would you give a regular cough syrup to your child without asking the doctor?

i barely give any cough syrup to my kids, with or without checking with the doc. only recently my younger one was suffering from cough after a bout of fever. while we gave medicines for the fever, it got better but she still had a lot of cough. i gave her a spoon of honey with black pepper and ginger juice about 3 to 4 times a day. she got absolutely fine in about 4 days.