There are quite a few recipes for colds, which include cognac. Despite the fact that doctors are very skeptical of this method of treatment, cognac with honey has helped many people get rid of cough, runny nose, sore throat and even inflammation of the genitourinary system. Consider how to prepare a medicinal drink. We offer several time-tested recipes.
The benefits of cognac
A high-quality drink, consumed in moderation, can bring great benefits to human health. It has quite powerful vasodilating properties, due to which the headache passes, blood circulation and supply of all organs with nutrients improve. In addition, it is a good remedy for insomnia, which helps to reduce nervous tension. With its help restore mental balance and get rid of depression.
This brandy contains a lot of useful components that were obtained from grapes and oak during cooking. This drink perfectly stimulates the immune system and improves health. Cognac in small doses is recommended to use as an aperitif. It allows a person to recover quickly enough after a long illness. It also relieves pain in joint pain.
Cold action
This drink acts on the body as a diaphoretic. Even doctors say the benefits of honey with cognac. After a sick person drinks cognac, he immediately feels a surge of heat. After a while, he begins to sweat. Thanks to this, toxins are eliminated from the body. In addition, this drink has bactericidal properties and perfectly fights pathogenic microflora of the stomach. To enhance the effect, cognac is usually mixed with lemon juice, honey, berries, spices. Also important is its quality that it anesthetizes an irritated throat with a cold and acts in the oral cavity as a bactericidal agent.
Contraindications
But not everyone can use cognac treatment. For example, if a patient has hypertension, then alcohol-containing products can harm him. In addition, do not conduct cognac treatment during pregnancy, especially in the first and last trimesters. Also, it can not be used by people with diabetes. If a person takes antibiotics, cognac therapy will not suit him.
It should be borne in mind that during treatment, any alcoholic beverages are consumed in very limited quantities. You can not use them uncontrollably. Otherwise, instead of benefit, you can get hurt. The patient will not only worsen his condition and delay the recovery process indefinitely, but will also receive new problems. The fact is that during this period the body is extremely weakened, and the work of the liver is aimed at combating toxins secreted by microbes. Therefore, it is extremely unreasonable to load internal organs with alcohol-containing products.
What can be added to cognac
In the treatment of colds, the following products are added to this drink:
- Excellent brandy with black pepper. About a quarter teaspoon of pepper from a bag is poured into a regular glass designed for this drink. The patient feels the fever that this remedy causes. The fact is that pepper also has vasodilating properties. In addition, it contains a lot of vitamin C.
- At the first sign of a cold, you can make black tea and add no more than ten grams of cognac to it. You can not use coffee instead of tea, since this drink does not have the necessary therapeutic components that are present in tea.
- Cognac with honey, along with aloe, proved to be good for coughing. This plant has powerful immunostimulating properties and is used in many recipes of traditional medicine. Squeeze juice from a thick sheet through cheesecloth and add it to cognac. Drink the mixture in an amount not exceeding ten or fifteen grams, and not more than two times a day.
- You can use cognac with milk in the treatment of tonsillitis, rhinitis and bronchitis. To prepare the composition, you need half a glass of milk, a small amount of honey and ten grams of cognac. The mixture is heated over low heat until the honey dissolves. Doctors advise drinking this remedy before bedtime.
You can use cognac with honey and lemon juice. In addition, traditional healers recommend preparing this drink with other components that have anti-inflammatory properties.
Industrial brandies with honey
In the store you can find alcoholic beverages with the addition of honey. For example, brandy with Jivan honey, which is produced in Armenia, has proven itself perfectly. According to connoisseurs, the aroma of this drink has shades of chocolate and vanilla. It is recommended to drink with coffee. Jivan cognac has a pleasant amber hue, which is very popular with customers.
There is another popular domestic alcoholic drink - Elder cognac with honey. According to buyers, it has a fairly mild flavor and honey aroma. The disadvantages of this cognac include a sweet, slightly sugary taste and a pungent smell of alcohol when opening the bottle.
Cognac when coughing
It can be used in its pure form without adding any components. For example, some users advise at the first sign of a cold or after severe hypothermia just drink no more than fifty milliliters of cognac before going to bed and go to bed. In the reviews, they note that the drink warms perfectly and causes perspiration, due to which the toxins exit through the skin and urine. However, the greatest effect is obtained if you mix cognac with lemon, ginger or honey.
If for some reason you can’t drink pure cognac with additives, you can prepare weakly brewed black tea and add a mixture of cognac with various components to it. This option is suitable even for those people who have any diseases of the internal organs. Keep in mind that the product must be of exceptionally good quality. For example, you can use the Elder with Honey cognac. Otherwise, instead of recovering, the patient will receive new problems in the form of headache and nausea. It is not recommended to drink the medicine in one gulp. The best option would be dosed in small sips.
Warm cognac with honey
To prepare the drug, the alcoholic beverage is heated to a temperature of sixty degrees. It is recommended to use a water bath. It is done quite simply: the drink is poured into a glass jar and put in a pot of water. Next, the pan is sent to the oven and heated over low heat. The heated drink is poured into a cup and a teaspoon of honey is added. You can also use ready-made cognac "Jivan with honey." It is advisable to drink lemon without mixing it with a drink. The resulting composition has the property of lowering body temperature and significantly improving the well-being of the patient.
With walnuts
Tincture of walnuts on cognac helps to cope even with the most protracted and chronic cough. To prepare it, several peeled kernels are crushed, placed in a glass jar and poured with an alcoholic drink. The composition must be infused for at least twenty-four hours. After cooking, the nuts are not removed, but eaten with a spoon, washed down with cognac. Thanks to walnuts, the healing process is noticeably accelerated. They contain a large amount of vitamin A, which contributes to the healing of damaged tissues of internal organs. If desired, a small amount of honey can also be added to the composition.
With pepper and honey
The recipe in which brandy is mixed not only with honey, but with hot red pepper, has proven itself perfectly. The proportion of cooking will be approximately as follows: for one standard glass of cognac (no more than 50 milliliters) you will need a full teaspoon of honey and red hot pepper on the tip of a knife. The components are thoroughly mixed and drunk in one gulp.
Cognac with milk
In this recipe, for one glass of warmed milk, only one tablespoon of brandy is used. After the components are mixed, drink the drink in small sips. A small amount of honey is also added to the composition. Like other products with cognac, it is recommended to use it at night. Warm milk has a light sleeping pill, it soothes and relaxes perfectly. As a rule, after this medication the patient sleeps fast enough and practically does not wake up in the middle of the night to cough.
Depending on the intensity of the disease, the composition can be used during the day, but no more than twice a day. This is a fairly high-calorie drink that will give strength to the patient and support a weakened body.
With honey and black tea
There are many recipes for cognac with lemon and honey. This uses high quality black tea. It should not be too strong. Enough half a teaspoon of tea leaves per cup of boiling water. Next, a small amount of cognac, honey and a slice of lemon are added to the glass. The drug is drunk in small sips, seizing a lemon. Keep in mind that honey should not be added to a hot drink. It contains biologically active substances that are destroyed by high temperature.
Cold Prevention
With the help of cognac, you can protect yourself from acute respiratory infections. Experts advise using the following cognac recipe for honey. As soon as a person feels that he is getting sick, he should drink a warming drink. To do this, brandy with honey is added to hot black tea. The resulting mixture is drunk in small sips, so as not to burn yourself. Many users in their reviews recommend taking off excess clothing before taking such a medicine. This is to make it easier to tolerate sweating. Under the action of cognac, the vessels expand, blood circulation improves. Thus, a person warms up, and his organs receive sufficient nutrition.
Thanks to the alcohol contained in cognac, the beneficial components of honey and lemon penetrate much more actively through the walls of the stomach into the blood. As a result, the body receives a sufficient amount of vitamin C, which stimulates the immune system. Doctors advise using black tea when preparing the medicine. It contains tannins that will help protect against colds.
Homemade healing drink
How to make cognac with honey for colds at home? This drink is made on the basis of moonshine with the addition of oak bark or wood chips. After the moonshine is completely cleaned and ready for use, crushed oak bark and honey are added to its composition. The ratio of components is taken arbitrarily, depending on the taste. Next, a container of homemade cognac is sent to infuse in a dark, warm place for one week. The mixture is periodically removed and shaken. After the set time, homemade cognac with honey is filtered through double gauze and consumed in an amount of 50 milliliters two to three times a day.
This drink will help to avoid colds, flu, sore throats and other unpleasant diseases that most often attack a person in the winter and in the off-season. Doctors warn that cognac with honey and lemon should be treated as a medicine. Uncontrolled intake will lead to undesirable results, and instead of strengthening the immune system, it will weaken.