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Natural Herbal Remedies for Cold and Flu
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items Everyone goes through cold and flu season at some point in time in their lives. Currently I'm in my cold and flu season era... Well at the tail end of it. And growing up I always had access to herbs and Chinese medicine. This is what my sister and I ...
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Herbal Teas
Elderberry
Chewables & Lozenges
Homeopathics
Herbs, Tinctures and More
Balms & Oils
Herbal Teas
This is a delicious tea filled with good-for-you healing herbs, plants and natural medicines for when you're going through cold and flu season. Echinacea is fantastic in getting all the yuck out of your system/throat while providing healing propertie...
Traditional Medicinals Throat Coat Lemon Echinacea
The other day my sister let me know a Russian recipe passed down to her from my mother which she learned from hers and so on and so on. This recipe included a ginger green tea with freshly squeezed lemon and lime juice, a hint of black pepper, sweete...
Traditional Medicinals Green Tea Ginger
This is a fantastic warming tea if you're feeling under the weather.
Pukka Lemon, Ginger & Honey Tea
By far one of my favourite tea companies. The herbs in this sacred blend are warming, nourishing and calming. I also find them quite cooling at the same time. They also offer a cold and flu tea, which I'll include in this list as well.
Algonquin Sacred Blend Tea
A truly fantastic tea company offering wild crafted and intentionally sourced herbs, plants and flowers for their teas.
Cold and Flu Tea Blend | Wild Canadian Tea
Another fantastic tea by Traditional Medicinals. When I say I nearly exclusively purchase from this company, I truly mean that. 91% of our teas come from this company as I love their values and organic leaves, herbs and plants which make up their fan...
Traditional Medicinals Echinacea Plus
Reishi is such a grounding force for me, and absolutely essential in near every day life, but especially when you're sick and or under the weather.
Moringa is a powerful antioxidant l, supporting you with Vitamins A, C, E and Iron. The list of benef...
Four O'Clock Herbalist Immunity Reishi & Moringa Herbal Tea
This tea comes in a few different varieties, depending on what flavours you enjoy. Slippery Elm aids in a painful/raw throat and if you have a rough cough or moving through seasonal allergies and have an itchy throat, it can help with that also.
Traditional Medicinals Throat Coat
Elderberry
Elderberry syrup by Harmonic Arts is made for cold + flue season and provides nourishing properties to your body relieving cold and flu symptoms while supporting and boosting your immune system.
Elderberries are high in antioxidants and Vitamin C. E...
Harmonic Arts Elderberry Syrup
This is a great Elderberry syrup for kids!
Suro Kids Elderberry Syrup
If you're travelling, seeing family or on-the-go, maybe you're on a hike, this is a fantastic go-to!
These single dose elderberry syrup packages make for light packing physically while packing a hefty healing punch against your cold. + Flu symptoms...
Suro 2 Go Organic Elderberry Syrup Single Dose
Another great Elderberry product for kids during cold and flu season! This one's great because it's a traditional cough syrup and it's delicious (none of those icky ingredients).
It contains Marshmallow Root and Echinacea which are powerful healing ...
St. Francis Herb Farm Elderberry Cough Syrup for Kids
Chewables & Lozenges
These TheraZinc lozenges are not only delicious, they're super healing to the throat, nearly healing your scratchy throat symptoms overnight.
It's honestly the only thing that helped during COVID when my partner and I both had the dreaded "c" word a...
Quantum Organic TheraZinc Lozenges Bundle
Offering great soothing relief while being gentle on the throat. Echinacea supports the immune system while helps fight colds and flus, honey is a natural anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial and antioxidant making it great if you're coughing alot or mov...>
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Ricola Cough Drop Honey Lemon with Echinacea
The original ricola herbal cough drops help fight against cold and flu season within you. The natural properties and herbs provide anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and antimicrobial properties, all of which are enriched with vitamins and healing benefi...
Ricola Cough Drop Original Herb
Is there truly a fantastic option for lozenges and I've tried many of their varieties and love the eucalyptus and honey, the lemon and honey, and the Honey Lemon echinacea as well.
I've had these during boring common colds and flus and also during ...
Honibe Honey Lozenges Lemon
By far my favourite fisherman's friend flavour 🍋😍
Fisherman's Friend Lozenges Honey Lemon Sugar Free
Manuka Honey is produced in New Zealand when bees pollinate the manuka bush. Manuka Honey is a potent antibacterial and supports anything from digestive health, skin support and antimicrobial properties to oral health and sore throat soothing.
Prop...> https://thehealthinstitute.com/2025/10/10/manuka-honey-benefits-guide/
Wedderspoon Organic Manuka Honey Drops Eucalyptus
Homeopathics
Homeopathics in general have been a lifesaver. When I was 4 years old I was so sick I could not keep any pharmaceutical down. I was moving through a cold and flu and viral infection that seemed so intense, no matter what I had or ate I threw it up, i...
Boiron Coryzalia for Cold
Herbs, Tinctures and More
Astragalus helps maintain a healthy immune system while boosting your immune system when it's been compromised by a common cold alongside easing breathing and fighting inflammation. It also helps reduce fatigue which I don't know about you, but curre...
St. Francis Herb Farm Astragalus
This is a great product for getting that itchy, scratchy and coughing throat some relief and nourishing.
Beekeeper's Naturals Propolis Throat Relief Spray Bundle
The grossest thing that will help you the most.
Option+ Organic Oregano Oil
Balms & Oils
I've got tiger balm on hand in various sizes ALWAYS. A large one for our main bathroom and 2-3 small ones for travel ❤️
Tiger Balm Pain Relieving Ointment
I have 2-3 of these smaller containers spread out in 2 different travel bags (one my partner's and the other is mine) and the other is a back up ❤️☺️🙏🏻
Tiger Balm Pain Relieving Ointment
I love the natural ingredients in this chest rub! It does contain beeswax which does not make it vegan, however, there is a vegan "vaporub" I also have at home and love - if I can find it online, I'll include it in this list. I purchased it at a mark...
Herbion All Natural Chest Rub