How to Make Ginger Tea and the benefits

This is not my recipe, it is a copy and paste, done so I can find it when I want to make it.

How to Make Ginger Tea

http://complete-health-and-happiness.com/why-you-should-start-drinking-ginger-tea-immediately-how-to-make-ginger-tea/

Ingredients:
1 cup water
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon ground turmeric
Coconut milk, to taste
Raw organic honey, to taste


Directions

• Bring water to boil. Add ginger and turmeric, reduce heat, and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Ginger contains several essential oils that make up its distinct aroma and flavor: zingerone, shogaols, & ginger oils. These oils are powerful anti-bacterial, anti-viral, anti-fungal and anti-parasitic agents. Ginger root promotes healthy digestion, boosts immunity, treats asthma, aids in cardiovascular health, relieves pain and much more.

Ginger Tea Benefits

• Ginger is a very effective remedy for headaches, flu, common cold and even sore muscles.  Due to ginger’s unique substances, it is able to naturally stop pain (preventing prostaglandins from setting off an inflammatory response in the body).

• Regular consumption of ginger tea strengthens the immune system. It contains great amounts of antioxidants that boosts immunity and helps fight off infections.

• Just one cup of tea a day will minimize your chances of stroke, as ginger helps break down fat deposits that block arteries.

• Due to the warming properties of ginger, it improves your blood circulation. Increased blood flow will improve the delivery of vitamins, minerals and oxygen to your body’s cells… aiding in overall health.
• Ginger tea helps destroy the virus’ that cause common colds, cold sores, and influenza.

• Ginger Kills 76% of Lung Cancer Cells in Vivo: For the first time ever, researchers have discovered that not only is ginger extract extremely toxic to lung cancer cells, but it’s metabolites (break-down products) are even more toxic! They observed that 6-Gingerol, a major anti-cancer compound of ginger, was metabolized into 6-gingerdiol inside the cancer cells, and that this metabolite killed up to 76% of the lung cancer cells. Ginger extracts have already shown potent activity against prostate cancer, pancreatic cancer, breast cancer, colon cancer and leukemia in previous lab studies, and this latest research has shed new light on exactly how ginger kills these cancer cells. And this super-herb’s health benefits extend beyond cancer. A recent clinical trial showed ginger improved insulin sensitivity and lowered insulin levels in adults with diabetes. And another study on middle aged women showed ginger to significantly improve memory and cognitive performance!
• Stir in milk and strain tea into a cup. Add honey to taste!
• Article originally posted on LivingTraditionally.com republished with permission
• Source
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24215632
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21849094
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK92775/
• http://www.greenmedinfo.com/search/google-cse#gsc.q=ginger

Homemade Lemonade

This recipe yields 8 cups of lemonade.

1 cup lemon juice
1 cup sugar
1/2 gallon pitcher
Water

Mix lemon juice and sugar in pitcher. Fill the pitcher with water and you are done!

Alternately you can put the sugar and about a cup of water in the microwave for 2 or 3 minutes to make sure all the sugar is dissolved, pour in the pitcher and add ice and water.

This recipe can have the sugar adjusted to your taste, you can use alternative sweeteners (Splenda etc) or even Honey.

for 4 cups:
1/2 cup lemon juice
1/2 cup sugar
4 cups water

for 2 cups:
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/4 cup sugar
2 cups water

for 1 cup:
2 Tablespoons lemon juice
2 Tablespoons sugar
1 cup water

Chai Tea Recipes

Chai is a 5,000-year-old beverage adored by many Eastern cultures, not only for its spicy flavors but also health-enhancing ingredients. It is a good drink for mornings instead of coffee. I really prefer mine without sweetener, but it is customarily served sweet.

I have a few recipes that I have in my recipe database that I found online. I would like to give credit to the source, but have no idea what that is.

Chai Tea Mix

Prep Time: 30 Minutes
Cook Time: 2 Minutes
Ready In: 32 Minutes
Yields: 36 servings

A dry mix for instant Chai tea that you can keep on hand for those frequent Chai tea emergencies. It's also a popular gift.

INGREDIENTS:
1 cup nonfat dry milk powder
1 cup powdered non-dairy creamer
1 cup French vanilla flavored powdered non-dairy creamer
2 1/2 cups white sugar
1 1/2 cups unsweetened instant tea
2 teaspoons ground ginger
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon ground cardamom

In a large bowl, combine milk powder, non-dairy creamer, vanilla flavored creamer, sugar and instant tea. Stir in ginger, cinnamon, cloves and cardamom. In a blender or food processor, blend 1 cup at a time, until mixture is the consistency of fine powder.

To serve: Stir 2 heaping tablespoons Chai tea mixture into a mug of hot water.
--------------------------------------------------------------
Chai Tea, made in more of a traditional method.

Ingredients
Serves 6
8 pods cardamom
2 Tablespoon fresh ginger, peeled and grated
1 stick cinnamon
8 whole cloves
8 peppercorns
4 cups cold water
4 Tablespoon black tea in an infuser (or 6 tea bags)
1 cup milk
2 Tablespoon sugar (or sweeten to taste)

Directions
1.Crack the cardamom pods with the flat part of a knife and combine with the ginger, cinnamon, cloves, peppercorns, and water in a medium pot.
2.Let the spices soak for 1/2 hour, then bring to a boil.
3.Remove from heat and add tea. Let steep for 15 minutes.
4.Strain liquid through a piece of cheesecloth, pressing it out of the spices and tea with a spoon.
5.Return liquid to pot, discarding solids, then add milk and bring to a boil.
6.Remove from heat and add sugar to taste.
7.Bring to a boil twice more with a minute cooling in between.
8.Serve hot in mugs or delicate china teacups.

Serving Size: 1Cup
Amounts Per Serving
Calories 70