Start your day strong and healthy and boost your immune system with this excellent mixture of lemon, garlic and honey. It’s perfect for cold and flu season!
Have you ever tried lemon, garlic and honey together? It might sound strange and that these ingredients don’t really seem to go together.
However, that couldn’t be further from the truth.
Garlic and honey is actually well known in gastronomy. In addition, it has been used in natural medicine for centuries to support the immune system.
That said, other elements can be added to garlic honey that can enhance its natural goodness.
Lemon, cinnamon, and even pepper are medicinal foods and spices that often go with garlic honey in order to treat infections or viruses and improve blood circulation.
We encourage you to give this simple natural remedy a try. After all, it good for your immune system, cheap, easy to make, and perfect for the cold and flu season.
Lemon garlic syrup, an everyday helper
Lemon, garlic and honey is incredible for your body. While it doesn’t work miracles, it does improve many basic processes that often deteriorate or weaken due to stress, the change of seasons, or aging.
First, let’s take a look at what this homemade recipe can do for us.
1. It supports your immune system
Both honey and garlic are antifungals and antimicrobials.
This part of the lemon is very powerful thanks to its essential oils.
These elements will help you fight viruses and bacteria much more effectively.
2. It improves blood circulation
If consumed on a regular basis, garlic, honey and lemon will help you improve your blood circulation and lower your blood pressure.
That happens due to the allicin in garlic and the nutrients in honey as well as the powerful impact vitamin C has on your heart’s veins and arteries.
Together, these elements have an anticoagulant and revitalizing effect. This helps prevent thrombosis and varicose veins.
3. Say goodbye to bad cholesterol or LDL
If you’re eating better and moving more, don’t hesitate to make this remedy a part of your morning: have this lemon, garlic and honey mixture before breakfast.
It will help you manage your bad cholesterol thanks to the allicin in garlic. This compound helps “clean” your blood of excess cholesterol and regulate triglycerides.
4. It’s good for getting rid of a cough
This garlic and honey with lemon is unique in that it helps you get rid of phlegm, protect your lungs, and eliminate throat dryness.
If you’ve had an annoying dry cough for days, you can finally get relief. Bacterial or viral illnesses respond well to this combination.
5. It can reduce inflammation
Inflammation is the result of an infectious process your body’s natural response to a pathogen or inflammatory element.
If you get in the habit of taking this remedy regularly, you’ll notice its anti-inflammatory effects–with arthritis, fluid retention, or muscular injuries.
How to make a lemon, garlic and honey mixture
Ingredients
• 1 cup of honey (335 g)
• 10 cloves of garlic
• 1 glass jar with cover
• The peel of 1/2 a lemon
Preparation
As we often remind you, it’s always important to try to use organic products. When it comes to honey, it’s essential. Sometimes, supermarket honey is adulterated with too much sugar and no nutrients. If that’s the case, it won’t do you any good.
Without further ado, here’s how to make it:
• First, mince or crush the garlic. Easy!
• Pour the honey into the glass jar and add the garlic.
• Next, cut the lemon peel into several pieces and add them to the jar along with the other ingredients.
• Put the top on and keep in a cool, dark place for three days.
• After this time, you’ll have an incredibly good-for-you remedy.
How to use it
• You can take a spoonful by itself before breakfast every day.
• You can also dilute the spoonful in a glass of warm water. Drink this before breakfast and without food.
Ideally, this remedy should be taken for 7 days straight, followed by 10 days off, and repeated.
You’ll see results in no time!