Dont get (as) sick

Teaching these past two weeks in an inner city high school has taken a toll on my system. So I want to share my favorite remedy.

My first Art of Living teacher, Mark Ball, once showed me a recipe for staying healthy that I use to this day; every time I feel sickness coming on.

• Take a piece of ginger about the size of your thumb, peel, and chop.
• Boil the ginger in a medium to large covered pot on a low boil for about an hour. It will reduce a bit and become much more potent.
• At some point (I havent found the timing to make much difference) squeeze in a full lemon.
• When its done boiling pour into a cup and add a fair amount of honey
• (Variations using black pepper and other ingredients exist, however, ginger, lemon, and honey taste intense enough by themselves, and seem to work just as well for me.)
  

The key seems to be to catch the sickness early. For me its a raw feeling in the back of my throat. If I drink this tonic as soon as I feel the symptoms, I am able to keep the worst effects of the sickness away. In the 7 years since I learned this trick, I have only been really sick a couple of times.