How To Make Spiced Turmeric Milk For Cough + Benefits Of The Ingredients

Thursday, December 7, 2017, 18:41

Turmeric Black Pepper Cardamom Milk: Simple Home Remedy for Cold

how to make spiced turmeric milk for cough

If there is one ailment that modern health care has failed to protect us from, then it is the flu.

Why? Because this unique respiratory problem is caused by millions of different viruses, bacteria, and other microbial particles, including allergens. And you cannot create a vaccine that covers them all.

But don't let that knowledge make you throw down the towel and resign yourself to suffering through at least 2-4 bouts of cough and cold every year. Because in this article we have outlined a simple and effective recipe for spiced turmeric milk that will get rid of your cough in record time, and boost your immunity (if drunk regularly), so you can fight off other invaders throughout the year.

You Will Need:-

1 cup of Milk
1/2 tsp of Turmeric Powder
2-3 Black Peppercorns
1 cracked Cardamom Pod

Serves: 1

Cooking time: 5 minutes

Step 1: Add the ingredients to the pan.

Place a saucepan over medium flame and then add 3 black peppercorns, 1 cardamom pod (split down the center) and 1 cup of milk to it.

Step 2: Add the turmeric powder.

Add ½ a tsp of turmeric powder to the milk and stir the liquid until it turns golden yellow.

Step 3: Heat the milk until it boils over.

Allow the mixture to heat over medium flame until it boils over once. This should take around 3-5 minutes.

Step 4: Strain out the milk in a cup.

Once the spiced turmeric milk is done, strain it out to remove the peppercorns and cardamom remnants from it. Then, allow the solution to rest for a while until it is warm enough to touch.

Drink it while it is warm.

Note: Add a spoonful of honey before serving the milk to children or adults who find the taste to be unbearably disgusting!

The Reason Why Spiced Turmeric Milk is Good for Your Health

Plain and simple turmeric milk is a good enough remedy for cold and cough on its own because turmeric has powerful antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties capable of relieving your sore throat and increasing the mucus flow in your respiratory tract to flush out foreign microbes and particles.

But the reason why spiced turmeric milk has far greater health benefits is because it combines the superpowers of black peppercorns and cardamom with those of turmeric and makes the drink a kryptonite for microbes!

Turmeric + Black Pepper = The Power Couple

Turmeric is a much-loved root in Ayurveda because of its incredible medicinal properties, most of which are derived from its chief constituent, curcumin.

The only problem is that our body doesn't have the mechanism to completely utilize curcumin on its own. That's where black pepper comes in.

Black pepper derives its properties mainly from a compound named piperine. And in the presence of this compound, the bioavailability of curcumin in your body increases by almost 2000%! Talk about the perfect couple.

Benefits of Cardamom in Spiced Turmeric Milk

Cardamom is an odd spice. You either love it or you hate it. And even if you love it, you tend to develop a taste for it only over time. Maybe that's why it is the third-most-expensive spice in the world, after saffron and vanilla!

And the reason why it is an integral part of the spiced turmeric milk is because of its phenomenal effects on the gastrointestinal tract.

Cardamom boosts your metabolism and stimulates your appetite, which is more important when you are sick because loss of appetite is a symptom common to most illnesses.

Plus, studies have shown that consuming cardamom improves your mood. And you can definitely use some of that!