Cold remedies

January 30, 2009 - 9:13 AM by Jessica · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Food, General 

Winter colds are insinuating themselves into our family unit these days, despite the warm weather. Or perhaps it’s because of the warm, unusually sunny days — where’s the winter rain?? — and cold Jerusalem nights.

cup_of_tea_with_spoon-764610For the larger people in the house, we’ve been trying two different remedies: one is Liptons’ Echinacea Winter Infusion tea, a really great-tasting combo of echinacea, ginger, lemongrass, nettle leaves, basil, turmeric and cloves. With some honey stirred in, it makes any sore throat feel a lot better.

And then a good friend turned me on to this hot water concoction:
1 cup of water
1 dried chili pepper
couple slices of lemon
one clove garlic sliced in half
a piece of fresh ginger
teaspooon honey

Boil it all up together and drink it while it’s hot. It’s truly a balm for a stuffed nose and sore throats.

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