Yesterday, I hugged one of my girls who was serving as command central for the supply organization squad (I should hire her to rearrange my craft room), and then she said, “I’m hot and thirsty and my throat hurts and the boys took all the water bottles!” Guess what woke me about 3 a.m….
Doc Martin (our Martin, not the one on PBS) to the rescue! I had not yet tried this little sample of linden leaves and buds, but his handwritten prescription for colds and cruds was a cuppa, plus a teaspoon of honey. Done. I put the honey in before trying the leaves straight up, so I don’t have an accurate taste descriptor. For the moment, let’s call it “kind of like chamomile, but not.” At any rate, it’s gentle, sweet, and soothing the rawness. Between that and a backup squad of zinc lozenges, we may have dodged the bullet. Thank you!
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Oh dear! I hope the lime flowers do extra double duty and ward off the cruds!
Your note made me giggle all the time I was reading it. I hope it helped you and apparently you like it enough. Never thought about “kind of like chamomile but not” descriptor, but love it!
I hope the tea helped and find the need to distinguish the TV Dr Martin from the real life quite amusing.
I’m doing a follow-up cup even as we speak. I might upgrade the description to “slightly bitter chamomile,” but the honey fixes that easily!
I am behind—our local PBS is airing the final Doc Martin season, but it’s at a time that isn’t handy for me. Yes, we still do a lot of appointment TV at our house. Remember the days when everybody watched the same show at the same time so you could talk about it the next day instead of having to compare “what season are you on?” notes?
Oh dear! I hope the lime flowers do extra double duty and ward off the cruds!
Your note made me giggle all the time I was reading it. I hope it helped you and apparently you like it enough. Never thought about “kind of like chamomile but not” descriptor, but love it!
I hope the tea helped and find the need to distinguish the TV Dr Martin from the real life quite amusing.
I’m doing a follow-up cup even as we speak. I might upgrade the description to “slightly bitter chamomile,” but the honey fixes that easily!
I am behind—our local PBS is airing the final Doc Martin season, but it’s at a time that isn’t handy for me. Yes, we still do a lot of appointment TV at our house. Remember the days when everybody watched the same show at the same time so you could talk about it the next day instead of having to compare “what season are you on?” notes?