Author: mindycapello
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Do you just need to make it through the next couple of weeks till the end of the school year???
Don’t discount Chamomile tea! A 4oz tea, doesn’t typically make someone sleepy during the day unless you are in sleep debt. It can be very calming to the nervous system to sip on throughout the day. If you are worried about it causing you to be sleepy combine it with a little bit of Rosemary and Peppermint! This will help perk you up!
Chamomile Nervine Tea!
- 1 tsp Chamomile,
- 1 pinch Rosemary
- 1 pinch Peppermint
- Steep for 15 min in 8oz Hot water. Strain and enjoy with some honey.
Some other teas you can often find in your grocery aisle.
- Chamomile: Especially if stress affects your digestion.
- Lemon Balm if you just need something to smile about, or are anxious with heart palpitations.
- Wood Betony and Skullcap if you get tense in your shoulders when stressed
- Passionflower if your mind won’t stop thinking of all your stress!
- Peach Leaf Tea: great for those who are super hot and just need some cooling!
Go to your grocery store tea aisle or health section and look for these ingredients in some teas to get the tea to help with YOUR kind of stress!
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Recipe:
- ¾ cup Fenugreek seed
- ½ cup Nettle
- ½ cup Red Raspberry leaf
- ¼ cup Fennel Seed
- ¼ cup Blessed Thistle
- Add ¼ – ½ cup Chamomile if you are super stressed.
- Add ¼ cup of Anise seed or Star Anise if you like the licorice flavor or
- Add ¼ cup Lemon Verbena if you like a more lemony flavor
- Add ¼ cup of Marshmallow root if it is too drying for you.
- Directions 1 Tbsp in 8oz Hot Water. Steep 15 min. Enjoy 3-4x/day.
- Fun fact: Fenugreek will make your sweat smell like maple syrup.
- Ready to quit breastfeeding? Drink Sage and or Parsley tea. 3-4 cups daily.
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It’s National Arbor Day
While celebrating trees they can cause lots of allergies for some!
Essential Oil Inhalers can be helpful for alleviating symptoms of allergies.
Amazon sells these inhalers. They come with a cotton insert which can be changed out.
- Add 10-25 drops to the cotton.
- Or mix the essential oils in a bowl 1st for better blending and then soak cotton in the oils.
Essential Oils to add to the inhaler. - Niaouli: expectorant, immuno-modulatory
- Laurel: Antispasmodic, expectorant, immune-modulatory, mucolytic
- Lemon: Antispasmodic, antiviral, anxiolytic, astringent, detoxifier, immune enhancer
- German Chamomile: Anti-allergenic, anti-inflammatory, antipruritic, antispasmodic, nervine
- Scots Pine; Decongestant, expectorant, neurotonic, restorative
- Pinon Pine: decongestant, expectorant, immune enhancer
- Cedarwood: for sinus headache, reduce congestion, and calm allergic reaction. This is a thicker oil and generally, you use less.
- Tea Tree: anti-fungal, immune support
- Lavender: reduce swollen sinuses, is anti-infectious, and emotional support
- Frankincense: anti-inflammatory
- Eucalyptus: Anti-catarrhal, anti-inflammatory, antitussive, expectorant, immune-modulatory, mucolytic. Caution in those with epilepsy.
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International Tea Day!
My Favorite Medicinal Tea Recipies in Celebration of International Tea Day!
Ginger Chamomile Tea:
- Chamomile 1 Tbsp
- Ginger 1 pinch or to taste
- Honey to taste.
- Steep for 30 min.
- Helpful for an upset stomach, nausea, pain, or inflammation. Help you relax at night! Really, will help almost any ailment.
Holy Vana Mate!
- 1 Tbsp Holy Basil (Vana)
- 1 Tbsp Yerba Mate.
- Pour 8oz 160-180 degree Water over. Steep for 3-5 Min. or longer! See how you like it!.
Helpful for a yummy tasting pick me up! There is caffeine in the tea. There are also the extra added benefits of Holy Basil as an adaptogen and blood sugar control, and upset digestion.
Fasting Support Tea
- 1 Tbsp Hibiscus
- 1 tsp Spearmint
Just a lovely tasting tea that helps when you are fasting, to help you fast a little bit longer! - This same tea can be swapped with Peppermint for a lovely cooling Summer Tea.
- If it is too sour add honey to taste.
Coffee Alternative:
- 2 Tbsp Cacao powder (or nibs *Increase nibs for more cocoa flavor)
- 2 Tbsp Roasted Chicory Rt.
- 2 Tbsp Roasted Dandelion Rt.
Prepare in a French press with 30oz Hot Water. Steep for 4 min Strain and Enjoy. If you would like it to be more bitter for more medicinal effects. You do not need to strain. This is a prebiotic-rich, heart, and liver-supportive drink! Taste great if you double the recipe and make it as a cold infusion and add your favorite cream.
Ginger Tea:
- 1 Tbsp Frozen Juiced Ginger
- 1 Tbsp Lemon or Lime Juice
- 1 Tbsp Honey.
Add all the above to 8oz hot water and enjoy. Great at the 1st sign of sickness or headache or any kind of pain. Menstrual pain also!
Sleepy-time Tea
- 1.5 Heeping tbsp Chamomile
- 1 Tbsp Catnip
- 1 Tbsp Skullcap
- Directions: 1 heaping Tbsp in 8oz Hot water. Steep for 15-20 min. Strain and enjoy 1hr – 1/2 hr before bed.
This is a yummy safe tea that kids enjoy. For those that have a hard time getting their minds to shut off, I add Passionflower to it.
1st 2 Teas I got from Ryn Midura and Katja Swift from Commonwealth Herbs on one of their amazing podcasts.
Ginger Tea from Thomas Easley at ESHM.
Have fun making these teas!
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Ground Ivy – Creeping Charlie Monograph
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Ground Ivy Tea:
- Gather the herb when it is in full bloom.
- Dehydrate at 95 degrees until crispy.
- Label and store in a glass jar.
- Add a Tbsp to 8oz hot water and drink for ear congestion.
Ground Ivy Infused Oil:
- CHOP dried herb well
- Add chopped herb to a glass jar
- Label the jar!
- Cover with Olive oil or Avocado oil for 6 weeks and shake daily
- After 6 weeks, strain the herb and use the oil to rub down the sides of your ear canals to break up congestion.
- Keep in a cool dark place for one year.
Other ways to dry your herb:
- In the oven with the door propped open on the lowest setting.
- On a screen in the shade of your yard
- Gather a small bundle and tie it with some twine and hang it upside down
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I use this tea for so many other things. So many people used this during CoV and found it to be very helpful! Often used as a pick-me up in the mornings, and in the summertime it is a great cooling drink! Enjoy making this tea or you can contact me if you would just like to buy it.
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