I wrote this to someone else today and realized that I write someone this pretty much every other week or so at least once; so I figured I’d just copy/paste it into here and from now on just link people to it.
Cheers:
Hey ______,
Here’s what I use the minute I figure out something is cold or flu rather than just an allergy attack:
ginger,
lemon,
garlic
pepper.
I boil the ginger in a saucepan for a couple minutes after it starts rolling, then I turn it down a little higher than a simmer.
Cut a lemon in half, squeeze all the juice into the ginger and water, and rinse lemon skins and toss them in too.
I cut a couple pieces of garlic up, saving peels and all, and toss them in just a little bit before it’s done, let that simmer another minute or two and then turn it off.
I dash either black pepper or cayenne pepper onto everything else, and stir it a little.
Then I just pour it over a glass filled with ice. I keep doing that til all the juice is gone. If you’re not lactose intolerant, I recommend picking the pieces of ginger out (don’t worry about the spices they’ll help even more) cut them up even finer and fold it into some vanilla ice cream. It’s “oh my god” good, trust me!!! hehehehe
Hope you feel better soon.
ps: if you can’t handle how generally terrible the drink tastes at first, you can add honey or whatever sweetener you need. The important thing is getting all four elements into you at the same time. It’ll knock back flu, cold, and almost any virus you can imagine.
cheers,
marco
I see others are blogging about this too, now that I’ve spoken up:
http://blog.socialworkout.com/2010/02/12/lemon-ginger-garlic-pepper-winter-health-savior
http://thefantasticmrfeedbag.com/tag/lemon-ginger-garlic-honey-cayenne
http://www.lup-tup.com
http://kimberlysnyder.net/blog/2009/11/27/immunity-tea-with-cayenne-pepper-step-by-step-instructions
Yay!