Jakarta (ANTARA) – During the rainy season, enjoying warm or hot drinks is the right choice to neutralize the cold temperature felt by the body.
Moreover, there are several types of drinks that not only warm the body, but also contain many beneficial nutrients, one of which helps increase the body’s immunity.
This is because changes in cold and damp temperatures during the rainy season can affect the body’s immune system, making it susceptible to various diseases.
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This is also because viruses and bacteria spread more easily and quickly in damp conditions.
Therefore, keeping the body warm during the rainy season is one way to increase the body’s immunity. The following are recommendations for drinks during the rainy season, which can help increase the body’s immunity, reported from various sources:
1. Ginger drink
Wedang ginger, one of the Indonesian warm drinks made from ginger, brown sugar and water.
Ginger contains various health benefits such as anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and immune-boosting properties that help improve the immune system, and can help relieve cold and cough symptoms.
How to make it is quite easy, you only need to prepare crushed or crushed ginger, lemongrass, pandan leaves and boil, then add brown sugar.
After boiling, strain the spices from the boiled ginger water into a glass, you can add lime.
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2. Turmeric milk
Turmeric milk or golden milk, drink mixed with milk and turmeric. The curcumin content in turmeric plays a role in helping reduce inflammation and supporting the body’s recovery.
When serving, you can add 1 cup of milk to a pan and heat it over medium heat (don’t boil it), then add 1/2 teaspoon of turmeric powder or 1 segment of thinly sliced ginger and cinnamon and stir until dissolved. Once you feel it has been mixed until it boils, strain it golden milk with a small strainer into a cup.
3. Matcha latte
Matcha is a powder made from plant leaves camellia sinensis (green tea) which is finely ground. Matcha contains caffeine and L-theniane in balanced amounts which can provide a calming effect and improve concentration.
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Matcha also contains a natural antioxidant called catechin which is quite high, which is useful for fighting the bad effects of free radicals that enter the body, increasing immunity, and preventing various diseases, as reported on the page of the Directorate for Supervision of Traditional Medicines and Health Supplements at the POM Agency.
To make this drink you only need to dissolve matcha powder in 2 tablespoons of hot water to form a paste, heat the milk and pour it into a cup, pour the matcha paste into the milk while stirring slowly until evenly mixed, then add sugar/honey if desired and serve warm .
4. Cinnamon and honey tea
As reported by TheHealthSite, cinnamon has antibacterial and antifungal properties, and can help prevent the common cold that occurs during the rainy season.
You can make a cinnamon drink by soaking one cinnamon stick in water overnight and can drink it in the morning by adding honey to the water according to taste.
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5. Tamarind turmeric
Turmeric acid, a traditional drink made from a mixture of turmeric, tamarind and brown sugar. Turmeric has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties that can help improve the immune system and tamarind is beneficial for digestion.
How to make it, you can add grated turmeric and tamarind with water until it boils and changes color to yellow, add sugar, stir over medium heat. Then remove and strain the tamarind turmeric.
6. Lemon ginger tea
This tea is an immune-boosting drink that will help you fight flu and coughs. Ginger contains various health benefits such as anti-inflammatory, antibacterial properties. You can add lemon which is rich in vitamin C to help strengthen the immune system.
You can prepare ginger tea by adding thin slices of ginger to water, a tablespoon of lemon and honey and boiling it for 5 minutes.
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Reporter: Sri Dewi Larasati
Editor: Suryanto
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