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season: winter
section: teas and remedies
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- elderberry syrup, a spoonful daily if you made it in the fall. the best cold prevention there is.
- ginger and turmeric tea, simmered with black pepper and honey. anti-inflammatory and warming.
- mullein leaf tea for chest congestion. steep the fuzzy leaves and strain well through cloth.
- a garlic and honey oxymel: crushed garlic in honey and vinegar. take at the first sign of a cold.
- pine needle tea, always available. the trees do not stop giving.
- chamomile and valerian root tea before bed. winter sleep should be deep and long.

winter remedies are simple. warmth, rest, broth, tea. the old knowledge was never complicated. it was just paying attention to what the body asks for when the light is short.