Monkey is feeling a bit under the weather so getting away to post something this week is proving a bit difficult. There are a lot of nasty bugs floating around already and this could be an indicator that we’re in for a rough winter and potentially a difficult cold/flu season.
This being said I wanted to do a quick post about my favourite DIY tea for when I’m feeling like garbage. This helps to boost the immune system, gives you lots of beneficial vitamin C and helps to promote circulation/sweating. It’s this last effect that I want the most when I’m sick; sweating out an illness is a real benefit and anything to promote circulation is a fantastic addition to your cold/flu regime.
For the medicinal information on ginger check out my materia medica post on it here.
This recipe is for one mug of tea but I tend to use my teapot and double this recipe.
Ingredients
- 1 inch of fresh ginger root (no peeling necessary)
- 1 tbsp of freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1 tbsp of honey (raw and local if you can get it) or cayenne honey
- 1 tiny pinch of cayenne pepper (optional)
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Instructions
- Mince your ginger as finely as you can and place in your mug/teapot
- Add your fresh lemon juice (organic bottled in a pinch will do to)
- Add in a pinch of cayenne (optional)
- Cover with boiling water and allow to steep for 15-20 minutes
- If you are a mug place a plate over it to keep the tea warm
- Strain out the ginger root
- Add honey or cayenne honey to taste
This recipe is very adaptable. If you like more heat you can increase the levels of ginger/cayenne. If you need it a bit sweeter add extra honey and if you like a little more zip add some more lemon juice.
Enjoy and I hope you don’t need this!
What are your thoughts on using cedar tea for colds/flu? I’ve heard mixed opinions from herbalists on this one… (re: safety).
PS: Love this recipe, my go-to as well!
Thanks! Have you tried your hand at cayenne honey yet? It takes the recipe to the next level truly!!
This is a hard one for me because my own opinions are also mixed. My training at Living Earth School was almost entirely in tinctures. Based on that knowledge cedar was always something that should be used sparingly and under the direction of a qualified herbalist (as it does contain a neurotoxin known as thujone). However a tea uses water as it’s extraction medium so I have to wonder if the thujone content would be lower and therefore less harmful. The First Nations people of this country have used cedar tea to treat respiratory issues for as long as they have walked this Earth so that knowledge makes me think that it must be safer than it’s tincture counterpart. I would still follow basic safety guidelines (not to be used on young children, in pregnancy/lactation and those with a weakened/depleted system). I hope that helps to answers your question a bit. I am going to ask my other herbalist friends and see if I can glean some more information for us both 🙂