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French Healing Tea Recipe
By Cait Johnson, Assistant Producer, Care2 Healthy Living Channels.
The French sip this tea for pure pleasure, but it is also wonderfully healing for sore throats, upper respiratory troubles, and tummy bugs. It’s been a brutal flu season here in upstate New York, but this delicious tea has helped all of us who have tried it.
The recipe only calls for one herbal ingredient, and you probably have it on your kitchen shelf. As you sip, think of cozy French farmhouses surrounded by fields just beginning to thaw after the long cold winter. The sun is getting stronger. Spring is returning. Life is good.
INGREDIENTS
1 cup boiling water
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme (1 teaspoon fresh)
1. Place thyme in cup and cover with boiling water. Cover and allow to steep for 10 minutes.
2. Strain and serve, with honey and/or lemon, if you like.
Makes one serving.
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add your comment »That sounds good, and I have evrything in my kitchen already. I've heard alot about thyme as a disinfectant lately. bet it smells good, too.
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Thyme works very well, especially if you cough.
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Yes, I can vouch for thyme - and BTW, this infusion is not at all exclusive or typical of the French, sorry ;) - to kill and repel any germ in the neighbourhood... You can even use it - sans the honey - to clean counter-tops and such.
On the flip side, I find the taste of thyme unpleasant, to put it mildly, so I prefer ginger every time.
Try it, you won't regret it.
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