COLD AND FLU TONIC

Feeling run down or getting sick? This is one of my favorite go-to tonic recipe (Liquid Gold is amazing too, recipe in Docs Medicine cabinet).  Drink anytime you need immune system support or simply when you need warming durning winter months. This drink is really delicious and soothing, don’t let the garlic scare you. 

Cold & Flu Tonic

3-4 fresh garlic cloves - chopped, grated or minced

1 teaspoon fresh ginger - peel, then grate or mince

3 pieces dried astragalus root - optional

2 teaspoons cinnamon chips or 1 small cinnamon stick

4 cups boiling filtered water

1 organic lemon, juice

2 tablespoons honey or maple syrup

Instructions

Prep garlic and ginger – peel, chop/grate.

Boil water in sauce pan or tea kettle.

In a quart-size mason jar or heat-proof glass container, add chopped garlic, grated ginger, astragalus root and optional cinnamon chips. CAREFULLY pour boiling water into the mason jar. COVER with lid and steep for 30 minutes.

Strain with a fine mesh strainer into another mason jar or glass container.

Add the juice of 1 lemon and sweetener of choice to the garlic-ginger mixture.

Serve immediately or store in the refrigerator for later. Serve hot.