Tomato Tea
By ljcapps
@ljcapps (1925)
United States
May 16, 2007 3:05am CST
My wife and I have been suffering with sever sinus congestion here recently and we have stumbled across a home remedy that I had to share with my friends. As I am sure you have guessed it is "Tomato Tea". We were skeptical at first then we tried it, and surprisingly it didn't taste awful and it actually worked for loosening our congestion. Now it doesn't work for as long as a medication but for those people like myself, who cannot stand taking a pill when there is something out there that is natural, it does work!(or at least it did for us) I cannot take credit for making the recipe that goes to "Jean" so here is the recipe.
After drinking this recipe hot, writes Jean, "Your sinus congestion will disappear REAL fast. All these ingredients not only work on the immediate symptoms, but add plenty of vitamin C to fight a cold, and garlic to fight infection."
Recipe: Add 1 cup tomato juice, 1 tsp chopped fresh garlic, 1/2 tsp of hot sauce, 1 tsp lemon juice, and a pinch or two of celery salt for flavor. Heat ingredients and drink hot.
I was rather stunned by the rapid effect.
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@Norstar (694)
• India
16 May 07
Thanks for this home made remedy.
I am having the same problem. I would try this and see if it helps. From where you got this recipe? Did you invent?
If it works for most of the people then it should find a place in medical books. Because nothing, that is written in the medical books, ever cured me of this ailment.
@Norstar (694)
• India
18 May 07
Thank you so much. I tried the recipe and it did help.
And thank you for giving the link; I would visit the site whenever there some consultation/ remedy is required for an ailment.
I hope you and your wife are keeping better health now. Health is wealth. So take care.
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@petermg (70)
• South Africa
21 May 07
I don't think the tomato has anything to do with the remedy,it is just used to carry the good stuff.
The garlic is an antibiotic as well a an antibacterial. The one that actually does the job is the chillie or pepper sauce,this will definitely help to open congested sinuses.
@ljcapps (1925)
• United States
22 May 07
AS far as nothing to do with the remedy, let me first say that tomatoes are a great source of vitamins which may not assist with the initial effect but those vitamins and antioxidants are helping in the long run. Yes I know that the Tabasco or pepper sauce is the main active ingredient but not many of us here in the U.S. are able to turn the bottle up and give ourselves a few good shakes. Anyone that wants to analyze a home remedy will find that there is always some sort of "carrier" for the effective ingredients. So unless you want to dice up a few cloves of garlic and add them to a shot of Tabasco them down the spicy concoction I would suggest the use of the tomato juice.
@desteny114 (886)
• United States
20 May 09
It sounds got because I suffer from congestion also but I have really bad alergys, I it sound like it would taste great because I love tomatoes.
