DESTROY upper respiratory infections with this FORGOTTEN medieval herb

Whenever you get a sniffle… a cough… or some other symptom of a mild upper respiratory infection… your doc wants you to DRAG yourself into his office…

Just for him to tell you there’s NOTHING he can do for you.

What a scam!

And boy, have times changed from the earliest days of medicine.

Big Pharma HIJACKED our ability to heal ourselves AGES ago…

But before that, you could get recipes for medicines in your kitchen cookbook, right alongside some inspiration for your next meal!

There wasn’t much difference between NOURISHING food and HEALING ingredients!

There’s one green vegetable from medieval times that fits the bill for both FOOD and MEDICINE…

But it’s been altogether IGNORED in this country!

Here’s what too many cooks – and doctors – have forgotten about this European “garden secret.”

Whip up a culinary concoction for head and chest colds

A staple of every European vegetable garden and culinary recipe in the Middle Ages was a leafy green called sorrel (Rumex acetosa) – and not just because of the pleasant sour taste it lent to soups and salads.

Medieval Europeans discovered that this “salad plant” had the ability to calm… cool… dry… and relieve pain… even in the worst of upper respiratory illnesses.

It looks a lot like spinach… but this antioxidant-packed leafy green is uniquely treasured as medicine.

It can be your SAVIOR when it comes to spring allergies… summer cold season… or ANY time of year when an upper respiratory infection might hit.

A 2015 study out of Italy looked at a natural formula that contains sorrel, called Sinupret, which has EIGHT DECADES’ worth of success  under its belt in Germany.

It found that a combination of sorrel with gentian root, elderflower, verbena, and cowslip could improve congestion, headache, swelling, and other symptoms of sinusitis.

And it worked within just TWO WEEKS.

You see, sorrel is high in astringent compounds known as tannins, which can dry up your mucous.

But that’s not all…

Sorrel can even cool you off if you’ve got a fever.

And if you’re coughing… especially if you’ve got one of those dry, unproductive coughs… the antispasmodic character of sorrel can calm your throat and chest down.

It’s also LOADED with vitamins A and C, which helps boost your immunity so you can recover from the infection — not just clear the symptoms.

In fact, that same study found that high concentrations of sorrel literally DEVOURED the infection-causing bacteria (in a process known as phagocytosis).

You might be able to find fresh sorrel leaves at your local farmer’s market… or grow your own… so you can cook with it. Some types of leaves are better eaten raw, while others cooked.

You can find recipes online, as sorrel became a popular ingredient in French nouveau cuisine in the 1960s.

To “salad cures” for colds,

Melissa Young