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Jean's Tomato Tea Still Works Every Time!

Mrs P (Colorado) on 05/21/2022
5 out of 5 stars

Jean's Tomato Tea has worked every time! I keep coming back to this looking for the recipe, you would think I would keep it somewhere handy!

I use tomato juice, 2 garlic crushed, 2 T lemon juice, a dash of cayenne and 2 T honey. Simmer gently.

Usually 2 cups is good to clear things up. By the 3rd day I'm so much better, and no longer craving tomatoes and garlic ;-).

Alternatives to Tomato Tea

Cheryl (Ny) on 09/21/2020
5 out of 5 stars

Alternatives for tomato tea.

Greetings, Having RA especially triggered by tomatos (which I love) I have managed to come up with alternative solutions.

My first line of defense is 1 tbls. 2x a day of collodial silver. coconut oil in my nose and ears. Best thing for respiratory I have found would be Ted's tea made with Mullein and lobelia with maybe a few drops of ceyenne pepper. Lemon and manuka honey warmed in cup of water. Always have the vaporizer with food grade h2o2 going. Spray back of throat with fd. grade h202 and inhale. No flu or colds in 6 years. Used to get bronchitis 2x a year along with husband. Grandchildren have visited with strep at least 4x infecting parents and friends while my husband and I remained healthy.

Jean's Famous Tomato Tea

Margaret (Sussex) on 09/21/2020
5 out of 5 stars

I have made a version of Jean's Tomato tea for many years for colds with mainly the same ingredients. I love her addition of lemon juice for alkalizing (?). I agree, the more hot sauce or cayenne pepper and garlic you add the better! It is very soothing and breaks up mucus fast. Garlic is great for immune boost.

Jean's Famous Tomato Tea Recipe for Colds

Sarah (Asheville) on 11/15/2017
5 out of 5 stars

Wow!! My mom used to make us a similar soup when I was a child when we were sick, but I don't think she added hot sauce! It DOES WORK. I CRAVE tomato sauce and garlic whenever my immune system is fighting a bug, so I am not surprised to read it helped so many people. Can't wait to make this hot sauce version of it..

Tomato Tea for Colds

Marilyn Jones (Wisconsin) on 11/07/2017
5 out of 5 stars

I made the tomato tea when I caught a cold a few days ago and it definitely helped the general feeling of weakness and also cleared my sinuses really fast. Yummy and medicinal.

Tomato Tea for Colds

Armadillo17 (Chicago, Il) on 01/28/2017
5 out of 5 stars

Jean thanks so much for this tea! I waited until just before serving to add the lemon because I read somewhere that vitamin C is destroyed by cooking. It relieved my symptoms almost immediately! Fantastic!

Sinus Infection Feeling Better After Drinking Tomato Tea

Michelle (Pampa, Texas) on 10/29/2016
5 out of 5 stars

I've suffered for the past week with an allergy attack that has now evolved into a sinus infection. Dry, nasty coughing fits that makes people think I'm about to puke; Sore throat; nasal congestion; major sinus pressure; headaches.

I've little to no sleep the past few nights despite using some OTC Sinus med. I refuse to go to the Dr and be put on another antibiotic.

I can across this site early this morning and found the Tomato Tea recipe. Luckily, I had all the ingredients on hand.

After sipping about 6 oz of the tea, I can breathe! I can still feel some pressure in the cavity but this is a MAJOR improvement in a very short time.

I will continue with the Tomato Tea, ACV, probiotics and tons of fluids.

You now have a faithful new follower!!

Tomato Tea for Colds

Medina (England, Uk) on 02/13/2014
5 out of 5 stars

This stuff is working as I type. I'm down with a cold at the moment & thought I'd try this, and I'm happy to say it works. I can breathe through both nostrils again. :) I tinkered with the recipe a little, by adding a chopped onion, softened in a little olive oil, & some turmeric, black seed (nigella), black pepper & cumin. The result tastes really great which is an added incentive to keep drinking the stuff until cured. Many thanks for sharing this useful recipe.

Re: Tomato Tea for Colds

Lilly (Chacago,il) on 12/01/2013
5 out of 5 stars

The first time I halved a tomato, but because I had no lemon, orange juice, ect I skipped that part. I didn't have any garlic, so I used Minced onion instead Ii used chili powder as well. I sprinkled that on the halved tomato and ate it, it tasted weird but worked instantly.

The second time (not long after the first) I used vegetarian vegable soup, with the same things as last time only warmed it in the micwowave for one minute. Worked just as well

Jean's Tomato Tea Remedy For Colds

Candance (Nebraska) on 09/07/2015
5 out of 5 stars

I get a cold at least once a year and when I do it always goes to my lungs and takes about a month to go away.

So when I got a cold last week I tried Jean's Tomato Tea. And within a day my head had cleared up. I drank the tea three times a day for three days and now my cold is basically gone. I always dreaded it when I got a cold. Now I have a way to knock it right out. Thank you!!

I might add, I had just canned tomatoes so instead of using V8. I opened up a jar of tomatoes and put them in the blender with some fresh jalapenos, garlic (I used more than the recipe called for) squirt of lemon juice and some seasonings.

Tomato Tea for Sinus Issues

Julie (Los Angeles, Ca) on 03/14/2015
5 out of 5 stars

I tried the tomato tea for cold/sinus issues and I am singing hallelujah over here!!!! I had total congestion/sinus pain and only half way through the tea did I begin to experience relief! It's tasty (like a bloody mary) and super simple to make. I've been steaming with and ingesting ACV, as well as mega-doses of Vitamin C (1000-2000 mg/day), and all of those work, but not quite as powerfully or immediately as the tea. I'm a total fan~ will keep this on my regular go-to for anything related to congestion! THANK YOU!

Tomato Tea Helped Lingering Sinus Infection

Carol (Yarmouth, Maine) on 02/27/2013
5 out of 5 stars

I live in Maine and have been suffering from a sinus infection for over a month. I'm on my second antibiotic and have had no relief. I saw this recipe and decided to try it. I used canned tomatoes, chopped garlic from a jar, lemon juice from a plastic lemon, and Tabasco sauce. Since I don't like anything "hot" I used as much as I could. Within 10 minutes of finishing a mug, I am blowing my nose and feel my sinuses crackling. This is amazing. I am very thankful for all the sharing and comments that convinced me to try this!!

Tomato Tea for Allergic Rhinitis

Sunds (Manila, Philippines) on 12/02/2012
5 out of 5 stars

I owe it to Jean to give my feedback and all of you who shared their experiences as well.

It's an astounding 'YES' it worked.

I have allergic rhinitis for about 8 years now. I've always taken synthetic drugs, at first the drowsy antihistamines, then steroid sprays and recently Montelukast. They somehow helped one way or another but it's either I got sleepy or they can't be used for a long term period as maintainance med.

Last month I decided to go natural. It's safer and as effective I thought. I tried a herbal supplement with cinnamon, spanish needles and acerola cherry as main ingredients. It wonderfully worked but unfortunately my body hyper-reacted to it, possibly to cinnamon or to silicon dioxide (preservative), and I got itches and rashes and had to stop.

I searched for other natural alternatives and found garlic, which eventually led me here. I tried it today 1 cup in the morning and 1 cup in the afternoon. I noticed the clearing effect in my sinus around 30mins after I finished the whole cup. My sinus felt lighter. From 1-10, 1 being the lowest effect (clearing of sinus) and 10 the highest, I'd rate it 9.5). Same results when I drank in the morning and in the afternoon. Indeed my voice sounded better too when I sang!

I used tomato juice, freshly extracted from the wonderful vegetable simmering 7 pcs of them in 2 glasses of water. I have allergy to orange and lemons so I used Calamansi about 6 pcs (about 2-3 Tbsp). I used 2 red hot chilli peppers instead of hot sauce (although I feel I could bear adding a couple more- this for a person who dislikes spicy). Then 2 Tbsp of honey and 2pinches of salt for flavor (I'm still curious about the Worcestershire sauce).

I was at home today, Sunday. I'm bringing 2 glasses tomorrow at the office, where my allergic rhinitis is usually worse. I hope to give you feedback on what happens tomorrow and the following days.

Thank you very much Jean for sharing this and to all for sharing your experiences as well. This is a great blessing indeed.

Tomato Tea User Reviews

Jengels (Encinitas, Ca) on 11/12/2016
5 out of 5 stars

I have a vitamix & used FRESH tomatoes to make my tomatoe tea. I was surpised that it tastes good. First time trying it but my throat feels better already!

Amanda (Cairo) on 11/03/2012
5 out of 5 stars

Hi, I'd been trying all the cures at once and so probably precipitated a healing crisis. I thought I just had a bout of severe rhinitis and admit I started to doubt all the work I'd been doing with ACV, molasses etc. So after a couple of days sneezing and six hours of a runny nose I decided that it must be a cold. I had tried lemon & baking soda, baking soda nasal irrigation, H2O2 in water, vitamin C x 2000 and nothing was shifting it. Even a bowel movement hadn't done the trick, which sometimes does with rhinitis. I had recently bought a juicer and being quite lazy chose to make a sort of gazpacho instead of the hot tomato tea.

I juiced 4 tomatoes with 1/2 cucumber, 1 small lemon, 2 cloves garlic and a pinch of chilli powder and it was rather tasty with a pinch of salt and ground pepper. A bit pokey from the chilli but anyway within an hour my cold symptoms disappeared and I'm actually wondering now how real that illness was. At the time I could hardly breathe and it felt like my entire body was having a fight with infection or histamine or something. So for those in hotter climates or who like their tomatoes cold I can only say that this mix worked amazingly quickly for me.

Jane (Yonkers, New York) on 09/13/2012
5 out of 5 stars

Worked for me! I get 2-3 sinus infections per year that usually require antibiotics. This past year I decided to try this instead and after about 3 days of drinking this stuff about 3-4 a day, the mucous thinned and I started blowing like crazy. Now I'm in mexico where sudafed is illegal and my right nostril closed up on me, my throat started to hurt and my head started pounding. I remembered this remedy and got the ingredints. The ingredients I used were V8, cloves of garlic that I make sure to smash with wide part of knife, hot sauce and hot peppers. I also used a little afrin to make breathing more tolerable because I'm on my honeymoon and don't feel like sitting around waiting to be able to breathe. Day 3 and i'm blowing away with much thinned mucous and have only had about 1-2 glasses a day! Finally a cure to my sinus infections!

Adding Turmeric to Jean's Tomato Tea Recipe

Julie (Nashville, Tn, Usa) on 06/27/2012
5 out of 5 stars

I'm a big fan of Jean's spicy tomato tea, and I just wanted to share this idea. As I like to play around with spices, I recently decided to add some turmeric to this recipe just for the heck of it. Turmeric, among its numerous studied health benefits, has anti-bacterial/anti-fungal properties - which fits the whole purpose of the tomato tea. Taste-wise, I think it works well, too. Blessings!

Leslie (Arlington Heights, Il) on 05/18/2012
5 out of 5 stars

THIS IS GREAT! Everything is opening up! Even my ear canals are opening. Can turn the TV a little lower now.... And not say, "WHAT D'YA SAY DEAR???" Thanks!

Sue (Tauranga, New Zealand) on 05/07/2012
5 out of 5 stars

I started reading this site this afternoon after a month of awful sinus problems, following a nasty cold. I've taken Prednisone, pseudoephadrile (?) and anitbiotics, some days felt better and some days worse. Would think it was getting better and then the next, like today, wake up with the right hand side of my face puffed out and unable to go to work due to the pressure in my head and face.

Well thank you Earth Clinic and all your writers. I went and got some ingredients this afternoon, made tomato tea and the apple cider vinegar mix. The relief was instant!! I was able to de-dust the entire house this evening, vacuum under beds etc etc. I wasnt able to get off the sette this morning. It's 6 hours since I took the first batch of tea and ACV, can just feel the headache coming back, so having more ACV before bed. I am 'looking forward' to trying the oil pulling in the morning and crossing my fingers that the misery may be over soon!

Pecorino (Minneapolis, Mn) on 04/17/2012
5 out of 5 stars

This did work amazingly well for me after the second try. The key to it helping I believe was 1) to add as much hot sauce and garlic that you can tolerate and 2) to drink this as soon as you feel sinus inflammation beginning to develop (as opposed to waiting until symptoms are full-fledged).