This tea blend lends itself to more than a mug of hot tea.
Learn how to optimize this herbal combination.
Bronchial-Sore-Is tea blend contains marshmallow root, licorice root, horehound, spearmint, and lobelia. It is sold in loose leaf tea form. This blend is designed for sore throats, bronchial, and lungs.
If your illness includes a fever, read THIS for more tips.
Here's an easy hack!
You can make this as a hot tea and it's very effective. But what if you are on the go or need the healing action more often throughout the day? Or what if you need the staying power cough syrups provide? Well, now you can turn that tea into a quick and easy homemade cough syrup.
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Let's get started
You will need one cup of the tea - only much stronger than the package suggests. Most herbal teas are made with 1 teaspoon herb per 1 cup water. In this case, we want much more - use 1 Tablespoon herb per 1 cup water.
I wouldn't suggest making more than 1 cup of strong tea. This is not a recipe for long term use or storage. It is a quick and easy way to deal with an acute respiratory illness or cold or cough, etc.
Hint for easy teas
An easy way to make teas like this using a French press, like this ONE. Spoon your herbs in, pour hot (not boiling) water over them, and let sit for 10-15 minutes. Then the push the strainer down and pour out your tea into a pint sized glass jar.
Make it into a syrup
Now that you have 1 cup of strong Bronchial-Sore-Is tea. Just stir in 1/2 cup raw honey. That's it! You just made a homemade herbal cough syrup. You can take a 1-2 teaspoons every 30 minutes or if needed, even every 15 minutes. Keep the jar covered between uses.
This syrup is designed for treating an acute illness and therefore used quickly. It is not for long term storage. If you will not be using it every 15 minutes throughout the day, keeping it in the refrigerator between uses would be best. Even then, it should only be used and kept for no more than 3 days. You can cut the recipe in half if you know you won't be able to use it up within that time. Or if you have several people in your home sick at the same time and need more, you can double the recipe.
Can I overdo it?
Making this particular tea blend into a syrup does not mean you can't also use the blend for a regular hot tea as well. These herbs are food to the body. They are cleansing, nourishing, and healing. During a sickness is the perfect time to use all the tools you have to support the body.
Using the tea form allows the heat to comfort as they go down and then, because herbs work with what your body needs, the herbs make their way to your lungs, throat, and bronchial tubes. The syrup is concentrated so it packs a big punch to your illness. The raw honey is also healing but it allows the syrup to move slowly down your throat. Healing and soothing all the way.
Listen to your body
I am a big believer in the healing properties of holding a hot mug of tea in your hands, breathing in the steam, and sipping it slowly and purposefully. Use the syrup to address the illness quickly, use the tea to calm your mind and to love and encourage your body to do what it knows to do.
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