Supports the immune system, effective cold remedy, promotes better blood sugar balance, digestive aid and helps with weight loss amongst other benefits
How to make*
Here’s what I traditionally use as a base + I add some extras like rosemary, lemon, star anise, turmeric, cinnamon and cayenne pepper powder (if I haven’t grown any). The base Ingredients are:
• Fresh Ginger
• Onion
• Garlic
• Horseradish
• Hot peppers or chilli’s
• Apple cider vinegar
Method:
1. Combine all the ingredients in an air tight container.
2. Allow to sit at least a month (and up to 6 weeks) in a dark cool space. Shake daily.
3. After a month strain out the solids and reserve the liquid.
4. Add honey to taste (traditionally 1 part honey to 4 parts vinegar).
5. Store in the fridge for up to a year and take a shot anytime you feel a cold/flu coming on or for other health benefits
*Thanks to Tracy Morel for this recipe
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How to Make Fire Cider to Boost Health
Fire cider! Try this age-old remedy to strengthen the immune system and ward off cold-weather illness. Made with healthful herbs stewed in apple cider vinegar, this drink is remarkably easy to make. See the health benefits, a fire cider recipe, and how to use it!
What Is Fire Cider?
Fire cider. The very name sounds like something you might want to try. Or run from.
This potent tonic is the modern reincarnation of a home remedy that has been used for generations to help ward off winter colds, flus, and other infirmities. Many folks mix it into salad dressings or festive grog.
Indigenous healers have been brewing herbal vinegars for millennia. In fact, humans began making vinegar as long as 10,000 years ago, using it in food and drinks, for food preservation, and for many medicinal and antiseptic purposes. Anywhere in the world that you find apples, you’ll find cider vinegar remedies.
The traditional recipes call for some combination of grated fresh horseradish, ginger, garlic, onions, turmeric root, and hot peppers soaking in apple cider vinegar for 3 to 4 weeks, then finished with honey to balance the acidity.
I like to add additional flavor-rich herbs and fruits. Other recipes, including mine, include dried or fresh leafy herbs, a few whole spices, and dried fruits or sliced citrus fruits.
Photo by Phongnguyen1410/Wikimedia Commons.
Benefits of Fire Cider
While fire cider is more of a folk remedy, there have been several studies that have shown that the tonic helps the body balance blood sugar levels. There have also been studies demonstrating cider vinegar’s ability to fight infections. And yet other studies have shown the tonic aides weight loss with 1 to 2 tablespoons daily leading to reduced belly fat.
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