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Tomato Tea User Reviews
Posted by Jorana83 (Nashville, Tn, United States ) on 11/07/2011
★★★★★
What a Godsend! This tomato tea (made with mostly organic ingredients) cleared my cold out in a record 2 days! The only side effect? It makes me sweat. I would assume it's the hot sauce and the heat of the "soup" but I take it as a good sign. I assume my body is sweating out toxins which should continue to help! Thanks so much!
Tomato Tea User Reviews
Posted by Fred (Wyomissing, Pa ) on 10/25/2011
★★★★★
This was the first I heard of this home remedy. Not only did it work, but also it would make a great bloody Mary mix.
Tomato Tea User Reviews
Posted by Rainbowearthmama (Longview, Washington, United States ) on 10/13/2011
★★★★★
My partner tried this and he LOVES it! It helps clear out congestion and it tastes fabulous! He used a low sodium V8 drink with all of the other ingredients. Well done! Thanks for posting. :)
Tomato Tea User Reviews
Posted by Lildsmom (Tampa, Fl ) on 09/29/2011
★★★★★
Wow, I just tried this because both sides of my nostrils were completely clogged. I actually used progressive tomato soup as the base. It worked immediately. I have ridiculous allergies sometimes and the only medicine that works is claritin d but it makes me crazy sleepy. This worked even quicker without the sleepy side effect.
Tomato Tea User Reviews
Posted by Solomon (Whitefield, Bury, England) on 01/02/2017
★★★★★
Works Really Well - My Dad tried it and it had instant effects (unblocked nose, clearing of headache), when we got home he had another cup, but this time, blended, it was SO STRONG he started to SWEAT! After his third cup he felt better then ever.
BTW it tasted better, and was easier to drink (less spicy) when it was raw, and not blended, to do this, he squashed the garlic with hands and squashed the tomato with a bended spoon and knife.
To be honest, he didn't think it work at first, but he proved himself wrong after one sip.
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Posted by Medina (England, Uk) on 02/13/2014
★★★★★
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.
Tomato Tea User Reviews
Posted by Sunds (Manila, Philippines) on 12/02/2012
★★★★★
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
Posted by Amanda (Cairo) on 11/03/2012
★★★★★
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.
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Posted by Jane (Yonkers, New York) on 09/13/2012
★★★★★
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!
Tomato Tea User Reviews
Posted by Pecorino (Minneapolis, Mn) on 04/17/2012
★★★★★
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).
Tomato Tea User Reviews
Posted by Mia (North Central, Indiana Usa) on 02/12/2012
★★★★★
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! This worked so very well!
I've been suffering from an influenza like illness for a few days here and was desperate for some congestion relief. I also wanted to use my neti pot, but that requires being able to breathe somewhat through both nares.
I decided to try this Tomato Tea and wow, it's awesome! Within a few sips I could breathe. Not only did it help my congestion, but I had also lost my voice completely and after about a cup of this mix my voice is improving. Still far from stellar, but I can talk better now too.
Thank you so much for this. I am a nurse and will be recommending this to people. There's good science behind why this works.
And it honestly doesn't taste half bad!
(I did use a little worstershire sauce as well as some seasoning salt with the V8, lemon juice, 4 cloves of garlic & as much hot sauce as I could stand.)
Tomato Tea User Reviews
Posted by Julie (Nashville, Tn, Usa) on 02/05/2012 4 posts
★★★★★
Recently, I came down with a bad cold and very sore throat that I think was brought on by stress - I literally "worried myself sick". I woke up with it on a Wednesday before I was to start a new job the following Monday. This was bad news - I rarely get sick, but when I do get a cold, it's usually miserable and protracted. I turned to Jean's spicy tomato tea, drinking approximately a large coffee-mug-full two to three times a day. (One caveat: I like very spicy foods, and I use a lot more garlic and hot sauce than the recipe calls for! ) I started feeling better right away; my symptoms turned out to be not nearly as miserable as they usually are when I've had a cold; and best of all, by Monday morning I was about 98% recovered and feeling ready to tackle my first day of my new job. It cut my recovery time in half and really eased the symptoms. And this was a month ago and I did not have a relapse - this tea killed the cold virus! :)
I especially appreciate this remedy because I have a highly reactive immune system and have had allergic reactions to at least a couple of OTC cold medications - the upshot of which is that, rather than risk an adverse reaction, I don't take anything other than pain reliever when I'm sick, and just rely on the old methods of rest, lots of fluids, etc. - and spicy tomato tea! My heartfelt thanks for Jean for coming up with this comforting, nutritious and healing concoction.
Tomato Tea User Reviews
Posted by Kimberly (Fl, Usa) on 12/13/2011
★★★★★
Just made the tomato tea for my husband. His sinuses were so congested. He had used the saline rinse for 2 days. Within 5 minutes he had relief and is now fast asleep and snoring! What a wonderful sound. Thank you for the wonderful website. I come here often to look up things. I find natural remedies work so much better with our bodies. Thank you to all who offer advice. Thanks Jean for the tomato tea recipe. No trip to the Dr., no prescription, and all better!
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Posted by Teddy (Springfield, Missouri) on 10/23/2011
★★★★★
I have been sick 5 days now: chest congestion and nose clogged with mucus. Little scary with lungs and nose getting clogged and hard to breath. Had good luck with Ginger root and ACV with lemon and honey in green tea. Was not getting enough mucus up to make a differance. The ACV & Ginger did help my inflamation.
Today I found the remedy for Tomato Tea. I cannot eat large amounts of red pepper but I was willing to try. I made 1 coffee mug full and when I heat it up to keep it hot. I set the mug into a pan of water to let it get hot. And take in the steam from the water and the tea at the same times into my nose and lungs being careful not to get burned. Mucus has broken up in my nose and I was able to clear some pretty yucky stuff. And my congestion in my chest was able to begin breaking up more productive. Even if my nose clogs again I at lest know what just blew out would not have come up on it's own.
Thanks so much for keeping feedback alive. I feel like I can eat something for supper now. And I have not been able to eat more than light soup all day. I will plan to sip some more of this Tomato tea after supper.
With luck my congestion and clogged nose will stay clear.
Tomato Tea User Reviews
Posted by Jessica (Somewhere, Nv - Nevada ) on 10/21/2011
★★★★★
I had a sinus headache and a lot of pressure; I could breathe just in a lot of pain. I cannot take antihistamines or Sudafed so I looked up "holistic sinus relief" and it led me here. I did not have tomato juice so I used tomato sauce with water, and I didn't have Tabasco so I used crushed red pepper and paprika. I felt better within 30 minutes.
