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7. Sage
This is the perfect herb for soothing the pain of a sore throat or nagging cough. Make a tea with sage, let it cool until it’s just warm, and then gargle for some relief.
You could also just drink the tea with some raw honey to stop a cough. A great homemade tea recipe is to mix 2 teaspoons of dried sage mixed with about 1 tablespoon of fresh organic lemon juice. Boil a cup of water and steep the sage for about 10 minutes. Strain out the sage and add your lemon juice. A couple pinches of cayenne pepper will help break up congestion but it isn’t necessary. Add a tablespoon of raw, organic honey and watch that sore throat and nagging cough become history! Find out other natural sore throat tea recipes.
Sage is also a great expectorant so if you have one of those colds that tend to settle in your chest, drinking two or three cups of sage tea every day should help relieve the congestion.
Note: if you are a breastfeeding, avoid sage as it can dry up your production of milk.
Keziha Chan
Oct 26, 2017 at 4:33 am
My mom makes an awesome (Asian style) chicken noodle soup using cinnamon, lots of garlic, mountains of ginger and a little chilli, it’s so soothing for a cold and warms you up in winter.?
This article really helped me understand why it’s so good, plus a few extra things I can cure or prevent a cold. ?super help full, thank you.