Bronchitis Tea

It has been a while since my last post, but I do have a reason for at least a few of those days. Saturday, as most of you know, was the local home auction extravaganza where we did not actually get the house we bid on. It was a fascinating process, though, and an introduction to the whole world of auctions as a way of life, livelihood and live entertainment. But I digress.

For whatever reason, I got sick on Sunday and it was pretty scarily bad on Monday. As in "I felt like this when I got pneumonia 4 years ago" bad. Mucinex wasn't touching it. And with no fever (yet!) there wasn't much a Dr. could do. I needed some serious get-this-crap-out-of-my-head-and-chest kind of stuff.

Fortunately, I had some. I had about 8 coffee cups of "tea" yesterday made from marshmallow root, hyssop, licorice root and hibiscus flowers. The marshmallow and hyssop are good expectorants. The licorice root is good for my allergic/histamine reactions. The hibiscus has tons of Vitamin C and ｔａｓｔｅｓ　ｌｉｋｅ tangy goodness.

And I feel pretty good today. Not ready to run a marathon - or even hit the elliptical at the gym. But I didn't need a nap after every thing I do now. So, just in case you're wondering, yes there is something you can do between the OTC stuff not working and the Dr. having to give you antibiotics. Bronchitis tea. Who knew?