Fire Cider

Nothing signals fall like my first batch of fire cider. Known for its wild combination of medicinal foods it is the first remedy I use and offer at the first moans of illness. It is extremely powerful and I know it works so well.

Nicknamed "Amish Amoxicillin" or "Herbal Antibiotics" this concoction (or one very much similar) dates back 2,500 years as being documented being used by Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine, who said, "Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” I could not agree more!

Ingredients: Use Organic ingredients!

1 chopped Onion

1 chopped whole Lemon (keep the peel on)

1 chopped whole Orange (keep the peel on)

4 cloves chopped Garlic

Fresh Ginger Root (I don't know how much! 1-2 oz., peeled and chopped.)

Fresh Tumeric Root (I don't know how much! 1-2 oz., peeled and chopped.)

1 Jalapeño (chopped, leave in the seeds)

Handful of Black Peppercorn, 1 tsp cayenne pepper and a pinch of red pepper flakes

Cover ingredients and fill jar with apple cider vinegar.

Allow this cider to sit on the counter for 2-3 weeks. I then move it to my fridge where it keeps long term. I do not drain out the ingredients. When any illness symptoms or low energy start to creep in I take a 1/2 coffee cup of cider (water it down if it is too strong for you to sip on) warmed up with a Tablespoon of a raw honey (do not add honey to bowling liquid, too much heat will break down the honey's medicinal properties). Sip on the cider a a couple times a day. It is spicy, but as it sits and as the apple cider vinegar breaks down the ingredients it actually becomes sweeter.

Fire Cider works because the ingredients are full of antioxidants, flavonoids, vitamins A, E C, B and potassium and are anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory and anti-viral.