Bonus Natural Flu Remedy..and it's hot!

So many people are concerned about the flu this time of year. Rightly so.

Did you know that this years flu vaccines are made from last years flu virus? Flu viruses adapt very quickly, and one can never be sure that a flu shot is really going to help. You need a natural flu remedy.

What can we do?

The best natural flu remedy is focusing on building a healthy immune system.

Concentrate on your diet.

To keep it simple, eat live foods like miso. Click here for the page on soup and miso. In fact, review the Eight Simple Secret to Treating a Cold Naturally. There is a wealth of information there.

Recipes like this immune building soup are invaluable. We make soups like this all the time. Kimberly and I drink chicken broth with miso in it EVERY morning, all year long.

Herbally, get to know herbs like astragalus. Add it to your soups. Cook it into your rice. Click here to order astragalus. Click here to read more about astragulus on this site.

Adding to the Eight Simple secrets, I would like to share this natural flu remedy I am in the process of making for my family.

Would you like to join in my experiment? :)

I have seen variations of this recipe in a few different places recently, so I thought it would be good to share.

It’s a natural flu remedy for the flu season.

We’ll call it Flu Buster Vinegar!

This is REALLY simple.

All I did was grab a couple onions, a bulb of garlic (yes, the entire bulb), a few jalapeño peppers and an entire piece of ginger.

I also bought some more organic apple cider vinegar (raw from the mother. Available at all natural foods grocers and health food stores).

I basically chopped it all up, stuffed a quart mason jar, then filled the jar with the vinegar.

If you do not have a plastic lid, put a piece of plastic over the mouth, then screw your metal lid on.

Shake it every day for 6 weeks (for 10 seconds). Then open it up and strain it out. Compost the plant material and bottle the vinegar.

It’s great for colds, flu, sore throats, and achy bones.

If it is too strong, then dilute in some water and drink. Take as much as you feel you need. This natural flu remedy is all food, so you can’t take too much. Well, I guess if you feel irritated in any way, that’s too much.

For those who need a guide line, take a tablespoon every hour while you have the flu. You could even take it once a day when you don't have it for flu prevention.

Try putting it in salad dressings or other recipes.

Enjoy!