fire cider / a traditional folk remedy | an herbal infused oxymel formulated to help boost + support the immune system

‘fire cider’ is essentially an herbal extraction using apple cider vinegar + honey. It’s been used for centuries known as an oxymel. Hippocrates used it as a means to ‘extract the properties of pungent herbs for a variety of respiratory and immune issues, including coughs, mucus, and difficulty breathing.’ (On Regimen In Acute Diseases, 400BC; http://classics.mit.edu/Hippocrates/acutedis.1.1.html ) The term ‘fire cider’ was originally coined by the great Rosemary Gladstar back in the 80’s. She started teaching folks how to make it, with a recipe of her own, freely sharing the term ‘fire cider’ for herbalists to make/sell/share their own versions of it. About 7 or so years ago a random new company decided to put a trademark on the term ‘fire cider’ causing an uproar in the herbal commUnity, targeting and suing a trio of herbalists known as the Fire Cider 3 — Mary Blue, Kathy Langeller + Nicole Telkes, for using the term. They WON this in trial, along with Rosemary Gladstar and the herba