This homemade quick Fire Cider recipe is great for boosting your immune system during cold and flu season and has anti-inflammatory properties. Add it to your recipes or drink a shot daily.

quick fire cider recipe

Quick Fire Cider Recipe

As the season shifts into the colder months, it impacts our bodies. Our lymph and circulation begin to respond to the colder weather, giving our bodies the signal to slow down.

This provides an opportunity to invite time for contemplative practices that support your overall well being during the winter months. It is important that our nervous system needs an opportunity to rest and reset for our overall mental, emotional and physical health.

However, the fall tends to be a busy season with the school year in full swing, holidays and family gatherings. Our immune system tends to suffer from lack of rest and eating too much sugar and rich foods.

We tend to be on autopilot and our self care routines go on the back burner. Using your food as medicine can help beat the burnout during this season. Spices like oregano, rosemary, thyme, parsley, cinnamon, ginger, horseradish, turmeric, garlic and onion are powerful in boosting your immunity.

This age-old traditional folk remedy, called Fire Cider, has been touted for boosting your immune system, balancing blood sugar, reducing inflammation and belly fat. This vinegar tincture releases phytocompounds from these medicinal plants. Phytocompounds are known for their strong digestive, antiviral, antiseptic and decongestant properties.

This recipe is based on the renowned herbalist Rosemary Gladstar’s recipe but we add in additional medicinal herbs. I hope this recipe will help support you through the winter months so you can enjoy good health this holiday season!

Because it’s known for it’s anti-inflammatory properties, the health benefits of fire cider are a powerful thing for the body. Make this batch of fire cider for cold season because it’s a great way to boost your immune system with a small amount.

Additionally, it has antifungal properties that eliminate or inhibit the growth of fungi and spores that preserves food. It undergoes a fermentation process.

Herbal remedies will save you money at the drug store and provide a natural way for your body to fight off germs. This traditional recipe will tantalize your taste buds with natural ingredients, many of which you can find in your herb garden.

Nonetheless, you will love this natural remedy to use for colds in the winter months. This homemade Fire Cider recipe is made with fresh ingredients that you can find at your local grocery store.

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Suggested Fire Cider Uses

Take a daily shot during cold and flu season for its immune boosting properties.
Take a shot of fire cider to aid sore throats.
Use as an herbal remedy in salad dressing, soup, stew and savory cocktails or any vinegar based cooking such as sauerkraut.
Add a tablespoon of fire cider to hot tea.

*Please consult your healthcare professional as fire cider can aggravate certain conditions.

Homemade Fire Cider Recipe

Ingredients

*The full, printable recipe is in the recipe card at the bottom of this post.

4 cups of raw apple cider vinegar or unpasteurized apple cider vinegar
1⁄3 cup of fresh ginger root (grated)
1⁄3 cup of fresh horseradish root (optional)
2 tbsp of turmeric powder or 1⁄4 cup of fresh turmeric root
2 hot peppers (Thai peppers, Chile peppers, jalapeno peppers or cayenne pepper)
4-6 fresh garlic cloves
1⁄2 chopped onion
1⁄2 lemon
1⁄2 orange (rind and all)
2 tbsp dried oregano or 1/4 cup of fresh oregano leaves
1 tsp of dried thyme or 2 tbsp of fresh thyme, rosemary, basil, parsley or other fresh herbs of your liking.
2 tsp of black pepper
1⁄4 cup of raw honey or pure maple syrup

Instructions Summary

*The full, printable recipe is in the recipe card at the bottom of this post.

First, fill a clean quart sized mason jar with spices, herbs, lemon, orange, onion and garlic.
Then, pour apple cider vinegar and raw honey into the mason jar. Make sure the raw apple cider vinegar sits an inch above all the
ingredients.
Next, cover the top of the mason jar with a piece of parchment paper, secure the lid and store in a dark place. Let the mixture sit for 4-6 weeks. After the 4-6 week period, remove the strained pulp and use as directed above.

Once you are comfortable making this tincture play with your herbs, spices and the amount of raw honey or pure maple syrup.

Enjoy!!!

About the Author

Maureen Priest, ERYT, is a therapeutic yoga teacher and gentle guide, whose approach has touched thousands of people in her local community over the last two decades with her in person and Zoom classes, teacher training sessions, workshops, events, and retreats. She’s taught and studied many styles of yoga and meditation over the years and is partial to hatha, Forrest, yin yoga, and yoga nidra.

In 2004, she founded MOYO, a Center for Wellbeing. Currently, she is a Yoga Medicine teacher and specializes in teaching therapeutic yoga for mental wellness and self care. She is continuing her studies in positive psychology, brain health, therapeutic yoga, and Chinese medicine. Her ideal client is someone that is ready to make a commitment to improving themselves.

I met Maureen while taking classes at her yoga studio. In taking just weekly yoga classes I’ve strengthened my core, balancing and learned how to calm my mind in my practice and am now taking intermediate classes.

The positive energy I’ve added to my life through the practice of yoga has been enlightening. She’s also become an inspiring friend for which I’m proud to know.

Quick Homemade Natural Fire Cider Cold Remedy Recipe