Colds
Slippery Elm Comfort
Inner bark mixed into a warm, coating drink.
Slippery elm powder stirred into warm water is an old North American throat cup. It is more gruel than tea. Buy sustainably harvested bark — the tree is slow.
- Steep
- 5 min
- Water
- Warm, not boiling
- Caffeine
- None
Taste · Mild maple, porridge, soft
Ingredients
1 cup
- Organic slippery elm inner bark powder1 tsp
- Warm water250 ml
- Raw honey · optional1 tsp
Method
- 1
Whisk powder into a little cool water, then top with warm water.
- 2
Do not boil. Sip slowly.
Why this cup
- A coating sip for a raw throat
- Also used when the stomach feels scraped
- Bland on purpose
Go gently
- Take other medicines an hour apart.
- Sustainable bark only.
- Honey is not for infants. Kitchen comfort, not a treatment.
Steep timer
5:00
