Herbal Remedies to Prevent a Cold Before It Starts

The best home remedy for a cold or flu is to stop it from taking hold in the first place. Fill your meals with nourishing herbs and spices, practice your self-care, and immediately address those little symptoms that you notice at the onset of a sickness, like tiredness or a tickle in your throat. These tried-and-true herbal remedies will help prevent a cold before it starts.

#1 Winter Colds Honey

Featuring five common kitchen herbs from your spice rack, this herbal honey is a super simple remedy to make and use. Add to your food all winter, and if those pre-sickness symptoms arrive at your door, start feeding spoonfuls of it to the people in your household.

Get the recipe: Herbal Honey for Cold and Flu Season

#2 No More Colds Cordial

We always have a bottle of elderberry cordial around the house. Anytime someone feels a cold or flu coming on, they take a shot, and the sickness never comes! I make lots of this delicious elderberry cordial every year, and there’s always someone who needs it.

Get the recipe: Elderberry Cordial Recipe

#3 Rosemary Tea

Rosemary is an incredibly strong antimicrobial: it’s antibacterial, antiviral, and anti-fungal. At the very onset of a cold, instead of waiting for that cough to settle in, drink this simple rosemary tea and get the herbs working right away and prevent a cold before it starts.

Get the recipe: Rosemary Tea for Colds

#4 Heat Feet Spice Scrub

We don’t necessarily think of using scrubs to prevent sickness, but this is a great natural home remedy that can help you to fight off a cold. Use it at the first sign of catching a chill or feeling run down —those first signs of coldness that can lead to getting sick.

Get the recipe: Heat Feet Spice Scrub

Your Spice Rack Is All You Need

Are you ready to transform your spice rack into a healing home apothecary? Learn how to use herbal medicine with the common kitchen herbs and spices that you already know and love. Check out my video-packed online course Herbal Kitchen Remedy Solutions