If you feel a slight chill or tickle in your throat make sure you try this ginger tea recipe asap! The ginger and onion have a slight diaphoretic action; this means they will cause a slight sweat. The best thing to do is drink the tea as soon as you feel a cold coming on and rug up and go to bed. When you wake the symptoms will be gone.
Method:
- Slice the white parts of five to six spring onions
- Slice four to five ten cent piece sizes of ginger
- Add these two and a half cups of water with one teaspoon of brown sugar or honey
- Bring them to the boil then simmer for five minutes
- Drink as tea
