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
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Favorite Antiviral Recipes
Herbal Remedies for Fall and Winter
Kami if we don’t have an elder tree in our backyard or one locally what is another way to source elder berries
You can purchase them from your local herb shop. Mountain rose herbs will send them right to your door: Mountain Rose Herbs