Herbs Ideas For Tea?

[Pat]

Parsley can be made into a tea that is good to remove water from your body when you are holding water in your body. You can get parsley at the grocery store.

 

[herbs93]

I can recommend mint if you have any stomach irritations, go get a few small branches from the herb plant and soak it in not too hot water (not boiling for sure) wait a little, and you can drink it, warm or cold. In the summer we do this in big bottles then it's going to the fridge overnight with the mint still in it.

 

[TheConstantGardener]

Chamomile is always great to drink before you sleep it has a calming effect. Green tea leaves, I heard, burns fat. In any case I have tarragon leaves in my garden that I add in my tea and it tastes really good. Ginger, although it is not a herb is great for when you have sore throat or a runny nose.

 

[alexiskilgannon]

Lemongrass!!!!! Omg you have no idea how long I've been trying to remember the name of that plant to put into tea. Because of this thread I learned about Lemon Balm.
Lemongrass is the one I couldn't stop thinking of all day. Thank you girly.

I'm glad I can help! Lemongrass is one of my all time favorites. It makes a wonderful, wonderful tea.

 

[Ashanti Duggins]

Thank you all for the helpful suggestions. A week ago I made my first homemade tea. I used Dried Chamomile, Lemon Balm, Lavender an my homemade Chai spice mix. Wow was that some great fresh tea.

 

[AsiaCS]

How do you know how much of the fresh herb to use? Do you just grab a handful and stuff it in your mug? With the chamomile, do you only use the flowers?

 

[Trellum]

You can use dandelion for a really healthy tea, I have heard about the properties of dandelion tea and they are amazing! Specially if you want to detox your liver and get other nice benefits.

 

[Esther Knapicius]

alpha and peppermint is good together. the Alpha is good for joint issues.

 

[AsiaCS]

@Esther Knapicius, what's Alpha? What kind of flavor does it have? @Trellum, I've had dandelion tea. Not fresh but it was still good. That's a good one to add to the list. I've eaten dandelion greens. Don't really remember how I felt about those but the tea is a good diuretic so it helps get rid of excess water too.

 

[Esther Knapicius]

It is Alfalfa leaves. was typing too fast @AsiaCS . Anyway, it has an earthy flavor.

 

[Trellum]

@Esther Knapicius, what's Alpha? What kind of flavor does it have? @Trellum, I've had dandelion tea. Not fresh but it was still good. That's a good one to add to the list. I've eaten dandelion greens. Don't really remember how I felt about those but the tea is a good diuretic so it helps get rid of excess water too.

Yes, exactly! I actually want to go back to drinking it, because due to my health issues I tend to retain a lot water So far this tea is one of the few things that has really helped me to solve this issue naturally

 

[AsiaCS]

@Esther Knapicius, thanks for clearing that up. I've had alfalfa sprouts. Is it a mildly earthy taste? Do you have to have your own plant or can you buy leaves somewhere?

@Trellum, glad something works for you naturally. It's nice to help things that way rather than with pharmaceuticals. Fewer side effects.

 

[Esther Knapicius]

@AsiaCS , just go to a natural food store for my items.

 

[Daren]

My favourites' to pick would be Lemon mint tea also called lemon balm as its fresh & refreshing good plus you can pick it in my garden all year round but all mint plants make good tea Another great tasting one I like is made from Lime trees (Tilia x europaea) You have to pick the flowers which are out for a short time early summer. I also like Elder flower & Stinging Nettle tea's from time to time

 

[Pat]

I have made ginger tea from the ground ginger from the store. I added it to regular black tea, it was good.