AMMUNITION for AUTUMN ILLNESS
The change of weather is imminent. The temperature is dropping and the wind is rising even though the humidity is clinging on. It’s time to be a little careful of those change-of-season lurgies. The ones that strike you down just when you think your health could not be better.
THE KUZU PEARS HOME REMEDY
My home remedy for all things chesty – particularly (but not necessarily) when they hit in Autumn – is good old “KUZU PEARS WITH GINGER” (& umeboshi paste as well if you have some lying around).
INGREDIENTS
The PEARS de-congest and moisten the lungs while the GINGER invigorates them and the UMEBOSHI functions as a natural antibiotic. The KUZU lines your large intestinal tract: all the better to keep it cool and facilitate elimination – particularly elimination of all the toxic by-products of fighting illness.
METHOD: ever so easy
- pre-grate some peeled, fresh GINGER – as much as you think you would like
- stew a couple of (preferably unpeeled) PEARS – cut however you prefer – in a small amount of water
- as they are cooking, dissolve a heaped teaspoon of KUZU in minimal cold water
- add the KUZU & water to the stewing PEARS, stir it through
- then throw in the grated GINGER
- keep gently stirring the mix as it goes a little opaque and then clear – but with a thicker, more viscous consistency
- when the PEARS are cooked to your satisfaction, take the saucepan off the heat
- measure out 1/2 >> 1 teaspoon of UMEBOSHI paste and add to the mix
NOTE: the umeboshi usually needs to be actively broken up and spread throughout the mix
The best thing about this home remedy, is that it tastes really good.
EVEN SMALL CHILDREN LIKE IT!!
(Although usually with rather less ginger or umeboshi.)
