A Simple Tea to Boost your Immunity

There are a variety of homemade teas and drinks that can boost your immunity and keep away any illnesses if taken once in a while. I will make a series of posts with these easy to make drinks for a healthier you. To start us off, ginger is a root with medicinal properties and is easily available at local markets.

The benefits of Ginger

• The strong ginger smell helps in opening up clogged respiratory tracts and can cure colds and increase immunity against tonsillitis, bronchitis and enteritis. 
• When combined with the vitamin C of lemons,the healing properties are enhanced and can help in suppressing cancers.
• It is an antiseptic and antibiotic

The taste of ginger on its stings so you can mix it with a few other ingredients to make teas and drinks in bulk that you can sip on slowly.

The Lemon and Ginger Malaysian tea
25 grams of peeled and sliced ginger
1 lemon squeezed
600ml water
Honey to taste

Place the ginger in a shallow pan and add the water.
Let it simmer for 20 minutes, covered
Add the lemon and honey.

This makes  2 servings.

If you have any more teas please feel free to add them.