Ancient Remedy for Colds and Flu
If you feel you might be coming down with the sniffles, this recipe provides you with a quick and easy yet Ancient Home Remedy for Colds and Flu that can be made with 1, 2, or 3 simple ingredients and is ready in 30 minutes.
Servings: 4 servings
Equipment
- Medium Sized Soup Pot or Saucepan
- Mesh strainer or colander
Ingredients
- 1 large Yellow Onion Skins left on and chopped. You can substitute other types of onions.
- 32 ounces Water
- 1 bulb Garlic, optional Skins left on and entire bulb sliced crosswise. You can substitute ground powdered garlic up to 1/2 teaspoon.
- 3 inch Fresh ginger, optional Slice ginger thinly. The skin may remain on fresh ginger if it is organic. Otherwise, remove the skin. You can substitute ground powdered ginger up to 1 teaspoon.
- Pinch Sea salt, optional
- 4 tsp Ghee, optional You can substitute butter, coconut oil, or another type of fat.
Instructions
- Place the chopped onion into the soup pot and add water. If just making onion broth, place the soup pot on the stove burner and bring the mixture to a boil. Cover, turn the heat down to low, and simmer for 30 minutes.
- If adding garlic, ginger, or both, add those ingredients to the soup pot along with onions and water. Place soup pot on the stove burner and bring mixture to a boil. Cover, turn the heat down to low, and simmer for 30 minutes.
- After 30 minutes, turn the burner off, remove the soup pot from the stove, and place it on a heat-proof surface.
- Place a mesh strainer or colander over a bowl and pour the mixture through the strainer, separating the solids from the liquid.
- Do not discard the solids. Transfer the solids to a freezer-proof container so you can add them to your next batch of bone broth.
- To drink, pour approximately 8 ounces of this ancient broth remedy into a mug. If you want, you can add a pinch of sea salt. You may also add 1 teaspoon of ghee or other fat to the broth. Stir to dissolve fat and drink broth warm.
- If you prefer, you can blend the broth with the sea salt and ghee to create a frothy beverage in which the ghee or other fat is completely emulsified with the broth.
- This broth (without the added fat) will stay fresh stored in the refrigerator for 3-4 days. If frozen (without the added fat), this broth will stay fresh for 2-3 months.
- To rewarm broth, add a specified amount to a saucepan. Bring to a boil, remove from heat, add to a mug, (along with sea salt and ghee, if desired), and enjoy. Hope you feel better soon!
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Disclaimer: I am not a doctor or medical professional. 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.
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