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Default A good tisane tea for a cold

On Dec 27, 10:11*am, Space Cowboy > wrote:
> Im sitting here with an achy stuffy head cold and slight fever. *Over
> the long haul I have about every popular tisane ever mixed with tea.
> Last night I had some jasmine blossom, lemon myrtle, orange blossom,
> rose flower with greenish oolong which made me feel a lot better.
> Does anybody else use a tisane traditionally mixed with tea for a
> cold.
>
> Jim


Ginger. Without a doubt. I've posted here a few times about it but my
mother and some close Korean friends both do the exact same thing.
Boil some coins of ginger for a good long time and then sometimes with
added raw honey, sometimes straight. It will do wonders.

- Dominic