Honey Spice Throat Drops Recipe – with Healing Essential Oils

Gracious Rain website shares a Honey Spice Throat Drops recipe – a delicious way to soothe a dry, scratchy throat.

This recipe has an old-fashioned taste and is really simple to make.

Honey Spice Cough Drops

Ingredients:

2 cups sugar

1/2 cup water

1/2 cup honey

1/4 cup butter

3-5 drops doTERRA *OnGuard Essential Oil

Put all the ingredients except OnGuard Essential Oil in a heavy pan and cook slowly over medium heat until it reaches the “hard crack stage.” Resist the urge to turn the heat up higher to speed up the process. It will burn unless you keep it on medium and check it often. Once you can drizzle a spoonful of the syrup into a cup of cold water and have it turn to brittle threads–take it off the heat immediately. Wait about 30 seconds to a minute and then add the OnGuard Essential Oil. Stir.

Pour into a buttered cookie sheet.  Fold edges of the candy into the middle until cool enough to handle.

Working quickly, pull and roll into long strips…

and cut into nickle size pieces.

Allow to cool completely and harden. If your drops have been cooked long enough, you’ll be able to store them in a ziploc bag.

If they are a bit soft and still sticky, wrap them in waxed paper squares and store in a ziploc bag.

Just wait until you tell your friends what you just did.

You’ll likely be worshiped as a Goddess of Health and Healing.

If you play your cards right, it’ll be true.

Honey Spice Cough Drops

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• ½ cup water
• ½ cup honey
• ¼ cup butter
• 3-5 drops doTERRA *OnGuard Essential Oil

Instructions

1. Put all the ingredients except OnGuard Essential Oil in a heavy pan and cook slowly over medium heat until it reaches the “hard crack stage.”
2. Resist the urge to turn the heat up higher to speed up the process. It will burn unless you keep it on medium and check it often.
3. Once you can drizzle a spoonful of the syrup into a cup of cold water and have it turn to brittle threads–take it off the heat immediately.
4. Wait about 30 seconds to a minute and then add the OnGuard Essential Oil.
5. Stir.
6. Pour into a buttered cookie sheet.
7. Fold edges of the candy into the middle until cool enough to handle.
8. Working quickly, pull and roll into long strips…and cut into nickle size pieces.
9. Allow to cool completely and harden.
10. If your drops have been cooked long enough, you’ll be able to store them in a ziploc bag unwrapped.
11. If they are a bit soft and still sticky, wrap them in waxed paper squares and store in a ziploc bag.

Source: GraciousRain

Using Green Onion As Alternative Medicine

Green Onion - Alternative Medicine

Traditional medicine for common cold - Helps maintain blood pressure - Increases appetite - Fights fungus infections - Colon cancer treatment - Stress and tiredness - Reduce inflammation all with this lovely plant.

Topical Application of Green Onion

For Sore Throat:

Cut the green onion's white part into pieces. Put in a cloth bag and steam it for a hot compress. You can also mix the green onion with grated ginger and some salt. Wrap the hot bag in a towel or gaue and place it over the throat - chest - soles - palms or back.

For Swollen Feet:

Boil the whole green onion for a few minutes. Grind it and mix with a little water just enough to make a paste and then place it to the swollen part of your feet. This simple method has been used for hundreds of years by our ancestors.

For Nasal Congestion: (runny nose)

Mash the green onion and make wet cotton with its just. Place the wet cotton to your nose.

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Natural Detox and Immune Boosting Tonic

A great natural detox and immune boosting tonic:

This concoction of Nature's Super Antibiotics destroys both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. It is also a potent anti-viral and anti-fungal/yeast formula, and will increase blood and lymph circulation to every part of the body. It is so effective that it is said to be the cure for colds and the flu, and is the herbal preparation of choice against Candida. This basic formula dates back to medieval Europe and the plagues. 

Benefit of each Ingredient: (All Organic Of Course!!)

• Garlic is a broad spectrum antibiotic. Unlike chemical antibiotics that kill off millions of friendly bacteria that your body needs, Garlic only targets the invading bacteria and even promotes and increases your healthy bacteria. Garlic is also a powerful anti-fungal and literally destroys any antigen, pathogen and any harmful or disease causing micro-organism. 
• Onion is Garlic's next of kin and has similar but milder action. Together they are a tremendous fighting duo. 
• Horseradish is a potent herb for the sinus and lungs. It opens up the sinus passages and increases the circulation there, where most doctors agree, the common cold and influenza often starts. 

• Ginger contains powerful anti-inflammatory properties and is a tremendous circulatory stimulant.
• Cayenne (Peppers) is the most powerful circulatory propellant known. It simply sends the antibiotic and disease fighting properties of the other herbs where they're needed most.
• Turmeric clears infection and reduces inflammation inside of the body. It blocks cancer from developing. Especially helpful for those with joint pain.

• Apple Cider Vinegar (I use Braggs Organic ACV)  There surely must be something really healthy in using apple cider vinegar, since The Father of Medicine, Hippocrates, used this vinegar around 400 B.C. for its health giving qualities. It is said that he had only two remedies: honey and apple cider vinegar. 

DIRECTION FOR MAKING YOUR OWN!

• 1 30 oz. bottle Organic Apple Cider Vinegar(I recommend Braggs ACV)

• 1/4 cup chopped Garlic
• 1/4 cup Onions
• 1/4 cup Habanero peppers (or hottest peppers you can find)
• 1/4 cup grated Ginger
• 1/4 cup grated Horseradish
• 2 T Turmeric

1. Blend  ingredients together for a couple of minutes
2. Strain
3. Pour liquid back in bottle
4. Compost everything else!

You can store the tonic in a cupboard for long periods of time. No need to keep in the refrigerator. You can also use it mixed with olive oil for a salad dressing.  Or a shot full on your stir fry.


*For sore throat, gargle a bit in the mouth and swallow.
*For an illness, such as a cold or flu, take about 2 droppers full or a Tablespoon every couple of hours.  
*For daily immune support drink 2 droppers full/ 1Tablespoon every day. Build up tolerance to a shot glass full.
*Eat an orange, lemon, or lime slice after to ease the heat.

All About Apple Cider Vinegar
Apple cider vinegar is made from fresh ripe apples that are fermented and undergo a stringent process to create the final product. The vinegar contains a host of vitamins, beta-carotene, pectin and vital minerals such as potassium, sodium, magnesium, calcium, phosphorous, chlorine, sulphur, iron, and fluorine.

Pectin in the vinegar is a fiber which helps reduce bad cholesterol and helps in regulating blood pressure. The need for calcium supplements once you start growing older is very well known. This vinegar helps extract calcium from the fruits, vegetables and meat it is mixed with, helping in the process of maintaining strong bones. Potassium deficiency causes a variety of ailments including hair loss, weak finger nails, brittle teeth, sinusitis, and a permanently running nose. Apple cider vinegar is loaded with potassium. Studies have shown that potassium deficiency results in stunted growth. All these ailments can be avoided with the intake of apple cider vinegar. The potassium in this vinegar also helps in eliminating toxic waste from the body. The beta-carotene helps in countering damage caused by free radicals, helping one maintain firmer skin and a youthful appearance. Apple cider vinegar is good for those wanting to lose weight. It helps in breaking down fat which helps in natural weight reduction.

Apple cider vinegar contains malic acid which is very helpful in fighting fungal and bacterial infections. This acid dissolves uric acid deposits that form around joints, helping relieve joint pains. This dissolved uric acid is gradually eliminated from the body.It is claimed that apple cider vinegar is helpful in ailments such as constipation, headaches, arthritis, weak bones, indigestion, high cholesterol, diarrhea, eczema, sore eyes, chronic fatigue, mild food poisoning, hair loss, high blood pressure, obesity, along with a host of many other ailments. No wonder then many know apple cider vinegar as the "Wonder Drug".

With Gratitude,
   ~Alex

www.trueearthmama.com

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Alex is a renowned speaker, (R)evolutionary teacher and world traveler, having lived and studied in the United States, South Africa and Costa Rica. She has a BA in Environmental Studies, a Masters Degree in Psychology and is a qualified Yoga instructor. She is a continuous source of inspiration to thousands of women around the world and has spent her life tirelessly researching ways to maintain a fully balanced life. 

20 Health Benefits of Echinacea

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20 Natural health benefits you can get from Echinacea -

Echinacea has been known to help treat: Upper respiratory infection - Enlarged lymph glands - Colds - Coughs - Flu - Urinary tract infection - Skin Regeneration - Yeast infection - Skin infections - Ear infections - Hay fever - Bronchitis - Sinusitis - Sore throat - Psoriasis - Eczema - Candida - Herpes - Sunburn and even wounds. A lot of stuff! Isn't nature fun!?