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DIY: Winter Remedies

DIY: Winter Remedies

posted by Mighty Staff

Body + Soul Magazine does a nice primer on natural, homemade cold remedies. Plan ahead so you have some of these homebrews on hand when you actually come down with something:

Super Immune Support
Take 1/4- 1/2 tsp. per hour at symptom onset.
Solvent: 100-proof vodka/brandy
2 parts echinacea root, flower, and leaf
1 part turmeric
1 part cultivated goldenseal root (Use cultivated goldenseal; this herb has been over-harvested.)

Cold + Fever Fighter
Take 1/4-1/2 tsp. per hour at the onset of symptoms.
Solvent: 100-proof vodka/brandy
1 part elder flower and elder berry
1 part peppermint leaf
1 part yarrow flower and leaf

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