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Shield & Shine Fire Cider

from $13.00

Shield & Shine is a handcrafted organic fire cider made with time-honored herbs to support the body through the cold months of winter. This traditional herbal tonic blends pungent roots like ginger, garlic, onion, and horseradish, well-known for their immune-supportive and warming properties, with fiery hot peppers and black pepper to stimulate circulation and clear stagnation. Rosemary adds aromatic clarity, while burdock root and astragalus offer deep nourishment and gentle immune support. Finished with lemon and infused in raw organic apple cider vinegar, this lively blend is a staple if you’re looking for herbs for immunity and seasonal wellness.

Shield & Shine is your go-to winter herbal tonic. It’s crafted to protect, invigorate, and keep your constitution vibrant (even when it’s cold & dreary outside).

You’ll notice this fire cider uniquely doesn’t have honey—that’s intentional! It’s designed to be accessible for vegans and folks with bee allergies. Feel free to add a bit of honey to your spoonful, or add something like maple syrup!

How to use:

  • Preventive / daily: 1 teaspoon to 1 tablespoon per day (many herbalists recommend 1 tsp daily as a maintenance tonic).

  • At the first sign of a cold or to warm up: 1 tbsp diluted in a cup of warm water or honey-lemon tea, up to 2–3 times daily. (Vinegar is strong — dilute.)

My favorite way to take my fire cider is to put about 1 tablespoon into a shot glass with some local honey and a little bit of warm water, mix, and knock ‘em back. Though I also enjoy it in sparkling water as a savory mocktail, or added into warm broths.

However, feel free to take a spoonful, mix into tea, or drizzle on savory dishes for a boost of warmth and vitality. Get creative with it!

For more information on what fire cider is, click here!

Shield & Shine is a handcrafted organic fire cider made with time-honored herbs to support the body through the cold months of winter. This traditional herbal tonic blends pungent roots like ginger, garlic, onion, and horseradish, well-known for their immune-supportive and warming properties, with fiery hot peppers and black pepper to stimulate circulation and clear stagnation. Rosemary adds aromatic clarity, while burdock root and astragalus offer deep nourishment and gentle immune support. Finished with lemon and infused in raw organic apple cider vinegar, this lively blend is a staple if you’re looking for herbs for immunity and seasonal wellness.

Shield & Shine is your go-to winter herbal tonic. It’s crafted to protect, invigorate, and keep your constitution vibrant (even when it’s cold & dreary outside).

You’ll notice this fire cider uniquely doesn’t have honey—that’s intentional! It’s designed to be accessible for vegans and folks with bee allergies. Feel free to add a bit of honey to your spoonful, or add something like maple syrup!

How to use:

  • Preventive / daily: 1 teaspoon to 1 tablespoon per day (many herbalists recommend 1 tsp daily as a maintenance tonic).

  • At the first sign of a cold or to warm up: 1 tbsp diluted in a cup of warm water or honey-lemon tea, up to 2–3 times daily. (Vinegar is strong — dilute.)

My favorite way to take my fire cider is to put about 1 tablespoon into a shot glass with some local honey and a little bit of warm water, mix, and knock ‘em back. Though I also enjoy it in sparkling water as a savory mocktail, or added into warm broths.

However, feel free to take a spoonful, mix into tea, or drizzle on savory dishes for a boost of warmth and vitality. Get creative with it!

For more information on what fire cider is, click here!

Size:

Included herbs & Ingredients:

Onion & garlic – pungent, warming, immune-supportive, clear stagnation.

Ginger (Zingiber officinale) – hot, stimulating, boosts circulation, warms the core.

Horseradish root (Armoracia rusticana) – sharp, dispersing, clears mucus and congestion.

Hot peppers (varying WNC strains) – fiery, stimulating, increase circulation and warmth.

Lemon – bright, cooling edge, cuts heaviness, supports digestion.

Burdock (Arctium lappa) – earthy, grounding, alterative; balances heat with nourishment.

Astragalus (Astragalus membranaceus)– sweet, tonifying, strengthens vitality and immune tone.

Black pepper (Piper nigrum) – pungent, warming, enhances absorption of other herbs.

Rosemary (Salvia rosmarinus) – aromatic, stimulating, clears fog and supports circulation.

Why fire cider?

Fire cider is one of my favorite ways to incorporate warmth into colder months for clients and friends alike. It not only aids in digestion, but also helps ward off incoming colds and viral sickies. By choosing this spicy tonic, you can increase skin blood flow and produce a local warming sensation (helpful for peripheral circulation / perceived warmth).

Overall, my formula is yang / warming / pungent — it moves stagnation, stimulates circulation, and opens the sinuses. The pungent roots and peppers are considered to move qi and blood and to warm the core. Burdock and astragalus temper that heat: burdock as a gentle alterative/cleansing root, astragalus as a nutritive/tonic. This makes the blend suitable for winter warming, circulation, and mucus mobilization in herbal energetics (think: stimulate circulation, dry dampness, open nasal passages).

I chose to add one of my favorite herbal allies when it comes to immunity, astragalus, which has immunomodulatory evidence (in vitro, animal, and some clinical contexts) and is traditionally used as a tonic for “defensive qi”. Though if you’re on biologics or immunosuppresants, inquire about a specialy blended fire cider without this herb since some sources cuation against those getting immunotherapy. I’m happy to make a custom blend for those with sensitivites or allergies!

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