Ginger, lemon and honey - fight the cold!

Spicy-burning ginger root, invigoratingly sour lemon, exquisitely sweet honey - each of these products, given to us by nature, is useful in itself. But if you apply this triad together, you will get a powerful healing effect. Anyone who regularly consumes ginger in combination with honey and lemon can boast of strong immunity, easily repelling the attacks of cold viruses. Burning-sour-sweet drugs increase male strength, accelerate metabolism, contributing to weight loss, and simply improve mood. But you need to know how to properly prepare and apply these ultra-active supplements.

About the beneficial properties of products and their mixture

Ancient healers were well acquainted with the healing properties of ginger root, lemon and honey. They widely used these gifts of nature separately for the treatment of many diseases. And even then the first recipes appeared in which there are all three components. Healers have noticed that in this combination they act better, enhancing the impact of each other. But our ancestors only guessed why these products are so useful for humans. Modern science has revealed all the secrets. Now we know exactly the composition of ginger, lemon and honey and how they affect our body.

Ginger

One of the most revered spices of the East is ginger root. It is used fresh, dried, pickled, candied. Dishes with ginger have an original taste and aroma. People who love this spice are always cheerful, rarely get sick and lose heart. This is how essential oils and resinous substances that ginger contains affect them. Among the most important constituent elements is gingerol, it gives the root a burning sensation, and is simply priceless for health.

Ginger is a very fragrant spice, the benefits of which have been scientifically proven.

The English word ginger means ginger. And gingerol is a unique substance that contains mainly the root of the plant, there is not so much of it in the aerial part.

According to research, gingerol has a positive effect on humans. It speeds up metabolism, reduces pain, relieves inflammation, thins sputum in the respiratory tract, and slows down tissue aging. For those who are struggling with excess weight, gingerol is especially useful. Because it increases the energy consumption of the body, due to which calories are burned, and prevents the accumulation of fat.

Ginger drinks are especially useful in the cold season.

In addition to burning gingerol, ginger contains a whole complex of vitamins (C, E, K, group B), micro and macro elements (calcium, magnesium, iron, selenium, zinc), which have a positive effect on the digestive system, improve brain blood supply, work thyroid gland.

Fresh ginger root works more effectively. But you have to choose the right one. It should be strong, juicy and fragrant, crunchy when broken. If fresh ginger is not available, dried root seasoning can be used. The powder should be yellowish-white in color with a characteristic odor. It must be stored in a tightly closed container.

Video: the benefits of ginger

Lemon

One has only to think of a lemon, as it seems that a bright sour taste appears in the mouth, and a pleasant aroma in the air. The pale yellow odorous fruit, well known to everyone, has long been used as a vitamin supplement when viruses and infections overcome. Regular tea with lemon stimulates the immune system, cleanses the body, heals blood vessels and the digestive system.

Lemon is a source of vitamins and flavonoids, but most importantly - a characteristic acid

1 lemon contains a third of the daily requirement of vitamin C, and a tablespoon of zest contains 13%. Ascorbic acid maintains our immunity in a combat state.

This citrus fruit is the leader in the content of useful citric acid. It is a natural antioxidant that helps cellular respiration and removes toxins. Flavonoids, phytoncides and lemon essential oil fight harmful bacteria and relieve inflammation. Fiber and pectin have a positive effect on the gastrointestinal tract. And, besides, lemon is better than pharmaceutical preparations and will provide you with vitamins, macro- and microelements.

To increase the tone, just smell the lemon, essential oils have an invigorating effect.

Aromatic lemon oil improves mood, relieves depression and fatigue, helps to concentrate. To get 1 kg of this remedy, you will need to remove the zest from about 3 thousand fruits.

Lemon promotes weight loss. The one who regularly eats this fruit is satiated faster and moves more. Lemon reduces appetite and tones the body.

The most useful lemon is the one that has gained ripeness, but not overripe. Choose completely yellow large fruits with a bright shiny and elastic skin without spots.

Video: the benefits of lemon

Honey

Healthy delicacy - so you can call honey. Of course, only a natural and high-quality product made by bees and not heat-treated is suitable for this definition.

Honey is easily and completely absorbed by the human body.

According to the set of trace elements, honey is close to human blood, so our body absorbs it 100%. This product enriches us:

Honey is a very active product that should not be abused. An adult can eat 100-150 g of honey per day, divided into 3-4 servings. Children - 50 g. To get the maximum benefit, honey should be eaten on an empty stomach, 1–1.5 hours before a meal or 2 hours after a meal.

The creation of bees can rejuvenate the body and restore immunity. It relieves inflammation, relieves pain, kills harmful bacteria, and heals wounds. Honey is used to improve blood vessels and the heart, kidneys, liver, digestive tract, it is used for cosmetic purposes.

Real honey can be recognized by the following signs. It drips off the spoon slowly, forming a ribbon. Take a treat in a spoon and turn several times, the natural product should “wind up”. By November, most types of honey are candied. If at the end of autumn you are offered liquid, most likely it is a fake, or it was warmed up. The exception is acacia, heather and chestnut. They do not thicken for a long time. A piece of bread dipped in real honey will harden, while diluted with sugar syrup it will soften.

Video: the benefits of honey

The effect of ginger-lemon-honey mixture

On the eve of the season of flu and colds, traditional healers advise stocking up on ginger, lemon and honey. This super-healthy triad, if you start using it in advance, can boost your immunity so much that you will not be afraid of an infection. If the disease has prevailed, ginger-lemon-honey potions will quickly put you on your feet.

Products that contain all three useful products work especially actively

Bath with ginger-lemon decoction is a great way to relax and rejuvenate after a hard day. Chopped ginger root (piece 5–6 cm) and lemon pour a liter of water, put on fire, bring to a boil. Keep on fire for 15 minutes. Then filter and pour the liquid into the prepared bath. Such an aromatic and warming procedure is especially good in the cold season. It's better to go to sleep after that.

In addition, a mixture of these super-healthy products cleanses blood vessels, blood and the entire body, restores male potency, helps get rid of constipation and edema, lose weight, and bring blood pressure back to normal.

Recipes with ginger, lemon and honey to maintain health

Many nations have healing remedies with ginger, honey and lemon. But these products are especially often used in oriental informal medicine. Healers advise their patients to drink ginger tea, infusion or decoction with lemon and honey to prevent seasonal infections and treat colds. There are recipes for weight loss, cleansing and strengthening potency. In recent years, folk medicines with a beneficial triad have gained recognition throughout the world.

Hot drinks with ginger, lemon and honey perfectly warm

Cold prevention, immunity strengthening and tasty first aid

Fragrant hot drinks made from ginger, lemon and honey warm from the inside, give energy, fight viruses and inflammation. Therefore, it is difficult to come up with the best remedy for maintaining health when everyone around is coughing, sneezing and having a fever. Here are some popular homemade recipes.

In China, they make such a decoction of ginger with the addition of honey:

If you don’t have time to prepare drinks, just put a piece of ginger and a teaspoon of honey under your tongue. Hold them for 10-15 minutes, and then chew and swallow.

Effective for colds and regular ginger-based tea:

The following recipe is suitable if there is no time to brew several servings of the drink per day:

1. Squeeze 2 tablespoons of juice from a lemon.
2. Grate the ginger root to make 2 teaspoons of the raw material.
3. Combine lemon juice and ginger, stir.
4. Add 2 tablespoons of honey to the mixture, mix again.
5. Boil 1 liter of water, cool it to 50-60 degrees.
6. Pour the spicy mixture, leave for 15 minutes.
7. Drink the infusion throughout the day between meals.

If a healing drink needs to be prepared for several people, prepare a semi-finished product that is stored for a long time. If necessary, it can be quickly diluted with warm water. Such a home remedy activates the body's defenses, helps to get rid of cough.

For cooking:

1. Peel the ginger root, cut it into small pieces.
   Before putting ginger and lemon in a blender, they must be cut
2. Wash the lemon and cut it too, leaving the zest.
3. Grind food with a blender.
   Ginger-lemon mixture can not be prepared in metal utensils
4. Transfer the ginger-lemon mixture to a glass or ceramic dish.
   The amount of ginger-lemon mixture and honey should be about the same
5. Add the same amount of honey.
6. Store the drug in the refrigerator. It can be taken without dilution by a teaspoon 3-4 times a day before meals.
   The healing mixture can be eaten by a teaspoon or made into a drink.
7. To prepare a drink, pour a teaspoon of the mixture with a glass of hot (50-60 degrees) water, leave for 5-10 minutes and drink.

The effect of the ginger-lemon-honey potion can be enhanced by adding cinnamon. Such a mixture not only supports the immune system, but also relieves inflammation of the respiratory tract, helps with a runny nose and cough.

Preparation and application:

Mint can also be added to a healthy drink. Then you get a vitamin warming and soothing drink.

Preparation and application:

1. Cut into thin plates 3-4 cm of ginger root or rub a piece on a grater.
2. Add a teaspoon of fresh mint or half a spoon of dried mint to it.
3. Pour 250 ml of boiling water into the raw material.
4. Cover and let steep 10-15 minutes.
5. In a cooled (up to 40-45 degrees) drink, put a slice of lemon and honey to taste.
6. Drink the drug warm 3-4 times a day between meals.

Preparation and application:

Video: preparing a mixture of lemon, honey and ginger to strengthen immunity

Cleansing with ginger, lemon, honey and other ingredients

The recipes listed above are good not only for the prevention and treatment of colds. Ginger-lemon-honey drinks and mixtures destroy harmful viruses and bacteria and at the same time cleanse the body of toxins and toxins. But there are recipes for potions, the main purpose of which is cleaning.

The gastrointestinal tract effectively removes toxins from an easy-to-prepare drink:

1. 20 g fresh ginger root (ground - 1 teaspoon) finely chopped or grated.
2. Fill it with 200 ml of boiling water.
3. Leave on for 15-20 minutes.
4. Add a thick circle of lemon and honey to the infusion to taste.
5. Drink half a glass of the drink 30 before breakfast. The second half - during the day between meals.

The cleansing course is designed for two weeks.

A mixture of lemons, ginger and honey dissolves mucus in the intestines and eliminates excess fluid:

1. Squeeze juice from 5 lemons.
2. Grate 150 g fresh ginger root.
3. Mix lemon juice and ginger gruel, add a little honey to sweeten it a bit.
4. Take a teaspoon of the mixture twice a day, immediately after waking up and at night.

Continue the course of cleansing until the potion runs out.

Ginger, lemon and honey relieve our body of harmful deposits

A mixture with the addition of garlic cleans the vessels from cholesterol plaques. The same composition helps to normalize blood pressure.

Preparation and application:

1. Grind in any way 4 heads of garlic, 4 lemons with zest and 200 g of peeled ginger root.
2. Place the mixture in a glass container (volume 3 liters).
3. Add warm boiled water to fill the dishes.
4. Put the infusion in a dark place.
5. Mix the drug twice a day.
6. After three days, strain the liquid.
7. Drink half a glass of infusion, adding a teaspoon of honey, three times a day before meals.

The drug is enough for one course of purification.

Preparation and application:

1. Grind 1 lemon with the skin and a peeled piece of ginger (3–5 cm).
2. Add 200 ml of boiling water to the mixture.
3. Leave the infusion for 20-30 minutes to cool.
4. Put a teaspoon of honey.
5. Let the liquid brew for another 2 hours.
6. Filter the infusion and drink it at night.

The following composition will not only cleanse the body of harmful substances, but also rejuvenate tissues, traditional healers assure. They advise at least once a year to take a course of this elixir of youth.

If you add garlic to ginger, lemon and honey, you get a rejuvenating remedy.

Preparation and application:

1. Chop 6 lemons with zest, 4 heads of garlic and 300 g of ginger root.
2. Add 400-450 g of honey to the puree.
3. Mix well, put in a glass container.
4. Keep in a place without access to light for 10 days.
5. Strain the syrup.
6. Take it 1 tablespoon, dissolved in a glass of lukewarm water, 15 minutes before breakfast and at night.

Useful triad in cosmetology

The anti-inflammatory and stimulating properties of ginger, lemon and honey have also been used in home cosmetology. It is noticed that they accelerate the healing of wounds, soothe abscesses and acne, help remove subcutaneous hematomas. Lemon also whitens the skin.

Preparation and application:

1. Grate a piece of ginger root.
2. Add a tablespoon of fresh lemon juice and the same amount of honey.
3. Fold the resulting slurry into cheesecloth to make a lotion or soak cotton wool with it.
4. Apply the product on injured skin or bruise 3-4 times a day.

From the juice of ginger and lemon, as well as purified water, you can prepare a lotion for problem skin. Mix the liquids in a ratio of 1:1:2 and wipe your face twice a day. After a while, the skin will become clearer and more even.

Ginger with other spices helps relieve joint pain. Apply the composition in the form of a compress or rubbing. It is necessary to mix a tablespoon of ground ginger, a teaspoon of turmeric and half as much hot pepper. Pour a little warm vegetable oil into the powder to get a paste. It is rubbed into the sore spot.

Ginger, lemon and honey for men

Spicy-aromatic-sweet drugs help to kindle love appetite. Ginger, lemon and honey are recognized aphrodisiac foods. They contain components that increase the production of testosterone, stimulate blood circulation, and prevent inflammation. So, funds with them will be useful for men's health and potency. From them you can prepare delicious food supplements or drinks, including alcoholic ones.

For men's health, you can prepare a spicy mixture for coffee, lemonade or wine with spices.

1. Make a mixture of 200 grams of honey and ginger, 2 lemons. Store it in the refrigerator, drink with tea.
2. Thinly slice the ginger root (2-3 cm). Brew it with boiling water in a thermos. After 20-30 minutes, put a circle of lemon and honey into the tea to taste.
3. Prepare a "masculine" coffee blend. Remove the zest from the lemon with a grater, dry it. Add the same amount of ground spices to the dry zest. In addition to ginger, you can take cinnamon, cloves, cardamom and rosemary. When brewing coffee, add half a teaspoon of the spice mix per cup. And instead of sugar, you can put honey.
4. Make homemade lemonade. Pour a tablespoon of grated ginger root with a glass of water and boil for 10 minutes. Squeeze juice from a large lemon. Add to broth and bring to a boil. Cool the liquid, strain and put honey (quantity optional). Dilute the lemonade with cold boiled water to make about a liter. Garnish with lemon wedges and ice cubes when serving.
5. To increase potency, you can take a mixture of ground ginger powder and honey, half a teaspoon at night. To be the result, the course must last at least 14 days.
6. Prepare a spiced wine that will be a great addition to a romantic dinner. Add a tablespoon of fresh root (or a teaspoon of ground) to 0.5 liters of dry red wine, and a spoonful of lemon zest there. You can put a little nutmeg, cinnamon and cardamom. Insist for a week. Sweeten the drink with honey before drinking.

Spicy wine will create a romantic atmosphere and warm up the feeling of love.

Features of the treatment of children

Ginger, lemon and honey are better than pharmaceutical preparations, but you should not give them to children under 3 years of age. But inhalation with a natural lemon-ginger mixture will be useful for the baby. Fragrant essential oils are a good remedy for colds.

For the treatment of respiratory diseases, babies can be inhaled with ginger and lemon

Children over 3 years old can drink warming drinks and mixtures during the cold-flu period, but after consulting a pediatrician. And at the same time, the amount of ginger during cooking should be slightly reduced and make sure that the liquid is not too hot. In a child, the mucous membranes are softer than in an adult, they are easier to burn. The reception time should also be reduced. And carefully monitor the well-being of the child. If adverse reactions occur, discontinue therapy.

Ginger products can be given to children over 3 years old

With caution and at first in small portions, give remedies from ginger, lemon and honey to children prone to allergies.

To strengthen children's immunity, you can prepare healthy lemonade. This healthy drink perfectly quenches thirst:

1. Wash, peel and thinly slice 3-4 cm of ginger.
2. Put the slices in a thermos, pour boiling water (300–400 ml).
3. Set an hour.
4. Add the juice of one lemon to the liquid.
5. When the drink is almost cold, dissolve the honey in it.
6. Pour lemonade into glasses, garnish with lemon wedges.

Natural lemonade is very popular with children

Trio of products for weight loss

It has long been noticed that ginger in combination with lemon and honey contributes to weight loss. Hot gingerol is a substance similar to capsaicin, which is found in peppers. Both increase metabolism, make the digestive system work faster. Sour lemon quenches thirst and appetite, and honey quickly saturates, soothes and helps to give up harmful sweets. At the same time, the ginger-lemon-honey mixture provides the body with all vitamins and microelements. And this is important with a low-calorie diet.

Ginger, lemon and honey speed up metabolism and help you lose weight, but you can't do without diet and exercise

But do not expect a very quick disposal of extra pounds. If the diet has remained the same, and physical activity has not increased, it will not be possible to quickly lose weight on tea alone. A modest result will be in 2-3, or even 4 months. But reducing the calorie content of food, avoiding sweets and other harmful foods, going to the gym, long walks plus ginger, lemon and honey quickly return a slim figure.

For weight loss, recipes for drinks recommended to strengthen immunity are suitable. Only you can drink them not hot, but chilled. Try also using the beneficial triad with green tea, it tones and enhances the effectiveness of other components.

Preparation and application:

1. Cut fresh ginger root (5-6 cm), add a teaspoon of quality green tea.
2. Brew everything with boiling water (200 ml).
3. Insist 30 minutes.
4. Squeeze half a lemon into warm tea and add honey.
5. Drink before meals or between meals.

Heals, improves tone, speeds up metabolism and, as a result, reduces weight ginger tincture with lemon and honey. The authorship of the drug is attributed to Tibetan monks. Maybe they did not come up with this recipe, but it is known for sure that the tincture is stored for a long time and works well.

Preparation and application:

1. Wash 400 g of ginger root and scald with boiling water, no need to peel.
2. Pass the ginger through a meat grinder or cut with a blender.
3. Pour 0.5 liters of vodka or diluted alcohol into the gruel. Use a glass container.
4. Close the container tightly, leave in a dark place at room temperature.
5. Infuse for 2 weeks, shake occasionally.
6. Filter the liquid.
7. Squeeze the juice from 5 lemons and pour into the tincture.
8. Put also 2-3 tablespoons of honey.
9. Store the drug in the refrigerator.
10. Take 1 tablespoon three times daily before meals.

On fasting days and just for dinner, try a fiber-rich salad that improves intestinal motility. It will be especially useful for those who are fond of snacks and fast food.

Vegetable salad with ginger and lemon and honey dressing is a good dinner for someone who is losing weight

Cooking:

1. Bake a small beetroot, cool and cut into cubes.
2. Cut into strips or grate raw carrots and ginger root (5-6 cm).
3. Add celery greens, you can dry.
4. Mix all ingredients.
5. For dressing, combine 1-2 tablespoons of olive or other vegetable oil with the juice of a quarter of a lemon and a spoonful of honey.

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Contraindications and possible harm

Tasty and healthy ginger-lemon-honey therapy is not for everyone. Due to the increased activity, these products can cause allergies. Therefore, people prone to such a reaction should take them very carefully, starting with small portions, or completely abandon them.

In addition, drugs with ginger have a warming effect. Therefore, with a significant increase in body temperature, you should not drink them. But tea with honey and lemon will help in this case.

Each component has its own contraindications, but there are also common ones. Ginger, lemon and honey can be harmful in such diseases and conditions:

Drinks and drugs with a beneficial triad are best consumed 1-2 before bedtime. Otherwise, they can cause insomnia, especially in excitable people.

Lemon-honey mixture can negatively affect tooth enamel. With increased sensitivity of the teeth and for the prevention of caries, it is convenient to drink healing drinks through a straw.