12/17/2025
About six weeks ago, my wife and I started a gallon of fire cider. (note: the one gallon of cider is divided evenly between the two gallon jars)
If that’s a new term for you, you’re not alone. Fire cider comes from the folk herbalism tradition and was brought into the modern mainstream by herbalist Rosemary Gladstar. At its simplest, it’s a bold infusion of roots, herbs, citrus, and spices steeped in raw apple cider vinegar.
Spicy. Warming. Alive.
We’ve been practicing natural health for about 15 years and are both certified health coaches. One belief has only gotten stronger over time:
Health isn’t something you think about when you get sick.
It’s something you build daily.
Our fire cider is a medley of ingredients working together to support circulation, digestion, and immune function. Two I especially appreciate are burdock root and yellow dock root, long used to support the liver, blood, and elimination pathways, basically helping the body do its own job well.
After six weeks of steeping, we strained the cider, blended it with raw honey (about a 60/40 cider-to-honey ratio), and even dehydrated the leftover roots and herbs to turn into a spice powder for cooking.
How we use it:
• Half a shot each morning as a preventative
• Full shots, two to three times a day if we’re fighting something
This isn’t about reacting to illness. It’s about resilience.
Our bodies are living machines. When we consistently give them what they need, they do exactly what they were designed to do.
If fire cider is new to you, I’d encourage you to look into it. Do a little reading. Watch a few videos. Make a batch.
Health isn’t an emergency response plan.
It’s a daily relationship.
Our fire cider ingredients:
Raw apple cider vinegar, orange, lemon, bay leaf, cloves, star anise, pepper corn, oregano, rosemary, white onion, garlic, ginger, turmeric, horseradish, burdock root, yellow dock root, cayenne pepper, hot chili pepper
