The Master Tonic is a fermented elixir for prevention, flu, or travel. It is anti-bacterial, anti-viral, anti-parasitic, and anti-fungal.
The Master Tonic is a must-have remedy for flu season or when traveling overseas. It is potently anti-viral, anti-parasitic, anti-bacterial, and anti-fungal. It requires no refrigeration and lasts indefinitely with no special storage conditions.
This post details how to make the Master Tonic and why it is so effective as a homemade, totally natural anti-viral, anti-bacterial, anti-fungal and anti-parasitic remedy.
Note that the Master Tonic is not to be confused with the Master Cleanse.
Who needs Tamiflu with all its dangerous side effects when you have the Master Tonic, with no side effects, in your back cupboard?
I have a friend who coordinates missionaries overseas to third world countries who told me that the missionaries she knows always take this remedy with them when traveling.
The Master Tonic keeps forever, so make it now before you need it!
This tonic is extremely powerful because all the ingredients are fresh. Its power should not be underestimated. This formula is a modern-day plague remedy and can help prevent or cure the most chronic conditions and stubborn diseases. It stimulates maximum blood circulation while putting the best detoxifying herbs into the blood.
The Master Tonic remedy is not just for the sniffles, it has helped to turn around the deadliest infections resistant to antivirals, antifungals, and antibiotics. It can be used in combination with conventional treatments as necessary.
How to Make the Master Tonic
Make plenty as the Master Tonic does not need refrigeration and lasts indefinitely without any special storage conditions.
The healthiest Master Tonic is made with homemade apple cider vinegar brewed with raw honey.
If you don’t have time to do this, then be sure to buy only raw ACV packed in glass bottles. Never buy it packaged in plastic, as the acidity of the ACV will leach toxins into the vinegar.
Prep Tip
These ingredients can make your eyes water and burn while you are chopping and grating.
I put a large cutting board on my (cool!) stovetop and turn on the fan above the range on high. This allows me to chop everything without discomfort.
Minimizing Time Spent
I’ve recently noticed that bags of organic, peeled, whole garlic cloves are available at some health food stores. Using these instead of peeling the garlic yourself will easily halve the time required to make this traditional tonic. It will also prevent your hands from smelling like garlic for 2 days!
Nightshade Allergy?
If you have an allergy to nightshade vegetables, substitute grated turmeric root for the cayenne pepper or double up on the onion or garlic.
Video Tutorial
The video included with the recipe below details visually how to make the master tonic and why it is so beneficial. It is sometimes easier to learn with pictures than words. This tutorial is especially helpful while you are in the kitchen making it for the first time. Just follow along!
Dosage
The dosage for the Master Tonic is 1 or 2 ounces, two or more times daily. Swish and swallow.
Don’t dilute with water if you can avoid it. Mix with food if you have to, but best to take it full strength on its own.
If it makes you gag because it is strong tasting, try stimulating this acupressure point to temporarily halt the gag reflex.
For ordinary infections, a dose taken 5-6 times a day will deal with most conditions.
It can be used during pregnancies and is safe for children (use smaller doses or mix with some honey for children over age 1). Not recommended for children younger than age 1 unless under the advice of a physician.
It is the ultimate food-as-medicine. This traditional tonic is completely non-toxic.
Master Tonic Recipe
The Master Tonic is a must-have remedy for flu season or when traveling overseas. It is potently anti-viral, anti-parasitic, anti-bacterial, and anti-fungal. It requires no refrigeration and lasts indefinitely with no special storage conditions.
Ingredients
- 1 cup fresh chopped garlic preferably organic
- 1 cup fresh chopped onion preferably organic
- 1 cup fresh grated ginger root preferably organic
- 1 cup fresh grated horseradish root preferably organic
- 1 cup fresh chopped cayenne peppers or any hot peppers seasonally available preferably organic
- 1 quart raw apple cider vinegar
- 1 half gallon mason jar
Instructions
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Fill a half gallon glass mason jar 3/4 of the way full with equal parts by volume of the above fresh chopped and grated herbs (1 cup each works well). Wear gloves when chopping the hot peppers.
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Fill jar to the top with raw ACV. Close the lid tightly and shake.
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Shake at least once a day for two weeks, and then filter the Master Tonic mixture through a clean piece of cloth, bottle and label.
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Make sure that when you make this tonic that you shake it every time you walk by it, a minimum of once per day. Remember that all the herbs and vegetables for the Master Tonic should be fresh and organically grown if possible. Use dried herbs only in an emergency.
Recipe Video
Recipe Notes
Use only fresh and preferably organically grown herbs if possible as this will make the most potent and effective Master Tonic. Substitute dried bulk herbs only in an emergency if fresh is unavailable.
If one of the ingredients is not available (fresh horseradish is difficult during certain times of the year), then substitute another hot pepper such as habanero.
Fire Cider vs Master Tonic
Fire cider is a very similar immunity-boosting tonic to the Master Tonic. The primary difference is that most versions of fire cider contain honey to mitigate the strong taste.
Fire cider is available for purchase from a number of companies in recent years.
This brand is one of the best if you prefer not to make your own full strength Master Tonic at home. However, homemade is more potent and cost-effective per dose.
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I definitely want to try this in my household this year. What is appropriate dose for a two year old and four year old?
For home remedies, I generally halve the dose for my kids. Once they are 12, I use full dose. Check with your holistic practitioner if unsure though!
My daughter doesn’t do well with nightshades, they upset her stomach, should I still make and omit the cayenne? Or is there another substitute?
You are welcome to leave out the cayenne but it will make the tonic less effective.
Would it mess up the mixture if I left the hot pepper out? They agitate my stomach horribly.
Just wondering what size of mason jar you are using for this recipe.
Wide mouth quart size.
Just making my current batch for later this year (when flu season comes around) and I re-read all the posts. Really interesting – I started to wonder: do I leave the seeds in the chillis? Or not? And then it hit me, who cares? It really doesn’t matter. I make this with whatever “hot” spices I can get that are organic, and if there’s nothing organic around, I make it with whatever is available. Its obviously better if organic, but non-organic is better than nothing. If you like curries, this is a great tasting little tonic.
There’s a lot of “what can I do with the left over residue” above here – as a constant stock-maker, I think I would just say “compost it”. I don’t reckon there’s much goodness left in it after its fermented, as with the residue from stock – you’ve transferred the ‘goodness’ into the liquid and what’s left is just, well, compost. Great for conditioning the soil, but it has no nutrition left to add because its all gone into the liquid.
A question:- I know this is a ferment, but I rarely get anything to bubble – anybody got any; comments? Does that mean I’m constantly not achieving fermentation? Or just that the stuff I ferment hasn’t got any really active ‘bugs’ in it that actually ferment?
I have adopted a fairly natural lifestyle by making my own toothpaste , shampoo, etc and drinking Solay and ACV daily. I want to start with Master Tonic however my biggest concern is the smell of garlic and onions. I workout and run and fear sweating !! Its more of a concern for those around me who may not want to after I start this…LOL Any thoughts m, or situations similar to this?
Follow it up with a 1/2 teaspoon baking soda and some water to kill the odor. ????
May I get your opinion? I am into day 5 of fermenting my Master Tonic and just realized the jar I used, from another ‘raw fermented product’, has a lid with a ‘styrofoam-type’ inner seal…because of all the shaking, I was wondering, because the Master Tonic is so strong, if it would have an adverse affect on the inner-seal; (i.e. degrade/breakdown the material).
Usually, fermented products don’t come in contact w/lids so often.
Thanks for all you do…thanks for any help.
I can’t find horseradish; is it ok to use ‘freeze-dried’ or organic horseradish mustard (i.e. horseradish, mustard seed, salt, ACV) …OR… should I just leave out the horseradish until I find some ‘fresh’?
Thanks for any help.
I would leave it out if you can’t find fresh.
Thank you…appreciate your time. 🙂
Thanks for this remedy. A friend told me about this concoction and found it to be very effective in fighting a cough. I wondered what size Mason jar you recommend and if you refrigerate it during the two weeks I’m assuming it ferments? Can you use prepared horseradish as I am having trouble finding it anywhere near where I live. Thanks in advance for your help!