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Fire Cider. My first year in Finland I had the flu 3 times! But this 2nd year I haven’t gotten sick at all, and I think its mostly because I stopped eating dairy during cold months and I drink shots of Fire Cider if I start feeling cold. If you’ve never made Fire Cider, try it, its delicious! Its warming to the digestive system and stimulates your immune system by making you sweat. This is great for early stages of cold trying to enter your body. When digestion is weak & cold your body produces Dampness which can lead to mucous and runny nose. Dairy is cold and damp, so further weakens a weak digestive fire. This is why avoiding dairy and drinking Fire Cider helps someone like me (tendency to feel cold with weak digestion) during cold months. If you are someone who has a hot firey constitution then Fire Cider might be too warming for you. There are many variations on recipes but here is the recipe I use: 1/2 cup fresh ginger root, 1/2 cup fresh horseradish, 1 onion, 12 garlic cloves, 1 fresh lemon juiced, 2 TBSP dried rosemary, 1 TBSP tumeric powder, apple cider vinegar. Let sit one month in refrigerator and shake daily. Strain and add honey to taste. YUM.

Sweet Black Sesame Honey Balls… In Chinese Medicine black sesame seeds are eaten as medicine. They nourish liver & kidney yin, and moisten dry intestines. Black sesame seeds are sweet and neutral in temperature. Liver & kidney yin deficiency can manifest as hair loss, early grey hair, dizziness, loose teeth, fatigue, blurry vision. So eating black sesame seeds will help those symptoms. Honey further moistens the intestines. So if you have dry constipation, these sweet little black balls are for you. Recipe: Dry roast black sesame seeds in frying pan until you can smell the aroma. Let cool, then grind into a powder. Add honey and form into small balls. I use about 3 TBSP honey per half cup of sesame seeds. Then roll the balls in black sesame seeds to coat them. Put in refrigerator to firm up. Afterwards they do not need to be refrigerated. 1 gram of black sesame seeds contain 85 mg of calcium. 1 cup of whole cows milk (240 grams) contains 300 mg of calcium. By comparison, 240 mg of black sesame seeds contains 20400 mg of calcium!!