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Jessica (Santa Barbara, California) on 04/30/2009:
I made the tomatoe tea followed the recipe word for word and it did wonders for my congestion plus it had no bad taste
I was a little sceptical but this really does work!! My husband had severe congestion that not even the leading brand was relieving. From the first night he drank it he was able to sleep through the night. 2 days later he was better that the last 5 days. Thanks for posting this remedy, I will keep this recipe always. I used it as instructed.
V8 one real lemon juice 3 big cloves of garlic (minced or blended with the juice Tabasco
Tomato Tea for congestion. After reading about Tomato Tea on this website, I decided to try it to relieve my stuffy head. I used organic tomato juice, fresh lemon juice and as much hot sauce as I could tolerate. It did the job. It provided temporary relief from head congestion and made me feel better.
Tomato Tea Caution (Gallstones): I tried the tomato tea, using the exact recipe as posted by Jean. It tasted better than I expected, and it is working pretty well on my sinuses. I drank one serving 2 days ago, and have been getting rid of mucous steadily since then. However, I also have (pretty sure, US test coming in 3 days) gallstones. I believe the tomato tea triggered a nasty gallstone attack, since about an hour after I drank it, the pain started, and the burning when I vomited was horrible, throat felt like it was on fire. Could that have happened from the ingredients in the tea? I hope not, because I would love to drink it again for the sinus congestion, it is working for me even better than sea salt flush or ACV! Any advice would be appreciated. I have not posted before, but I have been recently diagnosed with some health issues, and I always come here first. I don't want drugs or surgery, and most important health issue is, I am obese, and trying my best to solve that first. I LOVE EC!
i tried the recipe for tomato tea...tomato juice, garlic, hot sauce, lemon juice...i found it tasted sharply like drinking a bottle of seafood sauce,,but i choked it down..and within minutes my sinuses were clear!! i was amazed. i had been taking OTC cold and flu pills but they were making me jittery, giving me heart palpitations and i couldn't sleep. i will try some of this tea again tonight before i go to bed. thanks!
Jean's Tomato Tea: I can't believe I actually tried this recipe. But when you can't breathe, you'll try almost anything. Good luck with it. It did absolutely nothing for me!
I made the spicy tomato tea to attempt to cure my cold. I'm actually nursing a mug of it right now. I don't know how long the soothing effects will last but I'm breathing through my nose for the first time in 3 days and I love it.
I had first heard of tomato tea on this website and immediately went to the grocery store and bought all of the ingredients. I drank this tea for two days and by the third day I had completely forgot that I even had a terrible sinus cold, and went shopping all day with my girlfriend. I didn't have to take no more medication after just two days!
Angie (San Bruno, California United States) on 02/11/2009:
Jean's Famous Tomato Tea for Sinus congestion: I tried it and it was good, I experienced a little change in my sinus (it opened only one side) my recipe was alittle different (due to lack of ingredients).
1 Can Cambell's Tomato Soup (Follow instructions on the baxk of can) 1 Clove Garlic-chopped 1-2 Tsp Tabasco (more or less; it tends to be less spicy than other hot sauces) 1-2 Tsp Lemon juice (I eye-balled it)
For Taste Garlic Salt (You could use any other flavored salt, but I find this one works better)
I'm paralyzed and I can walk now! (Just kidding) I followed your recipe as close as possible for my cold and flu symptoms that I had. Seems to work just fine so I'm still drinking at as a preventive measure so I don't get a cold from someone else. Thanks a lot for your information about this.
Tomato tea for sinus: WOW - this was amazing. After 2 days of suffering I decided to do some research and found this site. I thought this was taste horrid.....but I was wrong. It was actually very soothing and tasted pretty good. It worked in about 2-3 minutes.
This stuff opened my right up and I was able to sleep...took a couple rounds but started feeling better then next day. I didn't have any cayenne or tobasco handy so I used some Southwest Seasoning mix in the pantry (it had Cayenne and dried chili peppers in it)
I was desparate with a cold to find a cure. I decided to try the Tomato Tea (although I prefer to call it Tomato Soup). I took one cup in the morning and one cup at night and within three days the cold was gone. I went to visit my daughter in Okeechobee. She works in the radiology department of a local hospital. She had a terrible cold and was treating it with otc drugs, to no avail. I made up a 'tea' for her in the evening when she got home. We couldn't find the hot sauce so we used cayenne pepper (as much as she could stand). She took the tea before bed for two nights - and was cold-free by the time she awoke on the third day. This is fantastic! Thank you so much! By the way, my daughter told everyone at the hospital about this remedy.
I have been suffering from sinus congestion all week, nothing OTC was working. I googles home remedies and found this Tomato Tea. I just finished it and am already feeling better. Breathing clearer for the first time in days. OH Thank you Jean!!!!
Thank you so much for the tomato tea recipe. I had severe congestion, fever, chills. and aches. I sent my husband out to get all the ingredients and then he made it for me. I was very skeptical because I felt so crappy, but it worked. After i drank two cups, one passage cleared and stayed clear all night, although I had another cup around 2am. It is now 9am and am having another cup and feel so much better. Fever, chills, and muscle aches are gone too. I am a firm believer!!! Thank you!!
Thank you for the Tomato Tea remedy....I had had sinus congestion and drainage for a week without any relief in sight and came across this website. I tried the tea and felt immediately better! I also added 2 Tablespoons honey, one-quarter teaspoon onion powder, one-half teaspoon of a combination of herbs: (rosemary,thyme, sage, marjoram, black pepper and nutmeg = poultry seasoning) to tomato juice - the V8 costs twice as much! - and my persistent sinus headache (which was making my upper jawbone throb)went away. Thanks again! This is an awesome and beneficial website.
I was having trouble breathing and had the WORST cold I have had in a long time. So, I checked out the website for your cold remedies and saw the "hot soup." I drank it 3 times in one day. I put in as much garlic and hot sauce as I could because I know how good that is for the body. Besides, I couldn't taste it. Well, it didn't clear up my passages all that well. That only lasted a few minutes. BUT! I went to bed, slept like a BABY and woke up and the cold was GONE! Another friend of mine has had a cold for 3 weeks and here, mine only lasted one day! I was amazed! Thank you so much!
I have horrible nasal congestion from when I go to bed until the next morning. The only thing that has worked effectively has been the nasal spray from the drug store, but I can't use that every day. 3 days on, 2 days off. I sound retarded with my nose like this. I tried the tomato tea as instructed and it worked for 10 minutes.
Well i followed the recipe for Spicy Tomato Tea........it is almost midnight and I cannot breathe due to a sinus infection and/or cold...I have been taking a myriad of over the counter cold meds along with doing numerous sinus irrigations and nothing....I have not been this congested in a long time. I am exhausted from not sleeping. In my recipie I used V8 juice, lemon juice, garlic salt and a lot of hot sauce which I heated in a saucepan......It is sooooooooo hot; however I knew that the hotter the better.....I am slowly sipping it and inhaling the fumes too..already I can feel my sinuses drain although I think I used too much hot sauce b/c my mouth is also burning...Be ware if you do not like hot & spicy things this is not the cure for you...It worked for me....thanks
Well, I am drinking the tea now, surprisingly it is quite tasty. Prior to this drink, one could not pay me enough to drink tomato juice or try hot sauce. After about ten minutes I can feel my sinus passages in my cheecks warming up and I can breath out of both nostrills. I havent done that in years. Hopefully it will continue to work so I can go back to work. My sinus pressure was miserable up until now. I will write more later on further results.
I used a cup of tomato juice 2tsp hot sauce 1 clove fresh garlic 1 tsp lemon juice
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! Dr. was sending me to the E.R. because the pain was so severe. But I tried your tea first and it worked great. Actually tasted good too. Surprized me. Thanks again. Oh yeah, my sinuses were completely stopped up and had been for 4 days. We followed the recipe as closely as possible, the hot sauce was by taste.
Suffering from frequent and severe sinus problems, I tried the tomato tea this morning out of sheer desparation. It WORKED! I've been drinking it all morning, sinuses slightly better with each cup. I didn't have V8 or tomato juice, used fire roasted tomatoes and fresh. Yummy, too! Thank you so much!
For relief in about 10 minutes I would recommend this tea/soup to anyone suffering from sinus congestion or a sinus infection. I used 2 cups of V8, a few squeezes from a real lemon, 4 cloves of garlic (used a press which basically makes it half minced and half juice), and a various mixture of cayenne pepper, green (jalapeno) Tabasco sauce, and Blair's Death Sauce (mostly habanero peppers). I drank some at night and fell asleep able to breathe through both nostrils and woke up with no congestion. Had some more tea/soup at lunch today and although my condition hasn't worsened I'm having a bit more before bed. The inflammation is still present but it's only been 24 hours so I'll be patient and see if it continues to work or clear the infection without antibiotics. The only regiment I'm doing in addition to this is saline irrigation (Neti Pot) every few hours. The combination is keeping me from wanting to remove my head from my body. So far I'm pleased and will report back if it in fact "cures" my sinus infection!
I would NOT recommend trying the spicy tomato tea if you are pregnant. I am 6 months pregnant and I thought I would try this when I got a bad case of congestion. I ended up getting even worse heartburn that kept me miserable and awake for half the night!! This drink has everything they tell you to avoid for heartburn (citric acid from tomato and lemon juice plus the hot sauce), but I didn't give it much thought because I haven't had much of an issue with heartburn like some people do during pregnancy (I only had it mildly one other time).
I have been taking ACV for my seasonal allergies for a couple of weeks and it has worked wonders. Unfortunately, today I had to clean out our rental property that was filthy with cigarette smoke, dust, pet hair ect... A few hours after I finished, my allergies started acting up and the ACV didn't quite cut it. I can't breath from my nose, and my sinus' are very congested. I tried irrigating, but it didn't really work. I just tried the tomato tea without the lemon because I don't have any in the house and the stores are closed. It really helped while I was drinking it, but as soon as I finished it the congestion came back. I am going to drink some more before I try to go back to sleep. I can't wait to try it with the lemon. I'm going to drink it all day tomorrow. By the way I love the taste! I use raw garlic and cayenne all of the time to fight infections. I've grown accustom to the taste. Thank God for such inexpensive natural remedies!
Thank you so much for this suggestion. After days of popping extra strength Tylenol to alleviate the pain from nasal congestion I goggle searched a home remedy solution and found the recipe for tomato tea. All I had was some organic tomato soup which has seasonings including garlic in it but it absolutely helped! I drank two cups heated in the microwave and a day later I feel so much better and can concentrate at work and I'm not in pain. Thank you, thank you, thanks you!!!
i have sinusitus since i was very little. severe tooth ache, ear ache, and jaw pain, to the extent that i can not open my mouth. have tried all sorts of remedies from accupressure to magnet therapy to steroids. initially, the only thing that worked were medicated nose drops, but soon they stopped working (i guess my body got used to it) and in some cases they do cause more congestion.
one cup of tomato tea seems to have caused immediate relief. reheated in micro twice. used one chopped up red chilli and three cloves of garlic and used canned tomato juice. otherwise followed recipe exactly. one thing i thought of was instead of using crushed garlic, chopped garlic might be better. this causes the user to chew up the garlic pieces in his/her mouth, effectively holding the juice in the mouth longer . thank you very much for this near magical concoction. i will write again if i find it to be a long term cure...
Thank you to the person who posted this recipe! I have a bad sinus infection and went to the doctor who prescribed antibiotics. I decided to try this recipe before filling the prescription and you know what? I think I will cure this with the tomato tea alone and not have to take any other meds. I was fully congested and could not breath thru my nose but after drinking the tea it cleared me right up. I am definitely on the mend. I used all fresh ingredients. Thank you!
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