The Danger of Having Cold Feet
You’ll never forget the painful bite of cold your toes feel in the dead of winter, or those times you sit piled under wool blankets with a chill to the bone that feels like you’ll never feel the touch of warmth again. What if you were told your cold feet might be more than just a nuisance and that the pain you’re feeling might bite deeper than the bone?
The biggest danger of having cold feet is an underlying health issue that you need to address with your doctor such as an autoimmunity or a nerve condition. One of the most common reasons for having cold feet is simply low blood pressure. With dangerous health concerns aside, cold feet can be easily warmed quickly and naturally.
When you can no longer feel your extremities it would be hard to believe if you were told “There’s a recipe using ingredients in your kitchen that will start a fire inside of you”, but it’s true. Instead of doing jumping jacks to get your blood flowing, try this herbal recipe for Spicy Ginger Tea!
What are the health benefits of Spicy Ginger Tea?
When you are searching for an herbal remedy to warm up your cold feet, you’ll want to look for recipes that contain antispasmodic or cardiac remedy herbs, which relax your muscles and encourage blood flow. To get you started, this Spicy Ginger Tea is everything you need.
The health benefits of Spicy Ginger Tea go beyond the promotion of blood circulation, but for the sake of your cold feet, we will focus on why this tea will warm your toes.
All of the ingredients in this tea are important in the promotion of your blood circulation. The main active ingredient in Spicy Ginger Tea is right in the name, ginger, and that’s thanks to ginger’s active phytocompounds. These active phytocompounds give ginger its thermogenic characteristics, which gives it the blood circulating ability that will warm your cold feet.
Surprisingly, rosemary is an antispasmodic herb that promotes the growth of muscle by relaxing your blood vessels. An added benefit to this is an increase in blood flow which means oxygen and nutrients will be sent to your cold feet and soon after warmth will occur.
Cayenne and cinnamon care spices commonly known for their warming effects. Cinnamon in particular influences what’s known as brown adipocytes which are responsible for thermogenesis, a process where our body uses energy to produce heat rather than storing it to become fat. Cayenne gets its warming abilities from its chemical ingredient capsaicin, which you experience in your mouth when you eat a hot pepper and it is used worldwide medically for blood circulation. Capsaicin also has the special ability to target the area in need of its capabilities and send its healing powers to that specific area.
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There comes a point when the health benefits of this tea aren’t considered benefits and that’s dependent on your circumstances. With that being said, nobody should drink more than 2-3 Spicy Ginger Teas a day for longer than a week regardless of their circumstances. Do not drink this tea if you’re experiencing a high fever or a high heart rate, if you have a heart condition, if you have ulcers or mouth sores, do not drink while using blood thinners, and if you’re pregnant talk to your doctor.
How to Use Spicy Ginger Tea
Spicy Ginger Tea is a lovely-tasting tea with warming effects on the body and is most beneficial when sipped while hot. Drink this tea when your body is in need of some serious warmth or when you feel the symptoms of the seasonal cold/flu. You should feel the warming effects shortly after consumption.
The recipe given below is for a potent 1-cup serving and you shouldn’t drink any more than 2 or 3 servings a day for longer than a week at a time, it’s not recommended for daily use. If strained, you can store the Spicy Ginger Tea in an airtight container, preferably individual mason jars with the proper canning technique, and store it in the fridge or a cold cellar for up to 7 days.
In order to make this tea at home yourself you just need to make a trip to your kitchen, backyard, or, slightly farther, the grocery store. Below are the ingredients you need and where to find them:
Ginger Root – this is an herb you can grow in your backyard. If you don’t have a green thumb or the capability of growing ginger, you can always find it at your local spice shop or grocery store.
Rosemary – you can also grow this herb in your backyard. It’s best used fresh and you can find it at your local grocery store or health food store.
Cayenne – this is a pepper plant you can grow in your backyard, or skip the hard work of processing and go to your local spice shop or grocery store for the powdered spice.
Cinnamon – a tree you will most likely not be able to grow so head to your local grocery store, spice shop, or health food store for cinnamon powder.
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Spicy Ginger Tea Recipe
Ingredients
Ingredients- 1 cup water
- Balanced Gut Tincture (Recommended dosage on label)
- 1 inch of Ginger Root
- 1 sprig of Rosemary
- ⅛ teaspoon of Cayenne Pepper
- ¼ teaspoon of Cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon of Honey (optional)
Note: this recipe may be potent, you are welcome to add another cup of hot water for better enjoyment.
Instructions
- Leaving the skin on, slice 2 coins of ginger from your root. You don’t need the rest of the root.
- Cut 1 inch off the tip of the rosemary sprig, that’s all you need to use.
- Add water, ginger coins, rosemary, MOST of the cayenne pepper, and MOST of the cinnamon to a pot.
- Boil for 3 minutes.
- Turn off the heat and steep for 2 minutes.
- Strain, or feel free to add the ingredients along with the tea to your mug.
- Sprinkle the rest of the cayenne, cinnamon, and tincture drops on top of the tea.
- Add honey to taste.
- Sip it as a potent quick fix or dilute it with hot water for prolonged enjoyment.
The longer you steep the tea, the stronger the ginger flavor. The amount of cayenne might be too spicy for some, so you should use less cayenne if you are sensitive to spices. Feel free to play around with the amount of cinnamon and cayenne. Start with a short dosage, as it’s spicy, and see how your body reacts. Because of the healing properties of this Spicy Ginger Tea, please talk to your doctor before consuming.
Make sure to use Raw Honey. Any others will not have the real nutrients needed.
The tea sounds awesome and simple. Can’t wait to try it.
You mention adding tincture drops at the end. What tincture?