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Make your own Fire Cider to boost immunity for the colder season – it’s easy!

20 October, 2012 in herbalist, recipes, respiratory health, spices by herbalencounter | No comments

I was lucky enough to meet and learn from Julie James in person a few days ago. I wanted to share one of her recipes to boost immunity and prevent the common illnesses of the coming winter season – cold, flu and other frequent respiratory infections. You may have heard about Fire Cider or Cyclone Cider, this is her version of this famous remedy.

Fire Cider for immunity

Fire Cider for immunity

“Fire Cider” Recipe

Grab equal amounts of the following, all fresh:
- Ginger
- Onion
- Horseradish
- Garlic
- Lemon

Roughly chop them up and pack into a canning jar, leaving a few inches at the top. You may also add some Cayenne pepper and/or Turmeric. Cover with organic raw Apple Cider Vinegar. Cover the top of the jar with a square of waxed paper before placing lid on, then seal. This is to stop the acid in the vinegar corroding the metal lid.

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Get to know your Onions – They are powerful allies for the coming winter months against respiratory illnesses

9 October, 2012 in respiratory health, tea by neverke | 1 comment

Is it a myth or does it really work?

Onion (Allium cepa) possesses expectorant properties and has effective germicidal properties. On account of its content of a volatile oil, the onion is very useful in respiratory disorders. The onion dislodges mucus and prevents its fresh formation. It liquifies phlegm and prevents its further formation. It has been used as a food remedy for centuries in cold, cough, bronchitis and influenza. Onions relieve nasal and chest congestion. Onions also induce perspiration. Several anti-inflammatory agents in onion render them helpful in reducing the severity of symptoms of the respiratory congestion associated with the common cold. Onion contains compounds that inhibit lipoxygenase and cyclooxygenase (the enzymes that generate inflammatory prostaglandins and thromboxanes), thus markedly reducing inflammation. Onions’ anti-inflammatory effects are due not only to their vitamin C and quercitin, but to other active components called isothiocyanates. These compounds work synergistically to spell relief from inflammation.

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Salt pipe may ease chronic upper respiratory problems including asthma

14 December, 2010 in general, respiratory health by neverke | No comments

There are several natural approaches to relieve the symptoms of asthma and pollen allergies, one promising approach is utilizing the healing powers of dry salt inhalators.

History

There are records of improvements in the breathing of miners in Roman and medieval times. Dr Feliks Boczkowski — a physician at the Polish salt mine at Wieliczka — wrote in 1843 that the miners there did not suffer from lung diseases and his successor set up a spa based upon these observations. Modern use of this therapy started in Germany when Dr. Karl Hermann Spannagel noticed improvement in the health of his patients after they hid in the Kluterthöhle Karst cave to escape heavy bombing.

What is Speleotherapy?

Speleotherapy, the use of the climate of caves, is an accepted but not widely known therapeutic measure in the treatment of chronic obstructive airway diseases. The benefits of Speleotherapy are associated with the unique salt caves/mines micro-climate. Natural dry sodium chloride aerosol, formed by convective diffusion from salt walls, is the major curative factor of the salt caves/mines micro-climate. Other factors, such as a comfortable temperature and humidity regime and the hypo-bacterial and allergen-free air environment saturated with aero ions, enhance the therapeutic effect.

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