Cold and Flu Vinegar

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Cold and Flu Vinegar Here’s a great way to get rid of any lingering winter colds or flues before spring begins – a spicy vinegar tincture. The spicy herbs in this mixture are great for opening sinuses and clearing mucus congestion. Apple cider vinegar itself has a long history of use as a healing elixir. Being both antibiotic and antiseptic in helps neutralize toxins in the body. Make up a batch of this vinegar tincture and keep it in a cool dark place for as long as 2 years. When you’re feeling sick pull it out and take ½ to 1 teaspoon every hour to aid your healing process. To

make 2 cups of vinegar tincture you will need: 3 Tablespoons each of the following: minced onion and garlic grated fresh ginger and horseradish (you can buy both these roots in the produce section of your grocery store) mustard seeds and black peppercorns 1 or more whole cayenne chilies (or 1 tsp. dried chili flakes) about 1 cup of vinegar 1/3 cup of honey To make it, mince the onion and garlic and put in a 1 pint jar. Grate the ginger and horseradish and add them to the jar. Add the mustard seeds, peppercorns and chilies. Stir them all together. Pour vinegar over the mixture to fill the jar. There should be about 1 inch of liquid space above the other ingredients. Cap with a plastic lid (since the vinegar will corrode a metal lid). Let the mixture sit for 2 weeks shaking the bottle daily to mix the herbs and the liquid. After two weeks, strain the mixture using cheesecloth so that you can squeeze the herbs to extract all of the

liquid. Add the 1/3 cup of honey to help preserve your mixture. Pour into a clean bottle, and label and date it before storing it away in your cupboard. IMPORTANT: Use a plastic lid OR a piece of plastic bag under a metal lid. The vinegar reacts to metal. Suzi List Owner health/ http://360./suziesgoats What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.

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