Sassy Southern Curls

The flu has been cruel the past few months, claiming the lives of many including  63 children. By now many of us know at least one person who has caught the flu. Point blank...it's been a bad flu season.  We tend to be proactive in our household by taking daily vitamins/supplements and treating symptoms as they come up. Last month though I was battling a sore throat that just would not go away..until I discovered homemade ginger tea. I initially pinned a couple of posts on Pinterest but took to YouTube to see how one could actually make the tea. I ended up on Elderberry Creek Farm's channel and found a great diy video .  I high tailed to the store and to get fresh ginger and lemons.  In less than an hour, I had my own homemade ginger tea. I replaced the cayenne pepper with turmeric though. I drunk the tea every 3 hours and within 24 hours my sore throat was GONE. When my husband developed a sinus infection a few weeks later I whipped up another batch of the tea. Gra