Warm Tea with Honey

Warm tea can help break down mucus and flush it out of the body, carrying bits of the virus with it. Add honey to your tea instead of sugar. When you have COVID-19, drinking honey before bed may improve your sleep, and it also has antimicrobial properties that help improve the immune response. A study published in Clinical Nutrition in December 2018 found that patients admitted for an acute heart attack with sleep issues in Iran consumed a mixture of honey and milk twice a day for three days. Researchers discovered that they slept significantly better than a control group that did not receive this mixture.

In terms of antimicrobial activity, previous research has found that honey, particularly manuka honey, has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties. A research review published in the journal Heliyon in December 2020 theorized that being able to reduce acute inflammation, such as the kind has seen with COVID-19, could lead to an enhanced immune response, but more research is needed to prove this effect.