Come learn in person how to make Fire Cider at my “Food is Medicine” Class Held on Oct 7th, 9am-12pm, and take some home with you. Can’t come in person? I have an online course that is available for 1 year. Or you can Watch Live Via Zoom
Fire Cider Recipe
- ½ cup grated fresh horseradish root
- ½ cup or more fresh chopped onions
- ¼ cup or more chopped garlic
- ¼ cup or more grated ginger
- Apple cider vinegar.
- Chopped fresh or dried cayenne pepper ‘to taste’. Can be whole or powdered. ‘ To Taste’ means should be hot, but not so hot you can’t tolerate it. Better to make it a little milder than to hot; you can always add more pepper later if necessary
FIRE CIDER ADDITIONS:
- Turmeric, Echinacea, Cinnamon, Lemon, Rosemary, Elderberries, Sage, Goldenrod.
DIRECTIONS:
- Place herbs in a half-gallon canning jar and cover with enough raw, unpasteurized apple cider vinegar to cover the herbs by at least three to four inches. Cover tightly with a tight-fitting lid.
- Place the jar in a warm place and let for three to four weeks. It is best to shake every day to help in the maceration process.
- Stain the herbs and reserve the liquid after three to four weeks.
- Add honey ‘to taste’. Warm the honey first so it mixes well. “To Taste’ means your Fire Cider should taste hot, spicy, and sweet. “A little bit of honey helps the medicine go down……”
- Rebottle and enjoy! Fire Cider will keep for several months unrefrigerated if stored in a cool pantry. But storing it in the refrigerator is better if you’ve room.
- A small shot glass daily serves as an excellent tonic or takes up to 3 Tbsp if you feel a cold coming on.
- Dosing for kids 3+ 1/4th – 1 Tbsp
- Take it more frequently if necessary to help your immune system do battle.
- You can add the leftover veggies to a soup, eggs, toast, stir-fry, or anything else.
- You can add it to your veggie juice or your fried rice mix with olive oil for salad dressing.
WHAT IS FIRE CIDER GOOD FOR?
- Start at the 1st sign of feeling off like you might be getting sick.
- It stimulates the immune system and revs it up to fight off viruses.
- Colds and flu, digestive issues, sinus infections.
APPLE CIDER VINEGAR:
- Full of trace vitamins & minerals.
- Supports the immune system.
- Helps digest food and prevents indigestion.
- Eases allergies
- Lower blood pressure, and cholesterol, help control diabetes.
RAW LOCAL HONEY:
- Soothing to sore throats & dry coughs.
- Antibacterial & antioxidant
- Great for allergies.
GARLIC:
- Rich in vitamins and minerals
- Heart health, normalized cholesterol (cooked), blood thinning,
- Powerful against infections:
- Inhibits viruses, antibacterial, antifungal, can inhibit even MRSA.
- FOR COLD AND FLU SEASON
- Expectorant: (loosens and helps release mucus)
- Earaches
- Chest Congestion
- Immune stimulant
- Diaphoretic for fevers
ONION:
- Rich in Vitamins and minerals
- Antimicrobial, Expectorant
- Earaches:
- Chest and Sinus Congestion:
- Sore Throat:
GINGER:
- Great for colds, flu, congestion, when you are cold
- Antimicrobial, antioxidant,
- Diaphoretic for fevers
- Great for nausea (even motion sickness)
- Promotes digestion and helps with bloating & gas.
- Anti-inflammatory: for headaches, arthritis, muscle cramps, menstrual or legs cramps
CAYENNE:
- For colds & flu
- Expectorant & diaphoretic for fevers
- Great as an oil to stimulate circulation on chilly days hands & feet for Raynaud’s
- Stimulates the brain to create endorphins.
- Antioxidant, antiseptic, antiviral, carminative
HORSERADISH:
- Best Expectorant opens passages and loosens mucus to help drain.
- Antibacterial, antibiotic, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antiseptic
- Diaphoretic for fevers.
- Great as an oil to stimulate circulation on chilly days hands & feet for Raynaud’s
RESOURCES:
From my various classes and teachers taught on this subject by Kate Bodemann or Thomas Easley
Herbalrootszine.com
Rosemary Gladstar who so graciously started sharing her Fire Cider recipe with the world.
