The immune booster - ginger shot to make yourself

Simple recipe with great effect

Whether in the cold season or on warm summer days, it's never the wrong time to strengthen your immune system. In addition to grandma's traditional home remedies, homemade drinks such as the "ginger shot" are also very trendy - and rightly so! We show you the advantages of ginger shots, their effect and how you can easily copy the recipe.

Why is the ginger lemon shot so healthy?

Enjoy a shot glass (4cl) Ginger Shot every morning and support your immune system from the inside out. The multitude of advantages make the shot an absolute health drink:

• Strengthening of the immune system and defences

• The minerals it contains prevent or counteract deficiency symptoms

• Very high content of vitamin C

• Anti-inflammatory effect on the throat and throat

• Help with cold and cold symptoms

• Expectorant, analgesic & relieves coughing

• The shaft materials and essential oils contained in it free the respiratory tract

Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects were attributed to ginger in traditional Chinese medicine. However, the root tuber was not only prescribed to treat rheumatism, muscle pain, heartburn or colds, but also to stimulate intestinal function, gastric juice and salivation. If you want to enrich your shot with turmeric: The golden tuber is considered a natural antibiotic in Ayurvedic medicine.

The lemon is also a real silver bullet as it is packed with healthy ingredients such as vitamin C (actually up to 50 mg of vitamin C per 100 grams of lemon), potassium, calcium and magnesium. The substances contained contribute to the support of the immune system. Vitamin C also improves iron absorption in the body, which is essential for a strong immune system. Last but not least: the honey! In addition to vitamins such as vitamin C and thiamine, it contains anti-inflammatory enzymes, trace elements and minerals such as iron, zinc, copper, potassium and sodium. The antioxidants it contains can have a positive effect on heart health and lower blood pressure.

The recipe: ginger-lemon shot

Ginger shots are now available in almost every supermarket. Unfortunately, the ingredients are not always clearly visible and usually much too expensive. You can easily make your own ginger drink:

Ingredients for about 10 ginger shots (about 500ml)

• 100g fresh (organic) ginger

• 2 (organic) lemons or 200ml (organic) lemon juice

• 2 (organic) oranges

• Liquid sweetness: 50 ml honey or agave syrup

• 100 ml naturally cloudy apple juice

• 1 tsp turmeric (optional)

1. First, peel the ginger sparingly with a spoon (if you use organic ginger, just rinse the peel once) and then grate it on a moistened ceramic grater. Keep turning the tuber a little and grating it from different sides so that more pulp remains on the grater than the fibers. If you would like turmeric in your shot, then proceed with the tuber as described above (careful: your fingers will turn orange if you are not wearing gloves!).

2. Now squeeze the lemons and oranges and mix them with the apple juice, honey or agave syrup in a blender/hand blender. Then add the grated ginger and turmeric to the blender jar and stir.

3. If you don't want any fibers or pulp in your shot, pass the liquid through a fine sieve or let the liquid sit for a few hours until the heavy particles settle to the bottom.

4. Now you can fill your healthy miracle drink into small bottles (sterilized with boiling water). The ginger drink will keep in an airtight container in the fridge for about 4 days.

Our tips:

• Instead of lemons, you can also use other citrus fruits, such as tangerines or blood oranges.

• Do you like to drink homemade lemonade on sunny days? Then add a dash of ginger lemon shot to your drink.

• Turmeric stains everything but your teeth. This means that using it with the orange bulb will stain your kitchen utensils, clothes and fingers. Unsightly stains on clothing and kitchen appliances will disappear on their own if you leave them in direct sunlight.

• Caution during pregnancy: Excessive consumption of ginger can trigger contractions early! However, mothers who are breastfeeding benefit from the miracle root, as ginger stimulates milk production.