In early 2020, the world entered the central epidemic of COVID-19. What this chapter originally talks about is how to use herbs and spices to take care of yourself and your family when you are prone to colds during the flu season or season change. I didn’t expect that after the big decision of this book, I encountered COVID-19, which took two years like this, and the fight against the epidemic may not be able to see the final point in a short period of time.
If the diagnosis is not carefully confirmed, of course it will still be handed over to professional medical care, and it is not recommended to deal with it by yourself. But during the ongoing epidemic, we can still be at peace with our body and mind, without panic or anxiety, and have a better chance to spend these difficult moments safely.
are again discussed. The herbs and spices mentioned below have the purpose of daily maintenance. It is not recommended to play the role of a Mongolian doctor to replace the formal doctor. But through these foods, paying attention to your physical and mental changes after taking them will help your health no matter what.
My Western herbal teacher once mentioned that there are two people who have the most chance to improve their health. One is those who are willing to change their dietary habits, and the other is those who are willing to make tea every day. In addition to the fact that "making tea" is the most direct and convenient way to extract herbs, the most important thing is that the action of making tea or making tea is to relieve oneself.
It is a kind of time to spend time every day choosing suitable herbs, slow down and stop, observe your physical and mental state, open your senses to sniff, taste the fragrance and body feelings brought by herbal tea, and emptiate all your rapid mood and expectations.
Spicy Apple Vinegar Fire CiderI translate "Fire Cider" into "Spicy Apple Vinegar". It has many recipes. The principle is to soak various hot and spicy spices in the apple vinegar. Through the extractive power of the vinegar, extract the aromatic and spicy active ingredients in the spices, soak for four to six weeks and then drink daily after filtering to enhance immunity.
Drinking hot apple vinegar can prevent colds, be used externally as spray, or treat muscle pain. However, it doesn’t have to be very spicy when you make it yourself, and you can also not use apple vinegar. Making it with Taiwanese Chen Nian vinegar or rice vinegar also has another flavor. Use vinegar as solvent to extract the activity of spices. Choose local and seasonal ingredients to cure your own version of hot spice vinegar.
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon of black pepper, 5 cloves of garlic, 2 lemons (take the peel and juice for prep), 1 ginger, 3 cm of ginger (peel and grind into a paste or slice), 1 tbsp of ginger yellow powder, 1 tbsp of horseradish puree, 1/2 of jalapeno pepper (seeded and cut into pieces), 1 fresh rosemary, apple vinegar or chanan vinegar
Method:
1. Slice all ingredients or grind them all into a glass jar, pour in apple vinegar until all ingredients are over. Put the zipper in a cool and unlit place, keeping it around for about four days, shaking it every day.
2. Open the bottle after four weeks, pour out the vinegar liquid after filtering the ingredients and finish it. Can be installed in a sterilized glass bottle and stored in the refrigerator.
Usage method:
1. Drink directly: Drink 1 teaspoon every day, which can help prevent coughs and colds.
2. Vinegar drink: Vinegar, honey and water are adjusted in a ratio of 1:1:3 to make a vinegar drink.
3. Melt fruits and vegetables: replace the vinegar in homemade kimchi.
4. Vinegar sauce: Mix it with olive oil, sugar and other ingredients to make Vinegar sauce.
5. Spray: Made into spray or pour it directly on the skin, which can make the surface of the skin hot, promote subcutaneous microvascular circulation, and improve muscle pain or moisture.
Vanilla Honey Tea Herbal DecoctionIngredients: 1 handful of fresh or dry herbs (thyme, Oleka, lavender, roman chamomile, etc.) (about 50-100 grams), 1 liter of water, 1 cup of honey
Method:
1. Put the herbs and water into the pot, heat it over low heat, put the pot on the pot, only a small gap is exposed, and slowly cook until half of the moisture is left, about 2 cups of the pot of pot herbs.
2. Filter the herbs and can be used as compost after being cooled.
3. While the tea soup is still warm, add the honey to the tea soup and stir until the honey is completely dissolved.
4. Put the prepared high-concentration herb honey tea into a glass jar and refrigerate in the refrigerator for about three to four weeks.
Usage method: When you have cold symptoms, you can drink 1 teaspoon every few minutes to help relieve the symptoms. You can also add other herbal teas to drink together.
