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The 10 most healing drinks for colds
Last reviewed: 01.07.2025
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Winter cold is already on the doorstep, so the risk of hypothermia and catching a cold is high. To avoid getting sick on the eve of the New Year holidays, remember these ten healing drinks that will help nip the disease in the bud without using potions and pills.
Tea with honey and lemon
If you are chilled to the bone, quickly brew a weak green or black tea with honey and lemon. Just do not put honey and lemon in boiling water - this kills all their useful properties.
Tea with raspberries and linden
Dry linden blossoms and dry raspberries with leaves are a wonderful drink that has anti-inflammatory and diaphoretic properties. Moreover, such tea smells very aromatic. You can also use raspberry jam.
Rosehip decoction
Rose hips are very rich in vitamin C, have a choleretic and diaphoretic effect. Dry fruits should be crushed and poured with boiling water, then let it brew and leave overnight in a thermos. Some add honey or Cahors wine to a cup of decoction. This healing drink should be taken half an hour before meals three or four times a day.
Cranberry or lingonberry juice
Lingonberries and cranberries are valuable helpers in the fight against colds, they have bactericidal properties. The berries need to be ground with sugar and poured with warm water.
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Milk with mineral water
Hot milk with added mineral water is an excellent remedy for coughs, which helps to remove phlegm.
Milk with garlic
It may not be the most pleasant drink, but it is very useful. It is better to drink it at night. Garlic has a bactericidal effect. 10 drops of garlic juice are added to warm milk and the drink is ready.
Dried fruit decoction
Nowadays, dried fruit compotes have given way to all sorts of drinks that don't need to be cooked, but can simply be bought. And it's a shame, because a dried fruit decoction can alleviate cold symptoms and, in general, it has general tonic properties. First, you need to boil the pears and apples for half an hour, then add the prunes, and before the end of cooking (five minutes), throw in dried apricots and raisins.
Tea with ginger and lemon
This tea will warm you up and relax you. To make it, mix honey, lemon juice and a little crushed ginger root, and add a pinch of cinnamon at the end.
Mulled wine
Mulled wine is a very healthy, tasty and wonderfully warming drink. To prepare it, you will need 0.5 liters of dry red wine, a pinch of nutmeg, half a teaspoon of cinnamon, one teaspoon of ginger and about three tablespoons of sugar. Mix the spices in 100 ml of water, bring this mixture to a boil and let it brew for 10 minutes. Then strain and add to the wine, not forgetting the orange slice. Bring it all to a boil (but do not boil) and add honey to taste. Drink hot, preferably in a warm bed.
Echinacea tea
An excellent remedy for colds isechinacea tea. It has immunomodulatory properties and increases vitality. It is prepared very simply: one tablespoon of echinacea flowers is poured with boiling water, infused for 20 minutes and drunk three times a day before meals.