With the onset of the cold season, the risk of hypothermia and catching a cold increases. To suppress the disease “in the bud”, you can do without antibiotics: in time to hit the disease with healing drinks, the benefits of which have been tested by our grandmothers. We present you a dozen of such cold remedies. Warm tea with honey and lemon. If you have a cold, the first thing to do is to prepare weak black or green tea, to which add 1 teaspoon of honey and a couple of lemon slices. It is very important NOT to add honey and lemon to boiling water to preserve their beneficial properties. Raspberry tea with linden flowers. Brew tea from dry linden flowers, add dry berries and raspberry leaves to it. And leave to infuse for 30 minutes. If there are no raspberries, raspberry jam is also suitable. Rosehip tea. It’s no secret that rose hips are an ideal source of vitamin C. Crushed dry rose hips (3 tablespoons), pour 0,5 liters of boiling water and leave in a thermos overnight. In the morning, strain and drink 1/2 cup 4 times a day 30 minutes before meals. Morse cranberry or lingonberry. Cranberries and lingonberries are simply unique in their bactericidal properties. To prepare fruit drink, rub cranberries or cranberries with granulated sugar (3: 1). 2 tbsp mix pour 0,5 liters of warm water. Hot milk with mineral water. If you have a cough, prepare hot milk with alkaline water (for example, Borjomi). This drink will help to expel mucus. Milk with garlic. This emergency remedy will help you get back on your feet overnight. Add 10 drops of garlic juice to warm milk and drink at night. Dried fruits compote. A proven and well-known remedy from childhood. A decoction of dried fruits has a tonic and softening effect on colds. Sort 100 g of dried fruits, cut large fruits. Rinse all dried fruits thoroughly in warm water. First, boil apples and pears until soft for 30 minutes, adding sugar (3 tablespoons per 1 liter of water), then dried apricots and prunes, and finally, 5 minutes before the end of cooking, add raisins and dried apricots. In the finished compote, you can add lemon or orange juice, honey. Ginger tea with lemon. It will help in cold autumn days, strengthen the immune system and increase your efficiency. Mix 1 glass of hot water with 1 tbsp. honey, 1 tbsp. lemon juice, 0,5 tsp chopped ginger root and a pinch of cinnamon. You can also add some dried mint leaves to your tea. Mulled wine. An excellent cold remedy and just a delicious, healthy, warming drink!
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3 cups apple or grape juice
1 / 2 cup water
2 tbsp lemon zest
2 tbsp. spoons of orange peel
1 PC. apples
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1/4 teaspoon cardamom
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
Method of preparation
Pour juice and water into a saucepan. Peel the apple and cut it into small pieces. Pour all the ingredients into the juice and put on low heat. Heat until boiling, cover and let simmer for 5 minutes.
Serve hot. It is better to drink at night, so that you can immediately go to bed, and put a warm heating pad in your legs. Chamomile tea. Chamomile is a mild anti-inflammatory agent. In combination with linden and honey, it is a good cold remedy. Tea preparation: take 1 tsp. chamomile flowers and linden flowers, brew 1 cup boiling water, leave for 20 minutes, strain. Drink 1/3 cup 3 times a day before meals. You can add honey. based on bigpicture.com