Friday Feast: Natural Immunity Booster
November 20, 2009 at 11:24 am Leave a comment
I am sick. It’s nasty. I’m really not feeling good. My colleague at work (let’s call her J-Mo, not to be confused with J-Ho) has been telling me for ages about this remedy drink she makes to stave off colds and boost immunity. I’ve even seen her make it at work when she was feeling really poorly. I’ve been shying away from trying it though, because it sounds like a gross thing to drink, but I felt so crappy yesterday that I figured I’d give it a shot.
This morning I woke up feeling a bit better (really just a lesser degree of crap). I’m not sure whether the two drinks I had yesterday helped or whether I would have felt marginally better today anyway, but I’m willing to give the drink some credit! I’m keeping in mind that the drink works best at the first sign of a cold. I’ll be drinking more today.
Natural Immunity Booster Drink
Natural Immunity Booster Drink - ingredients.
Ingredients
- 1 to 2 cloves of fresh garlic
- 1cm fresh ginger, peeled
- Juice of half a fresh lemon
- A couple of teaspoons of honey
- Hot water
Method
- Chop the garlic up enough that the water can get to it, but not too fine or it the drink will be too strong.
- Slice the ginger.
- Add the garlic, ginger and lemon juice to a cup.
- Pour hot water on top of the garlic, ginger and lemon juice and stir to combine.
- Add however much honey you need to sweeten the drink (aka, cover up the taste).
I feel like I’m drinking a surprisingly tasty stir-fry sauce. Seriously. The lemon comes through very strongly.
Remedy Drink discards - compostable!
I would like to note that even in the midst of my sickness, I am pleased this remedy uses all natural ingredients. The waste can be composted and there are no nasty antibiotics getting out into the environment to wreak havoc. Yay natural living!
[Edit]: Now that I’m vegan, I often use agave nectar instead of honey. It tastes good, although not as strong or sweet. I kind of like that though. (That aside, I am not pedantic about honey in things. I think it can be sustainably and kindly produced, I just don’t think it often is in commercial honey operations, but that’s a long and involved discussion for another day!)
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