So simple and so effective. I had a cough lingering for a little over a week. Any thing that lingers for over 24 hours has overstayed it’s welcome. And I take serious action to get back to my fully functioning self.
I went on a field trip with my gardening class to a local farm and as we were walking through the orchard and admiring all the fruit trees my teacher starts talking about the Loquat tree and the healing properties of the leaves. As soon as he said “it is known to help alleviate coughs”, I grabbed a few leaves and asked him how to prepare it. As soon as I got home I made a batch and within a couple days of drinking my cough was completely gone! Not that I am surprised that nature works so well, I am just continuously amazed at the simplicity of healing myself naturally.
So I am sharing this with you, in case you believe in the power of nature as well and you can get your hands on some loquat leaves!
Loquat leaves have this fuzz underneath them. You need to rub that off gently as it would be unpleasant to drink it.
Ingredients:
- 3-4 large loquat leaves, fresh or dried
- 5 cups water
Steps:
- rub the fuzz off the leaves
- chop up in large pieces
- add to 5 cups of boiling water
- simmer for 5 minutes with a lid on
- let it cool
- strain
- drink a small cup 3 times a day until the cough is gone!
I found the tea to be a subtle and pleasant flavor. Very easy to drink. You could add fresh lemon and honey to add to the benefits of healing, but I found it effective and tasty as is.
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