What are the best cold and flu teas?

CIRENCESTER, U.K. - Nov. 14, 2021 - PRLog -- Every year the cold and flu season in the UK is affecting millions of people and putting pressure on the NHS.

When you fall ill with a cold or the flu, one of the first recommendations from medical professionals is to drink more fluids.

While water and other drinks are crucial to your recovery, most people reach for tea to fight the symptoms and speed up the recovery.

But what is the best tea to fight cold and flu?

When you are ill you want something that work, soothes your pains and aches and tea can really be a very valuable helper in this process. The only thing is – which of the many herbal teas on offer is the best to aid your recovery from cold and flu like symptoms?

We are going to have a look at different herbal teas and how the aid your recovery process. But first a general look at how tea helps you through the cold and flu season.

How do teas help with cold and flu?

As a warm liquid tea alleviates your throat and is mucus-dissolving. It also increases antibacterial properties that help curing colds. By adding some honey to your tea, it helps to soothe coughing and adding lemon in your tea, will give you a boost of vitamin C, and help you fighting your cold.

You may think all teas are the same when it comes to helping with recovery from a cold or the flu, this is not the case. Some teas contain properties that give the immune system a boost and get rid of bad germs.

In that case, these are the teas you should drink while you're sick with a cold or the flu:

Peppermint Tea
Chamomile Tea
Echinacea Tea
Ginger tea
Elderberry
Green tea
Hibiscus tea
Nettle tea
Special Cold and Flu teas

Find out more about each of this teas teas to fight cold and flu symptoms please read our blogpost on cold and flu teas (https://nature-design.org/what-are-the-best-teas-to-help-... ) to find out the properties of each tea mentioned above.