Herbal Honey for Cold and Flu Season

Cold and flu season is here, and this is a great herbal honey to add to your food all winter. You can use the honey preventively by putting it into whatever you’re cooking — and if those pre-sickness symptoms arrive at your door, start feeding spoonfuls of it to the people in your household.

Full of incredibly antimicrobial herbs, this herbal honey is a super simple remedy to make and use. The recipe features five common kitchen herbs from your spice rack:

• Garlic: If you’re getting sick, eat garlic! Garlic contains antimicrobial sulfur compounds. It boosts the production of white blood cells, helping to fight off bacteria and viruses.
• Rosemary: This aromatic, antibacterial and antiviral herb is very effective when used to prevent colds and flu. Rosemary also improves circulation and gets the blood moving.
• Thyme: This antibacterial and anti-inflammatory herb is one of our best respiratory remedies, as it expedites healing of wet coughs, congestion, chest colds, and sinus problems.
• Sage: Sage has anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, and antispasmodic properties that make it an important home remedy for winter wellness and addressing congestion.
• Oregano: Oregano pacifies respiratory problems. It is antiseptic and expectorant, helping to ease lung congestion, excess phlegm, and bronchial inflammation.

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How to Use Winter Colds Honey

You don’t even have to refrigerate this herbal honey for cold and flu season. It can just sit out on the counter so you remember to use it.

Put this honey in your sauces, marinades, soups, and salad dressings to help keep away winter colds. Many spaghetti and red sauces for lasagna, manicotti, and other Italian pasta dishes call for sugar in their recipes. Instead of sugar, you can add 1 to 2 tablespoons of this honey to your red pasta sauce.

You can also take the honey straight by the teaspoonful, or stir 1 teaspoon of honey into hot water to make a powerful tea.

Print Recipe

Winter Colds Honey

Author: Kami McBride

Ingredients

• 1 cup honey
• 2 tbsp powdered garlic
• 2 tbsp powdered rosemary
• 1 tbsp powdered thyme
• 1 tsp powdered sage
• 1 tsp powdered oregano

Instructions

• Put honey into a sterilized jar.
• Put the jar into a double boiler over low heat.
• Gently heat for 15 minutes, or until it is warm. Do not boil or overheat the honey, just warm it up until the herbs can be easily mixed in.
• Stir the herbs into the honey while it is still warm.
• Remove jar of honey from double boiler and let cool.
• Store the honey in a cabinet for 2 weeks before using.
• Occasionally stir the contents, mixing herbs thoroughly into the honey.
• Just leave the herbs in the honey as you use it. There is no need to strain the herbs out at any point.

I would love to hear from you! What herbal kitchen solutions do you have for preventing cold and flu? Please share your thoughts in the comments below.

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