 Hello, welcome back to the tea of the day. Okay, as we are dealing with crazy coronavirus season right now Jets hands. I don't know why I'm doing this. It just felt like it as we're dealing with crazy Corona as we are dealing with this madness right now I want to talk about tea that helps with flu symptoms now obviously we're gonna put a precursor on this because The tea itself can't stop the coronavirus. Nothing along these lines can only a proper antidote for this actual virus is going to do that But what a tea can do and this is the case for pretty much any tea is it can help boost your immune system in a variety of ways now This one is specifically set to deal more with Flu type symptoms and stuff along those lines. So things along the lines from sore throat Respiratory and chest problems and other cold-like symptoms as well some some head problems But these are the main monsters that you want to get in your system when you're dealing with these kind of things or mostly Tea is more about the long game. It's not like I can suddenly go Okay, okay, I had some tea. Everything's good. I'm healthy. Yep. No no virus here That's not how it works. Okay, you can't just suddenly go. Oh, I've had a glass of tea. I'm protected Tea is a cumulative effect. Tea is a long-time burst Booster according to studies and whatnot. You generally have to have the tea every day consistently, you know for months to really get the full benefits out of it So yes, it's going to help you. Yes, these things are good for you, but it's on a long-term game Okay, people you can't just suddenly go. Yes, I had the one glass and everything's great. That's not how the tea works Okay, let's get into the primary Types of herbs and such that are good for these food-like symptoms now The main ones that you've probably heard about are things like ginger peppermint lemon Cayenne pepper actually for cold symptoms is helpful as well Honey, of course is good for these things echinacea. Most everybody knows about echinacea with cold symptoms I just spilled the tea on myself. Ah Okay, I gotta drink some of this tea before I keep talking and shaking my hand about That's done. I'm gonna go hands-free for a second Welcome back to the tea. Okay Let's talk about my tea first. Uh, what I have here is I have actually I've put some cayenne here I've put some ginger. I've got some peppermint. All of these things are good for the flues But I've also added a couple of fun things as well just from my fresh herb garden so I've got some sage some thyme in there and Also threw in some nettle which is also good for these various flu type symptoms Very good for various stomach problems as well as what it's good for a lot and fennel which is also good for um, some things along the lines of uh, throat problems and for stomach problems as well Now a few others that you might not have heard of one of which you probably have because I did a video on it recently turmeric is a monster health booster Now it's an anti-inflammatory and I've heard some things say that You're not supposed to go with the heavy anti-inflammatories such as having ibuprofen or stuff with this corona virus You're supposed to stick with paracetamol or something more along those lines that doesn't have Quite as much of an anti-inflammatory in it if you'd have an aspirin or something along those lines Um, but for these things like I said, they're much lighter in that term It's not like you're suddenly having 500 milligrams of anti-inflammatories in one cup of tea. Okay Like I said, that's not how it works. It's the long game. So you're perfectly okay if you're having this stuff, I think um But a couple other little ones that are Less or known as far as good fighting abilities hibiscus Um, which I wouldn't necessarily want to put in this because it's a fruity tea very fruity. Um Good for a lot of people. Um, I'm not a huge fan of having it by itself. I like other things with it I don't think it would go with good with this tea particularly I'm probably gonna have to try it now. Damn it. Don't do it man. Don't try it. Man. I'm gonna have to it sounds so cool It's not worth it. I don't know. We'll see what happens elderflower or elderberry is a big one That I've heard about um, that is really good for various cold and flu symptoms Licorice root and I already mentioned the nettle, but these are the major ones on my list for the Top 10 essentially. Um, of course At the basic root you also have green tea and white tea Are the main primary types of tea that are good when you're trying to boost the immune system and have various Things that help raise your antioxidants your flavonoids all those wonderful things that tea helps with so I think i'm gonna stop there. I've covered quite a few things. I've spilled enough tea today But yeah, that just gives you a basic ground if there's any majors that you think Um, actually should be covered in this as well. Feel free to let me know in the comment section below about any other Major herbs that you think would uh fit well with this too. I know there are some others But these are the primary ones I know about lemon balms out there as well Hey, you know, there are some others. So yeah, feel free to comment about Any questions you might have or any other herbs you'd like to mention regarding this topic But until next time you'll have a great tea of the day