In this era of readily available pharmaceutical products for every imaginable ailment, it can be easy to default to the drugstore when we need relief. It hasn't always been that way. For millennia, our ancestors had a deep knowledge of the remedies provided by the earth. Fortunately, much of that wisdom still exists, and many people are using it to skip the drugs?"and the side effects. One such example is an herbal tonic called oxymel, a recipe so simple that it can be made in your own kitchen.