My neighbor came over this morning to borrow some ingredients. She had a little too much red wine last night. I told her how to make the all purpose kuzu tea as a great cure for her hangover. She felt better immediately and told me to get that up on my site. It's already there I told her. She said don't call it kudzu tea tell everyone how great this is as a hangover cure. Soooo here is the recipe. You can get the ingredients from the mail order places listed in the 2nd and 3rd links of my links page or many health food stores will have all you need. It's not a sweet tea but more like a medicine or a soup.
Hangover begone tea
This "Tea" is a special remedy that comes to us from ancient Japan. It is wonderfully alkalizing and useful for relieving many aliments from upset stomaches to hangovers.
The ingredients are easily found at most health foods stores or just use one of the top two links on the links page here at www.susanmarque.com.
Kudzu Tea
1 teaspoon Kudzu 1 C. cold water 1 Umeboshi plum Shoyu (or tamari soy sauce) Ginger (to make juice just grate a little on a fine grater. Take the gratings in your fingers and squeeze out a few drops of juice.)
Simply dissolve 1 heaping teaspoon of kudzu in 1 cup cold water. It will be easier if you dissolve it in some of the water and then add the rest. Then add 1/2 to a whole ume plum. (no ume plum? Use 1/2 teaspoon of the plum paste) Stir over med. heat until the liquid becomes more clear in color and it is okay if it comes to a boil. Add maybe 1/2 teaspoon of shoyu (or tamari soy sauce) and then turn off the heat. Add a little ginger juice and put it in a tea cup to drink. It will be too hot so just wait a few minutes.
