This tea can be a great tool and help you skip your morning cigarette as its taste is incompatible with the aftertaste of tobacco.
Note: Aids, herbs, remedies, teas, essential oils, etc are all tools. They are not quit smoking methods. Tools can assist you when you’re working on overcoming the real problem: the mental addiction.
How to Use the Ex-Smoker’s Tea
- Drink it first thing in the morning so you can kill your morning craving and stay energized for hours.
- For best results, drink daily for at least a week. One drink is not enough to help you gain all the marvelous benefits this tea has to offer.
- Fair warning: If you drink the tea and then try to smoke just to see if you can, you will be missing the whole point. But if you do want an extra push, this remedy can help you.
- If you feel your hands empty, hold and breathe through a cinnamon stick or a straw while drinking this tea.
- This remedy does not aim to substitute a balanced nutrition.
What You Need
- A pot
- ½ lemon or lime (fresh juice)
- Your favorite cup
- 1 teaspoon of fresh ginger root
- 1 cup of water
- 1 teaspoon of honey
The Recipe: Makes 1 cup
Add 1 cup of water to a pot.
Put the teaspoon of ginger in the pot.
Close the pot and simmer the ginger for 5 minutes.
Pour the ginger water into your cup.
Add the squeezed lemon juice and then add a spoon of honey.
Voila! Enjoy your Ex-Smoker’s Tea.
Why this Tea Can Help You
Ginger Benefits
This herb is a wonderful tonic that billions of people are using every day both as food and medicine.
Fresh ginger root will relieve the dryness of your throat and it will improve your health and your digestion.
Gingerol, the main bioactive compound in ginger, has powerful anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects. It will help you flush out the nicotine toxins from your lungs.
Ginger speeds up the emptying of the stomach and it will put your digestive system at work in the morning.
Lemon Benefits
Lemon has been used for its cleansing properties for centuries.
It is brimming with B-complex vitamins, calcium, and fiber that will boost your immune system and keep you healthy and strong.
What about the cravings?
Lemon provides 187% of your daily recommended serving of vitamin C. And vitamin C can alleviate withdrawal symptoms as severe as those of heroin!
When to avoid this ingredient: At night. Because the acids can damage your tooth enamel overnight.
Pro tip: If you feel your mouth acidic, gargle with baking soda.
Honey Benefits
Honey is the best natural sweetener for your tea and it will help you feel nourished during a craving.
Smoking increases the sugar levels in your blood.
So when you have a craving, your body is asking for nicotine and… sugar!
That’s why you might find yourself eating chocolates or other junk food when you crave a smoke. But honey can help you satisfy your body’s need for sugar without smoking.
Get a natural energy boost that will keep you at the top of your game throughout your day.
Stop the urge to cough while soothing your throat.