Boost your immunity with Sadhguru’s ginger recipes

Sadhguru considers ginger as a wonderful immune system booster, making it a well-known treatment for colds and flus. And since it helps calm symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection, it also works on coughs, sore throats and bronchitis. His blog post on Isha Foundation website, states that ginger has thermogenic properties, which can warm up the body in the cold and promote healthy sweating. This type of sweating, which helps to detoxify the body and assist in releasing cold symptoms, has also been shown to fight off bacterial and fungal infections.

According to Sadhguru's post, Ayurvedic texts consider ginger to be one of the most important herbs available, to the extent of describing it as an entire medicine chest in itself. Ayurvedic practitioners prescribe ginger as a powerful digestive aid since it fuels digestive fire, whets the appetite, and clears the body’s microcirculatory channels. This helps to improve the assimilation and transportation of nutrients to targeted body tissues. Ginger is also used in Ayurveda as a remedy for joint pain, nausea and motion sickness.

Beat ginger and crush it to extract the juice. Leave the juice for 15 minutes in a glass container. Leave the sedimentation, and store the clear juice in a refrigerator for 5-6 days. Mix 2 tsp of this ginger juice with 2 tsp of honey, and consume it every morning on an empty stomach. It can be consumed for 48 days once every 6 months.

According to Sadhguru, this healthy tea will leave you feeling fresh and invigorated, without the side effects of caffeine. Boil 4.5 cups of water in a saucepan. As the water boils, crush a 2-inch piece of fresh ginger with about 25 - 30 Tulsi (Holy Basil) leaves. Add the paste to the boiling water, along with 2 tsp of dried coriander seeds (optional). Continue to boil for 2 - 3 minutes. Strain the tea into cups and add 1 tsp of lime juice and jaggery to taste. Serve hot!

Peel a quarter of a watermelon, deseed, and chop roughly. Toss the watermelon pieces into the jar of a blender and add 1 inch ginger, crush and add to the jar. Add 1/4 cup mint leaves, salt, pepper powder, and 2 tbsp honey. Blend everything together until smooth, then pass the contents through a strainer. Pour the juice into glasses and serve.

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