Cold & Sore Throat Nostrum

My wife and I both swear by this.  I don't have any data to back it up but it seems to help whenever we get a cold with a sore throat.

McBugbear's Cold Nostrum

Ingredients:

Zest and juice of one lemon
thumb sized piece of ginger grated
2 green onions
Boiling water
honey

Zest and juice one lemon, peel the ginger.  Grate the ginger using a ginger grater or cut the ginger into small cubes perhaps (1/8"-1/4").  Using a garlic crusher slowly crush the ginger taking care to retain the juice produced.  Slice the green onions finely.  Add the ginger, ginger juice, onions, lemon zest and lemon juice to a tea bodum and boil water.  Pour the boiling water into the bodum and let the tea steep for 10-20 minutes, have a couple of cups with honey and go to bed.

If you omit the onions this recipes makes a very pleasant ginger-lemon tea.