Finding color in the garden during the spring and summer is easy, with so many gorgeous flowers in bloom. But did you know you still enjoy attractive, colorful plants throughout the cooler months of autumn, and right into winter?We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy f
Make Soothing Herbal Tea for Colds and the Flu
06.06.2023 - 17:04 / gardenerspath.com / Lorna Kring
Make Soothing Herbal Tea for Coughs, Colds, and the FluEven if you’re ultra-vigilant with handwashing during cold and flu season, it’s still difficult to avoid exposure to nasty germs and viruses – they’re in the air, and on practically every surface in public places.
But should you catch any of the season’s unfriendly bugs, fast, effective relief of common symptoms can be found in this herbal brew that’s made with all-natural ingredients available locally or from the garden.
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This recipe is my adaptation of the concentrated decoction for colds and flu from Stephen Buhner’s invaluable manual “Herbal Antibiotics.”
The decoction is used to alleviate symptoms of throat and upper respiratory infections, and when consumed as a soothing tea you get all the benefits of the ingredients plus the comforting and helpful properties of steam.
Herbal Antibiotics
Now in its second edition, you can pick up a copy of this rich resource on natural healing from Amazon.
Join us now to learn how and learn how to make soothing herbal tea to help alleviate symptoms of colds, coughs, and the flu.
Here’s what’s ahead.
Natural IngredientsWhen you’re down and out with the aches and congestion of seasonal ailments, the plant world offers a wide selection of relief-giving ingredients – like the ones found in this soothing herbal tea.
A great addition to over-the-counter medications, relief is effective, fast, and natural.
And most can be grown in your own garden, which is like a double-whammy of healing properties!
Here’s a look at each ingredient:
Medicinal SageSage, Salvia officinalis, has been used as a curative in folk medicine for millennia in
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