Ingredients:
3 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons honey
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 teaspoon ginger, grated
1 cup hot water or warm tea
Procedures:
1. In a cup, mix all the ingredients and drink.
Tips:
1. Garlic
No treatment of colds would be complete without Garlic. It has anti-bacterial properties that help the immune system to fight infection, it is an excellent boost to the immune system. The reason for this is garlic contains several helpful compounds, including allicin, one of the plant kingdom’s most potent antibiotics.
2. Ginger
Ginger is another of natures’ antiviral herbs. It contains nearly a dozen antiviral compounds. Ginger is pain relieving, antiseptic and antioxidant. It is valuable for preventing and treating colds, sore throats and inflammation of mucus membranes. Ginger reduces pain and fever and has a mild sedative effect that will encourage rest. And it is tasty! (with no lingering odours!) Drink a tea, or soak fresh ginger in hot water, take as a tincture and include it in your food.
3. Lemon
Lemons are a rich source of vitamin c, and taken hot in a hot lemon and honey drink, is a traditional remedy for colds and sore throats.
4. Honey
Honey will sooth your throat, it may decrease the frequency and severity of cough more effectively than the over-the-counter cough-suppressing drug dextromethorphan. Try adding honey to tea, or taking a spoonful on its own.
