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Tomato Tea User Reviews
Posted by Jack (Minneapolis, Mn ) on 10/08/2011
★★★★★
I came home from work early today due to a bad cold. The sinus pressure, congestion and constant drip made me miserable as can be. I found this site while searching for home remedies and tried this recipe for Tomato Tea immediately. I kid you not, after a few sips the congestion is gone and the pressure is much less! I still have half of the tea to drink and am thoroughly enjoying it! For hot sauce, I used Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce and just used a big clove of garlic that I ran through a garlic press. The celery salt is a great touch. My gratitude to Jean!
Tomato Tea User Reviews
Posted by Texasred (The Colony, Texas) on 10/02/2011
★★★★★
I had my first cup of this about 40 minutes ago. I felt better right away just from drinking something hot, then about 30 minutes later my sinus started draining like crazy and a lot of the pressure is gone. I'm definitely going to keep drinking this tea. Thank you Jean!
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Posted by Angela (Warwick, Ny ) on 09/16/2011
★★★★★
After being out of work for a week with intense congestion and sinus pressure, this seems to be helping. Doc had me on Augmentin for sinus infection - taking it for 4 days now with no relief. After some people suggested it could be allergies, I looked around and found this. I don't have the lemon or garlic. It's V-8 and Tabasco sauce, heated, and in 10 minutes I've been more clear than in the last 3 days! Thank you! (PS-how long does the clearing last for??)
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Posted by Fanny (College Park, Md, Usa) on 08/07/2011
★★★★★
Just gave it to boyfriend 5 minutes ago for sinus congestion, and there is air coming out of his nose!! I didn't have tomato juice at hand, but had a bottle of Bloody Mary mix - just added the garlic, lemon juice and the hot sauce and presto!! Thanks for saving me a trip to the pharmacy.
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Posted by Happy Breather :d (Portland, Or Usa) on 07/30/2011
★★★★★
Thank you soooooo much! I wasn't sure about if it was going to work because I was trying to decongest my nasal passage all day long! I couldn't taste anything or breath! So, I decided to try it, nothing to lose. The amazing thing is that my nasal started clearing while I was boiling the ingredients, and now it's super clear just after the first few spoons! YUM!!!! :D
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Posted by Vijay (Dalian, Liaoning, China) on 06/22/2011
★★★★★
Thanks a lot for this recipe. I feel better with my congested nose after drinking a cup of tomato tea. :) amazing. gonna recommend my friends also.
Tomato Tea User Reviews
Posted by Rachel (Nashville, Tn) on 06/05/2011
★★★★☆
Better but not cured, keep taking!
Being very big into natural medicine, I wanted the tea to save my very bad cold. Mostly I have had severe sinus clogging and pain in the front of my head, as well constant dripping from my nasal passage and streaming puffy eyes. In desperate attempt to be better fast, I'm on my 4th glass in two days. The sickness is definetly moving a lot quicker, I feel like I may be able to kick it in 3-4 days as opposed to 8-10. I've also been alternating it with ACV and honey, Eucalyptus oil on feet and under nose, salt water Neti through nose and salt water gargle, kelp and vit cleanse every morning. I surely feel like this is a great solution to combatting, and my cold was very very bad! It's moving quickly now, and all ready on it's way out after two days! I would say keep taking it, like medicine, at least twice-three times a day to max. Results. I tweaked the recipe a little by using:
Can of Crushed organic tomato mixed with purified water
6 large cloves of galic (Yes)
juice of 1/2 lemon
Sriracha, as much as you can possibly handle
4 shakes of cayenne pepper
pinch of salt and basil to taste
I also chased it with water : ) and made sure I had a little bit of food in my stomach. Hope this helps!
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Posted by Lisa (Cincinnati, Ohio) on 04/27/2011
★★★★★
I tried the tomato tea, I didn't have any tomato juice so I used tomato sauce diluted with water. I also used twice the aount of fresh garlic and juice from half a lemon. I used a dash of tobasco and a pinch of cayenne pepper. It worked like a charm, and tasted delicious. I have been congested for two days, and I can finally breathe.
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Posted by Cj (Leonia, Nj) on 04/25/2011
★★★★★
My 8 y.o. Son had really serious allergy to dust, cat, etc. Before tomato tea he always sounds nasay & breathes thru his mouth day & night. My heart breaks seeing him like that. Bcz I remember suffering like that 1st 20 years of my life too - I had nasal polyps.
Anyway, thanks to EC, he's been on tomato tea for 4 months and finally this couple weeks we noticed that he is not clogged anymore. So many times we also give up then I would come back here to read other people's comments & trod on again. I also give him lots of Vit C, water & varieties of fruits.
Good luck! Don't give up looking for alternatives!
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Posted by Bud (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada) on 03/11/2011
★★★★★
Got the recipe from a co worker. I have been suffering with a nasty cold for a couple of weeks which is unusual for me so was game to try anything. Mixed up a hot batch three days ago and have been improving since. Last nit I added an ounce of Vodka to my cup and that was the first nite in two weeks that I did not cough and was not stuffed up. I woke up as though I had never had a cold but later in the day I started feeling it again so mixed up another hot one. I say HOT cause my wife makes me Habanaro hot sauce and I can stand a lot of it but I know now that the cold virus sure does not like it. Thanks a million and that recipe is etched in stone in my head and I will most certainly pass it on. I found that a good vegetable juice makes for a more delicious drink
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Posted by Sarah (Slc, Ut) on 02/09/2011
★★★★★
Here is what I had to use for the recipe bcz I couldnt get my butt out of bed to get V8 juice:
2 Cups Bold n Spicy Bloody Mary Mix(95% juice)
3 cloves garlic (more if you can)--I used minced garlic I had and I used about 3 tsp of that(i love garlic :D )
2 TBSP Lemon juice (i used the pre bottled lemon juice)
Hot Sauce (the more the better)
Heated it up and drank it like a tea, not too bad of a taste either :)
I had also used the hydrogen peroxide and sea salt saline rinse, and drank the apple cider vinegar last night(that was disgusting! )but I am feeling better than I was, and am able to force myself to go to work and school today... Hopefully if I keep all these things up, my sinus infection will go away! The HP Sea Salt rinse really helped clear up my stubborn clogged left sinus(it was blocked for a week, one day after using it 2x a day its draining out like crazy). I would love to see feedback on here! Or if anyone else has tried other tomato tea versions too and if others got the same reults as I did :)
Tomato Tea User Reviews
Posted by Lilly (Chacago,il) on 12/01/2013
★★★★★
The first time I halved a tomato, but because I had no lemon, orange juice, ect I skipped that part. I didn't have any garlic, so I used Minced onion instead Ii used chili powder as well. I sprinkled that on the halved tomato and ate it, it tasted weird but worked instantly.
The second time (not long after the first) I used vegetarian vegable soup, with the same things as last time only warmed it in the micwowave for one minute. Worked just as well
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Posted by Leslie (Arlington Heights, Il) on 05/18/2012
★★★★★
THIS IS GREAT! Everything is opening up! Even my ear canals are opening. Can turn the TV a little lower now.... And not say, "WHAT D'YA SAY DEAR???" Thanks!
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Posted by Sue (Tauranga, New Zealand) on 05/07/2012
★★★★★
I started reading this site this afternoon after a month of awful sinus problems, following a nasty cold. I've taken Prednisone, pseudoephadrile (?) and anitbiotics, some days felt better and some days worse. Would think it was getting better and then the next, like today, wake up with the right hand side of my face puffed out and unable to go to work due to the pressure in my head and face.
Well thank you Earth Clinic and all your writers. I went and got some ingredients this afternoon, made tomato tea and the apple cider vinegar mix. The relief was instant!! I was able to de-dust the entire house this evening, vacuum under beds etc etc. I wasnt able to get off the sette this morning. It's 6 hours since I took the first batch of tea and ACV, can just feel the headache coming back, so having more ACV before bed. I am 'looking forward' to trying the oil pulling in the morning and crossing my fingers that the misery may be over soon!
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Posted by Mmsg (Somewhere, Europe) on 02/13/2012
★★★★★
Another Yea for tomato tea: I made this up (not at all measuring ingredients) for my daughter last night, and this morning her dry cough has turned productive, thank G-d!! Thank you Jean and EC!
