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I'm coughing my guts out and blowing my brains out... Okay I'm exaggerating for effect, but I have a nasty cough and I'm producing thick snot non-stop.

I've been making my favourite masala tea to soothe my throat:

Lots of slices of ginger
A chili
A bunch of black and white peppercorns
A bunch of all-spice berries
A black cardamom pod
A few cloves
A anise star
A cinnamon stick
Some Szechuan peppercorns
Some mustard powder (because I don't have wasabi)

Simmer in a litre of water for 30 minutes. Add a teaspoon of black tea leaves 5 minutes before the end. Serve with warmed soymilk and sugar. Makes three large mugs.

You're supposed to make this with honey but I don't like honey, and maple syrup doesn't quite work for me here.

I've also been eating a bit of raw garlic, taking cold/flu medicine, and extra cough syrup, just because. Judging by how today is as bad as yesterday, the effects have been mostly superficial :P

Third time I've been this sick this year. I hate this. I need to sleep fuller nights, because there are few worst things to weaken an immune system...

(Of course two previous COVID infections didn't help. This isn't COVID though.)