Chinese Cold remedies recipes

So with the cold weather setting in here in China, I'm already getting more than a fair shares worth of colds. I like to turn to a few of the traditional Chinese home remedies to treat rather than the dreaded hospital visits and antibiotic drips. A favourite for me coz it tastes so damn nice is "ginger coca cola"... And its so easy even i can do it. Chop up some ginger, add it to the coca cola and bring to boil, simmer for about 10 minutes, stirring to check it doesn't caramalize. DRINK, whilst hot( careful not to burn yourself) Delicious, clears the sinuses and warms you up. Its even popular here just as a winter drink in restaurants. It really warms you up. Its also pretty effective for upset tummies. It is an ancient traditional recipe, but obviously years ago they used brown sugar not coca cola 😉. The other useful and tasty remedy is "steamed pears with rock sugar". This is for chesty coughs etc. Now I've never seen rock sugar before I came to China so I don't know how available it is? It looks like big lumps of crystal. Anyway dice the pear and put into a small bowl with quite a few pieces rock sugar. Stand the bowl into a saucepan with about an inch of water in it and bring to the boil, lower to a simmer and put the lid on. Steam for about 10 -15 minutes. Carefully and skillfully remove bowl from within saucepan, eat and enjoy ( careful... Very hot). The rock sugar melts through the steaming pear making a tasty syrup. Apart from the fact that both these recipes are tasty, they do in fact seem to be quite effective. Disclaimer : these are just recipes i find useful and recommended by friends. Use with your own discretion.

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