Cold Remedies at Home

I am often asked about ideas for making cold remedies at home. I have a long list of favourites and a fully stocked herbal medicine chest.
Mine may be larger than most (Herbalists do have a full apothecary!) I love to add herbs to honey to create healing herbal concoctions!

One of my favorite at-home cold remedies is Cold Kicker honey is easy to make and simple to change to suit what’s needed. The honey helps to coat the throat and relieves irritation. Both anti-microbial and
antioxidant, honey helps to fight bacteria and viruses! Read more about the amazing healing power of honey here.

Due to its high sesquiterpene content, ginger root helps to overcome the most common type of cold virus; the rhinovirus. Studies indicate that ginger root is an excellent anti-virus herb. Learn more about 'ginger medicine.'

 

Horseradish packs a nutritive punch, but also helps to liquefy phlegm, which can help to clear and relieve a cough. Buy fresh horseradish root if possible. Many grocery stores and markets sell in the produce section.
For more about the power of this amazing ingredient, check out what I call "herbal heatwave".

 

 

 

 

Cold Remedies at home ~ Cold-Kicker Honey:

How To Store Cold Kicker Honey

I generally put this concoction in a dry, dark cupboard. As long as the herbs are covered with honey, they can be left in the jar. Otherwise, both the ginger and the horseradish pieces can be recycled in soups,
stews or chutneys.

How To Use Cold Kicker Honey

This potent honey is yummy in a cup of tea or by the spoonful to soothe sore throats and alleviate cold symptoms. This herbal honey plus a strong infusion of fresh or dried sage leaves are great team players in the world of winter health!

 

Hope you this healing Cold Kicker  "herbal honey" recipe and make it soon to have ready for colder weather and flu season!

What do you like to make? Do you have any infused honey projects on the go?

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How to Make Cold Remedies at Home

Here's a list of some ways that I teach folks to make cold remedies at home:

Sore throats can be stopped in their tracks with a simple tea made from GARDEN SAGE.. Read more here.
Sometimes, a cold can start with a scratchy throat which escalates to a full on sore throat -- Don't laugh but I take dried sage with me wherever I go, basically from November until March!

Congestion ~ both in the chest and in the sinuses, have some helping solutions in the 'cold remedies at home'. Check out Chest Congestion and Sinus Congestion ideas here.

Fever treatment includes various possibilities. My favourite is a simple 3 ingredient tea that is a classic herbal remedy in traditional herbalism. Here's a link to this tea for fever treatment

General Immune boosters:

Make this healing soup to have on hand throughout the winter! Also an Instant pot version of my healing soup!

Make almost anything with Garlic!!  Here's an amazing garlic syrup recipe.

There are many incredible ways to use raw garlic -- check out the garlic series (in the search bar!)

 

Here's to good health - for all of us. Be more self-reliant + make yourself some helpful cold remedies at home !

Note: the 'Cold Kicker honey" post is an excerpt from my chapter in:

HORSERADISH HERB OF THE YEAR 2011
published by the International Herb Association 2011
Available at www.iherb.org

 

 

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Make this and other home remedies and be ready for winter's challenges!  Simple but powerful -- Until next time!     Carol xo