Q: Add as much as you wish. Large quantities will do no harm to the plants. Plants will grow healthier and even flower more abundantly. The absorbent nature of the loose tea will also help retain the moisture content in the plant pot or plant holder.
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Add the mixture to the soil of potted plants and flowers, before watering them. Watch the plants flourish.