Antibiotics in your kitchen
🛒 Ingredients Checklist:
Gather these raw powerhouses featured in:
- 1 large Lemon, thoroughly washed and thinly sliced 🍋
- a 3-inch knob of fresh Ginger, sliced into thin coins 🫚
- ½ cup premium Raw Honey 🍯
- 2 whole Cinnamon sticks 🪵
- 1 teaspoon whole Cloves 🤎
- 1 cup filtered water 💧
- Optional variation: Drop in a stalk of fresh Lemongrass or a few drops of food-grade Oregano oil for an even deeper antimicrobial punch!
👩🍳 Step-by-Step Instructions:
- Simmer the Aromatics: In a small saucepan, combine the filtered water, fresh ginger coins, whole cinnamon sticks, and cloves. Bring the mixture to a gentle boil over medium heat, then immediately reduce the heat to low. Cover and let it simmer for 10 minutes to extract the potent essential oils from the spices.
- Add the Citrus: Uncover the saucepan, drop in your fresh lemon slices, and press them down gently with a spoon to release their juices. Let the mixture simmer on low for an additional 5 minutes, then turn off the heat entirely.
- Cool Down: Let the liquid cool down until it is just warm to the touch (roughly 10–15 minutes). Crucial step: Do not add the honey while the liquid is boiling hot, as excessive heat can destroy the delicate, live antibacterial enzymes present in raw honey!
- Fold in the Honey: Pour the raw honey directly into the warm, strained liquid. Stir thoroughly with a wooden spoon until the honey is completely dissolved and forms a rich, glossy, translucent syrup.
- Bottle and Store: Strain the syrup through a fine-mesh sieve into a clean glass jar, discarding the spent solids (or leave a cinnamon stick inside for visual flair!). Seal tightly and store in the refrigerator.
