Instead of fighting it — warm it out. Here are the three herbs, and exactly how to use them.
Peel 3-4 slices. Boil 10 minutes. Add a spoon of brown sugar. Drink while hot, wrap yourself in a blanket, and sweat gently. Best when the cold is still on the surface — scratchy throat, stiff neck, slight chills.
Not the powder in your spice rack — the rolled bark. Simmer half a stick in water for 15 minutes. This one goes deeper — for when the cold has already moved past the surface and you feel it in your bones.
The white part of a scallion, chopped. Boil with ginger. Sounds like cooking. It is. This is the fastest-acting surface-warmer — releases the exterior, opens the pores. Good for the first 24 hours of a cold.
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