Every household has its version of the evening cup, brewed when someone starts sniffing at the dinner table. Laraib’s Joshanda is that cup, standardised: liquorice root for sweetness and soothing, banafsha for the chest, unnab and sapistan to ease a raw throat. Pour on boiling water, let the steam do half the work, and drink it hot.
What it is traditionally used for
- Traditionally taken for quick relief from cough, nazla and the common cold
- Long used to drive away the aches of flu and mild fever
- Taken to soothe a sore, scratchy or hoarse throat
- Traditionally drunk to loosen a tight, congested chest
- Used in every season, not only winter, whenever a chill takes hold
How it is made
Each herb is sourced single-origin, sun-dried and cut to a decoction grade rather than powdered, so it releases slowly in hot water instead of clouding the cup. The blend is weighed to a fixed classical ratio and packed into a foil pouch that keeps the aromatics intact. Nothing artificial, no added sweetener.
How to take it
Put one heaped teaspoon into a cup, pour over freshly boiled water, cover and leave for three to five minutes, then strain. Drink it as hot as is comfortable, two or three times a day. A little honey suits a raw throat; a slice of ginger deepens it in cold weather.
Good to know
- Approximately 32 g pouch, enough for around a dozen cups
- DRAP registered under Product Ent. No. 0803812152
- Pure herbal blend with no sugar, colour or flavouring added
- Reseal the pouch tightly and keep it away from steam and damp
Amna Nasir (verified owner) –
Ordered three pouches before the cold season. Smells wonderful when the boiling water hits it. My son had a chesty cough for a week and this loosened it more than anything else we tried.
Nadeem Hussain (verified owner) –
Very good and properly herbal, though you must strain it well or you get bits at the bottom. Slightly stronger than the joshanda my mother made in Sialkot, so I use a smaller spoon.
Qasim Haider (verified owner) –
I teach and lose my voice by Thursday most weeks. Two cups a day with a spoon of honey and the hoarseness clears. The pouch lasts me about ten days.
Waqas Abbas (verified owner) –
We drink this all through the Peshawar winter. I brew a pot in the evening for the whole family. It is far better than the sachets from the shop, which taste mostly of sugar.