Learn how to make infused honey with garlic, ginger, and turmeric. With cold and flu season upon us, this recipe makes the perfect infused honey to help you battle what ails you when a cold or the flu hits.
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What is Turmeric?
One of the main ingredients in this Immune Boosting Honey recipe, turmeric is a root that closely resembles ginger in appearance, but when sliced open, its vibrant orange interior is reminiscent of a carrot. You can use fresh turmeric root as is or grind and dry it into a fine powder, which is commonly used in cooking and herbal remedies.
Turmeric owes its health benefits to compounds called curcuminoids, with curcumin being the most potent and studied among them. Curcumin is renowned for its powerful anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. Antioxidants like curcumin combat oxidative stress in the body, helping to protect cells from damage.
Curcumin has also been found to support respiratory health, alleviate coughs, and boost overall immunity, making it especially valuable during cold and flu season.
For more details about turmeric’s health benefits and recipes featuring this incredible root, watch my Immune Boosting Honey video and read the following scientific studies exploring curcumin’s anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects:
- Potential Applications of the Anti-Inflammatory, Antithrombotic and Antioxidant Health-Promoting Properties of Curcumin: A Critical Review
- Curcumin, Inflammation, and Chronic Diseases: How Are They Linked?
- Impacts of turmeric and its principal bioactive curcumin on human health: Pharmaceutical, medicinal, and food applications: A comprehensive review
Disclaimer
Note: I am not a doctor or medical professional. This information is provided for informational purposes only and is not intended to treat or diagnose any type of illness. If you are not feeling well, please seek professional medical attention and medicine. And if you are thinking of supplementing your treatment with home remedies, be sure to talk to your medical professional about them. It’s important that you get the medicine and treatments you need to get back to good health.
Ingredients
To make this immune boosting honey, you will need:
- Garlic: Use fresh garlic and remove the peels.
- Ginger and turmeric: Use fresh pieces of each of these roots.
- Honey: Use quality, natural honey.
How to Make Infused Honey
Step 1 – Slice the garlic, ginger, and turmeric into pieces.
Step 2 – Add the slices to a clean jar large enough to hold honey.
Step 3 – Pour the honey into the jar to cover the garlic, ginger, and turmeric with the honey. Be sure you leave about an inch of space at the top of the jar.
Step 4 – Cover with a lid and store in the fridge for at least four weeks. Place a cap onto the jar and place it into the refrigerator. The infused honey needs to steep for at least 4 weeks.
How to Store Ginger Garlic Honey with Turmeric
- Store your garlic and ginger honey in the fridge. It will last for one year as long as you keep it cold and don’t contaminate the contents.
- The Herbal Academy of New England says that syrup will last for one year refrigerated if it has a 20% sugar content. This syrup has greater than a 20% sugar content provided by the honey.
- Always use a clean spoon when taking some from the jar. Plus, the honey has antiviral, antibacterial, and antimicrobial properties that help to maintain the freshness of the syrup.
How to Use Honey Infused with Garlic, Ginger, and Turmeric
After the steeping time, you can take the immune-boosting honey by a teaspoonful during a cold or the flu.
At the onset of a cold, I take 1 teaspoon daily as an adult. Be sure to check with your physician as to what is the proper dosage for you. Check with your pediatrician as to the proper dosage for children. Honey should never be given to children under the age of 1.
Expert Tip
- In order to fully infuse the honey with the immunity-boosting properties of ginger, garlic, and turmeric, it needs to steep for at least four weeks.
- Make sure to use fresh garlic, turmeric, and ginger for the best results.
More Natural Remedies
If you enjoy this natural remedy, then you might also want to make turmeric tea which takes just a few steps. You can also make homemade elderberry syrup and fire cider recipes which take a little more time to prepare. All these are great additions to your supply of home remedies so you are ready for future colds and flu.
If you’re looking for other variations of infused honey, try this ginger honey for colds and flu.
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Immune Boosting Honey
Ingredients
- 6 cloves garlic, peeled
- 6 inches Fresh ginger, peeled
- 3 inches Fresh turmeric, peeled
- 16 ounces Honey
Instructions
- Slice garlic, ginger, and turmeric and add to a clean jar large enough to hold honey.
- Pour honey into a jar and come up to within an inch of the rim of the jar. Be sure to cover the garlic, ginger, and turmeric with the honey.
- Place a cap onto the jar and place it into the refrigerator. Allow to steep for a minimum of 4 weeks. After the steeping time, you can take the immune boosting honey by the teaspoonful during a cold or the flu.
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Bonjour Marie. Je vous suis de la France (dans le Sud). Je me régale avec vos recettes et conseils. Je commence à changer notre façon de nourrir et c’est vraiment un bonheur. Est-ce que l’on peut trouver tes livres en français. J’aimerais pouvoir en offrir à une amie. Merci pour tout ce que tu partages. God bless You.
Salut Marie, pardonne-moi mais mon français est assez rouillé! J’espère que cela a du sens. Merci beaucoup pour tous ces gentils mots! Je n’ai pas encore de livre de cuisine, mais j’espère en écrire un cet été. Je suis si heureux d’apprendre que vous appréciez mes vidéos! Dieu vous bénisse aussi! Amour, Mary
Thanks for this information
Hi Emmanuel, Thanks for your comment. Glad you like the information. Have you seen my playlist for making immune boosting foods and natural remedies including a Super Mineral Detox Broth and Elderberry Syrup? You can look through the playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkRuW3pBo2U0p9nRAWldbyqYSbgwzARGd You may like some of these recipes too.
Do you enjoy making traditional foods? If so, I have a playlist of some of my videos titled “Mastering the Basics of Traditional Nutrient Dense Foods Cooking”. It’s a series of 15 detailed videos that covers How to Make Bone Broth, Cultured Dairy, Ferments, Sourdough Starter (my foolproof stater), Sourdough Bread, Soaked and Sprouted Nuts and Beans, and How to Soak and Sprout Grains to Make your own Sprouted Flour at Home. You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkRuW3pBo2U3b4eu0QraZReKlGzA11h3y And please share the playlist with any other folks you think might be interested in learning about these types of things. I’m passionate about the book Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon (of the Weston A Price Foundation) and want to help as many people as I can learn how to make Traditional “Nutrient Dense” Foods.
Please let me know if you have any questions. I’m so happy to help! And I’m SO glad you’re here!! Love and God Bless, Mary❤️😘❤️
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Does it require to be refrigerated does it go bad if not refrigerated it has changed color
Hi Susam, Yes, you will want to keep it refrigerated. I am not comfortable leaving garlic submerged in honey at room temperature.
Have you seen my playlist for making other immune boosting foods and natural remedies? You can look through it here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkRuW3pBo2U0p9nRAWldbyqYSbgwzARGd I think you will enjoy some of the videos.
BTW – Do you enjoy making other traditional foods? I have a playlist of my videos titled “Mastering the Basics of Traditional Nutrient Dense Foods Cooking”. It’s a series of 15 detailed videos that covers How to Make Bone Broth, Cultured Dairy, Ferments, Sourdough Starter (my foolproof stater), Sourdough Bread, and How to Soak and Sprout Grains to Make your own Sprouted Flour at Home. You can watch the VIDEOS here:
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Thanks Mary for this wonderful information. I was able to make this syrup for my asthmatic daughter using your guide. Thanks for your help.
Hi Alice, So happy to hear that this syrup is helpful. Love, Mary
Hello Mary, that’s for the procedures. It looks really easy to get it done. I want to ask, why should I keep it for 4 weeks before using it. Can’t it be used immediately after preparation? Looking forward to hearing from you. Thanks
Hi Darren,
Thanks for your comment. You can certainly use it right after you make it but it’s best after it’s had a chance to “steep”. It becomes stronger.
BTW – Do you enjoy making traditional foods? If so, I have a playlist of some of my videos titled “Mastering the Basics of Traditional Nutrient Dense Foods Cooking”. It’s a series of 15 detailed videos that covers How to Make Bone Broth, Cultured Dairy, Ferments, Sourdough Starter (my foolproof stater), Sourdough Bread, Soaked and Sprouted Nuts and Beans, and How to Soak and Sprout Grains to Make your own Sprouted Flour at Home. You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkRuW3pBo2U3b4eu0QraZReKlGzA11h3y And please share the playlist with any other folks you think might be interested in learning about these types of things. I’m passionate about the book Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon (of the Weston A Price Foundation) and want to help as many people as I can learn how to make Traditional “Nutrient Dense” Foods who may not be able to afford the online programs that have a cost associated with them.
Please let me know if you have any questions. I’m so happy to help! And I’m SO glad you’re here!! Love, Mary PS – Are you in our FB group? It’s called Mary’s Nest Modern Pioneers. Come join us! We have a lot of fun chatting about Traditional “Nutrient Dense Foods and it’s a great place to get questions answered.