Alkaline Diet Recipe #8 Garlic and Ginger Tonic Tea

by Ross on May 21, 2006

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Garlic This is another great cleanser, and is brilliant for helping the body to remove toxins. The sweetness provided by the honey is just enough to balance out the other ingredients making this an incredibly refreshing tea.

Garlic & Ginger Tonic Tea

4 cloves of garlic, minced
4 chunks of root ginger, grated
1 lemon, juiced
1/2 teaspoon of honey
a small dash of cayenne pepper

Prepare all ingredients, and place them on a large mug/measuring jug/teapot
Cover with just boiled water and infuse for 15-20 minutes
Strain and drink!

Easy. Try experimenting with other ingredients too like mint, or grapefruit.

{ 5 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Vicodin Detox November 4, 2006 at 9:17 pm: Wow! Garlic is one of the best ways to make food be your medicine. We use it all year round in our soups, sauces, omelets, and pasta dishes. Try it as a specific medicine for sore throats: suck on a clove overnight for it’s localized antibiotic effect. Or a respiratory infection: add fresh minced garlic to a strong broth. Or ear aches: gently infuse olive oil with fresh chopped garlic, strain and cool to blood-warm, then insert oil drops in both ears.
2 JJ Johnson November 22, 2006 at 7:58 am: I ran across your garlic ginger tea and have made it 4 times. in fact im gonna make it tonight. the first sip is rancid, the 2nd sip is bareable, the 3rd sip is okay, 4th is pretty good, the 6th sip is damn great, and the next 50 sips are tasty. The flavors really combine well, love the pepper and honey in the mix. made my wife drink it, now she’s hooked too. took it to work and got weird looks though.

thanks for this GREAT recipe.
3 Ross November 22, 2006 at 8:37 am Twitter: JJ Johnson

Thank you so much for the kind words and for contributing to the blog!

I am really glad you like the tea! You are spot on with the sip/enjoyment factor - it does take a couple of sips to get going!

Anyway, thanks again and have a great day.

Ross
4 Drug Treatment November 27, 2006 at 6:41 pm: You know that in the televised cartoon shorts, before he used spinach as a source of superhuman strength, comic book character Popeye’s ancestor Hercules would sniff fresh bulbs of unpeeled garlic.
5 Riki April 2, 2007 at 10:02 am: I’ll have to try this! I think I’ll try it with Pure Maple syrup instead of honey to make it even more alkaline! thanks!