Tuesday, February 6, 2007

zap your cold with elderberry


Hooked on Robitussin or Tylenol to battle your cold? Try this holistic approach with elderberry tea. "To prepare a medicinal tea, two to three teaspoons of dried elder flowers are simmered in one-half cup of boiling water for 10 minutes. Two to three cups of this tea may be safely consumed in a day," according to Winston J. Craig, Ph.D., R.D. Save the trip to the drugstore.

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