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Baraka_Guru · 12-27-2007, 05:06 AM

I've done what dlishsguy suggests, and it works when things are quite bad (despite how unpleasant it can be), but I find it doesn't always last long.

You might also want to try this recipe in combination with that technique. It's a tea for cold and flu and it will certainly do a number on your sinuses. It will certainly heat things up to help loosen up congestion. It works for me every time. Drink it despite how potent it seems. It's for function, not pleasure. Just don't breathe in the steam and you'll be fine.....

Ginger Tea

INGREDIENTS

1 inch / 2.5 cm piece ginger root, peeled
2 cups cold water
1/2 t cayenne pepper (or to taste)
2 T lemon juice
Sweetener to taste
1-2 cloves garlic, mashed

METHOD
Grate peeled ginger root. Put it in a pot with 2 cups of cold water, bring to a boil, lower heat, and simmer 5 minutes. Add cayenne pepper (more or less to taste) and simmer 1 minute more. Remove from heat.

Add fresh lemon juice, sweetener to taste, and mashed garlic. Let cool slightly, and strain if desired.

(Dr. Weil)

12-27-2007, 05:06 AM	#3 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru warrior bodhisattva Super Moderator Location: East-central Canada	I've done what dlishsguy suggests, and it works when things are quite bad (despite how unpleasant it can be), but I find it doesn't always last long. You might also want to try this recipe in combination with that technique. It's a tea for cold and flu and it will certainly do a number on your sinuses. It will certainly heat things up to help loosen up congestion. It works for me every time. Drink it despite how potent it seems. It's for function, not pleasure. Just don't breathe in the steam and you'll be fine..... Ginger Tea INGREDIENTS 1 inch / 2.5 cm piece ginger root, peeled 2 cups cold water 1/2 t cayenne pepper (or to taste) 2 T lemon juice Sweetener to taste 1-2 cloves garlic, mashed METHOD Grate peeled ginger root. Put it in a pot with 2 cups of cold water, bring to a boil, lower heat, and simmer 5 minutes. Add cayenne pepper (more or less to taste) and simmer 1 minute more. Remove from heat. Add fresh lemon juice, sweetener to taste, and mashed garlic. Let cool slightly, and strain if desired. (Dr. Weil) __________________ Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing? —Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot