Some of my favorite herbal recipes come from Rosemary Gladstar's Medicinal Herbs. This is one of my must have home remedies for the winter months. It seems like each person in my family responds to a virus in different ways. I have one child that always gets a sick stomach and throws up. Another that gets fevers. And then there is me, I always get it in my throat! I made and started using this sore throat spray last year and now I can't live without it. At the onset of a dry or sore throat I start spraying it with this every hour or sometimes more frequently depending on how I feel. During the night it works great on those dry hacking coughs that keep you up all night. Also use for strained throat, tonsillitis, strep throat or any kind of throat condition, I've even used it as a breath freshener!
The Recipe
This is the original recipe from the book, but I tweak it below, using echinacea glycerite rather than the tincture and I like my peppermint strong so I added a few more drops of essential oil.
1/4 cup echinacea tincture
1/8 cup vegetable glycerine or honey
1/8 cup water
1-2 drops of peppermint essential oil
Annie's Version
1/4 cup echinacea glycerite (follow instructions here, to make your own)
1/8 cup distilled water
6-8 drops peppermint essential oil or Thieves oil
Mix ingredients thoroughly and pour into a spritzer bottle. Spray as often as needed.
1/4 cup echinacea tincture
1/8 cup vegetable glycerine or honey
1/8 cup water
1-2 drops of peppermint essential oil
Annie's Version
1/4 cup echinacea glycerite (follow instructions here, to make your own)
1/8 cup distilled water
6-8 drops peppermint essential oil or Thieves oil
Mix ingredients thoroughly and pour into a spritzer bottle. Spray as often as needed.
Where Do I Get Ingredients to Make This
Mountain Rose Herbs carries herbal tinctures and glycerites as well as herbs and vegetable glycerine so you can make your own. Bulk Herb Store also carries herbs and vegetable glycerine. I always choose between these two online stores because I trust them to only carry organic, high quality products. Make sure the essential oil you use is 100% genuine and pure.
