Cold Buster Organic Herbal Tea

$8.00

HERBAL TEA | CAFFEINE FREE | ORGANIC | COLD AND FLU SUPPORT

This is the tea you want already in the cupboard when you feel a cold coming on.

Fifteen herbs deep, with elderberry and echinacea doing the most and ginger and cinnamon heating the chills*. The quiet trick is a touch of valerian, just enough to help you stop tossing and actually sleep, which is when your body does the repair work.

Sold in 1 oz quantities. Makes 6-10 cups of tea.

Ingredients

organic elderberries, organic cinnamon, organic rooibos, organic rose hips, organic orange peel, organic hibiscus, organic ginger, organic ginseng, organic cardamom, organic echinacea, organic tulsi, organic calendula, organic lemon peel, organic valerian root, organic cherry flavoring

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Get the Most from this Tea for Cold and Flu Support

The first 24 to 48 hours matter most. The moment you feel something coming on, make a strong cup of Cold Buster your main drink for the morning instead of waiting until you are flat on your back.

Steep covered for 5 to 7 minutes. Keeping the lid on holds the essential oils inside the cup where they belong.

Clear your morning if you can. Your body cannot fight a cold and run at full speed at the same time, so move anything that is not essential and let yourself slow down.

Drink it warm and hydrate alongside it. A pinch of Celtic salt in warm filtered water makes a simple mineralized drink to sip between cups. Nothing icy.

Lean into the evening cup. The bit of valerian in this blend is there to help you settle, so make Cold Buster part of winding down, lower the lights, and go to bed earlier than usual. Sleep is where the real repair happens.

Keep it in the cupboard before you need it. The whole point is to have it ready so you are not digging through the pantry the day you already feel awful.

Hear the full first-day ritual, the Ayurvedic wisdom behind it, and where Cold Buster fits in your winter kit in Ep. 15, Beat Cold and Flu Fast: Ayurvedic Tea Rituals.

* Health benefits have not been evaluated by the FDA. Consult your doctor if you are on medication, have a health condition, or are pregnant or nursing or having surgery.

  • Why does this tea work?

    Elderberries: the cold-and-flu herb with the longest track record and some of the better research behind it for easing how long and how rough symptoms feel. This is the anchor of the blend.

    Echinacea: the classic first-sign immune herb, the one people reach for the moment a cold starts to announce itself.

    Ginger: brings the warmth and helps get your circulation moving when you feel cold to the bone. It is a big part of why this cup feels good going down.

    Cinnamon:     warming and a little sweet, it rounds the ginger and makes the whole thing taste like something you actually want when your appetite is gone.

    Ginseng: long used for cold and flu support, it helps your body keep fighting when you are run down. Research suggests it may reduce the severity and duration of upper respiratory infections.

    Rose hips, orange peel and lemon peel: the bright, tart, citrusy side of the cup, and a traditional source of vitamin C.

    Valerian root: a small amount, here for one job, helping you settle and rest so your body can do its repair work overnight.

    Tulsi, cardamom, calendula, hibiscus and rooibos: the supporting cast that fills the cup out, adds warmth and color, and rounds the flavor.

    These statements are based on traditional herbal use and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

  • Is this the right one for me?

    Reach for Cold Buster when the whole body is involved, the aches, chills, fog and the day you just feel run over. It is the warming, spicy, do-everything cup in this collection.

    If your trouble is mainly a raw, sore throat, our Throat Relief tea is the better pick, built around licorice and slippery elm to coat and soothe. If it has settled in your chest and breathing is the problem, look at Just Breathe, which leans on mullein and eucalyptus for the lungs. And if you just want a simple, bright daily immune cup to sip all season rather than a heavy blend for a bad day, our Elderberry Immunity is the easygoing everyday option.

  • Who should skip this one?

    Not recommended if you are pregnant, nursing, have a medical condition or are on medications without checking with your healthcare provider first.

    This blend contains echinacea, which is in the ragweed and daisy family, so skip it if you are allergic to those plants. Echinacea can also stimulate the immune system, so if you have an autoimmune condition like lupus, rheumatoid arthritis or MS, check with your doctor before drinking this one.

    It also contains a small amount of valerian root, which can make you drowsy. That is part of why it is a good evening cup when you are sick, but do not pair it with sedatives or drink it before driving.

    If you have a surgery scheduled, stop drinking this blend at least two weeks before your procedure and let your surgical team know what herbs you have been taking.

What Customers at Our Laguna Beach Store Ask About This Tea

It can take the edge off, and it is most useful right at the start. The research on elderberry points consistently to one thing: timing matters. The sooner you start, the better the shot at easing how long and how rough it gets. Cold Buster leans on elderberry and echinacea, two of the herbs people have reached for the longest at the first scratch or ache, and surrounds them with warming ginger and cinnamon. It will not cut a cold short on its own, but as a warm, hydrating thing to sip through a rough day it earns its place, especially the first 24 to 48 hours when you feel one settling in. It is built as the full-body blend, the one for aches, chills and that moving-through-molasses feeling rather than one single symptom.

Start as early as you can, ideally in that first day when you feel a cold settling in. Most people find a warm cup eases how rough they feel and helps them rest, rather than acting like a fast knockout. Think of it as steady support across a few days, not a one-cup fix. The earlier you start and the more you rest alongside it, the more it tends to help.

When you are sick, a few cups a day through the worst of it is the usual way people use it. As an everyday all-season cup it is heavier than you need, and the valerian makes it better suited to evenings, so for daily sipping a lighter immune blend is a better fit. Save this one for the days you actually feel something coming on.

This is a customer favorite, so it does work for many people. The research on elderberry and echinacea is promising but mixed, and the studies are mostly small, so no straightforward shop will tell you a tea cures a cold. But warm liquids do more than people give them credit for. Heat and steam help open airways and clear nasal passages, and staying warm and hydrated is genuinely part of how your body recovers. What it reliably does is keep you warm, hydrated and comfortable, give you something good to drink when your appetite is gone, and help you rest. For a lot of people that is exactly what gets them through. If your symptoms get worse, you spike a high fever, or you have trouble breathing, that is a doctor visit, not a tea.