Herbal teas are all the rage due to the many medicinal qualities they are supposed to possess. It is claimed they can help with everything, from easing a cold and indigestion to fighting infection and nausea.
However, when choosing a herbal tea remedy, make sure you pick the right one. While fruit flavoured teas, such as rosehip, apple and orange, tend to be delicious, they are developed for their flavouring more than anything else.
Herbal teas on the other hand, such as thyme, peppermint, and ginger, have greater therapeutic virtues. Fruit teas tend to be blended from synthetic ingredients, but herbal teas often contain real herbs. This means they make effective remedies if drunk at least three to four times a day.
The best quality herbal teas tend to be organic. Don’t let your brew stand over for the next day.
• Agrimony herb: Bladder, coughs, diarrhoea, digestive problems, kidney and liver problems, lumbago, rheumatism, sore throat, spleen, thrush, tonsillitis.
• Bedstraw/Clivers herb: Anaemia, cancer (tongue), epilepsy, hysteria, kidney and liver problems, nervous system problems, pancreas, skin disorders, spleen, thyroid (goitre), uterus disorders.
• Buchu leaves: Bladder, colic, cystitis, gout, inflammation, kidney stones, arthritis, water retention.
• Chamomile flower: Anxiety, bladder, colds, colic and cramps, earache, indigestion, insomnia, menstrual pains, piles, sinusitis, teething.
• Coltsfoot leaves: Asthma, bronchial asthma, bronchitis, cough, hoarseness, laryngitis, pharyngitis, pleurisy, pneumonia, tuberculosis.
• Common club moss/Lycopodium: Constipation, gout, hypertension, indigestion, kidney and liver problems, leg cramps, piles, reproduction, rheumatism.
• Cowslip/Primrose: Bladder, blood purifier, gout, insomnia, kidney problems, migraine, nervous system problems, rheumatism, stroke tendency, tension headache.
• Comfrey leaves: Bronchitis, circulation, digestive problems, gout, painful bones, pleurisy, rheumatism, slipped discs, stomach bleeding, stomach ulcers.
• Dandelion herb: Acne, anaemia, blood purifier, eczema, gallbladder, headache, heart strengtheners, hepatitis, hypertension, liver problems, spleen, water retention.
• Deadnettle herb: Abdominal, bladder, digestive problems, menstrual pains, insomnia, kidney problems, menstrual, skin rashes, spleen disorders, urinary problems.
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