BASIL TEA
Directions: 3 teaspoons of fresh chopped leaves to each cup.
Benefits: Reduces nausea (good for morning and travel sickness).
BERGAMOT TEA
Directions: 3 teaspoons of leaves and flowers to each cup.
Benefits: Helps with sore throats and chest ailments.
CARAWAY TEA
Directions: 1 cup boiling water over 2 teaspoons of crushed seeds. Let steep for 5 min. Strain and drink.
Benefits: Beneficial to kidney function, the glands and digestion.
CHAMOMILE TEA
Directions: Add dried or fresh chamomile flowers to a saucepan of boiling water, cover and simmer for about 1 minute. Remove from heat and let stand for a few minutes before straining and drinking.
Benefits: Excellent bedtime drink, relieves tension and menstrual pain.
DILL TEA
Directions: Pour a cup of boiling water over 2 teaspoons of crushed seed and let steep for 5 minutes. Strain and drink.
Benefits: Aids poor digestion, flatulence and stomach upsets. Helps with insomnia.
FENNEL TEA
Directions: Pour a cup of boiling water over 2 teaspoons of crushed seed, steep for 5 minutes, strain and drink.
Benefits: A mild diuretic (helps combat fluid retention) and laxative. You can also soak cotton wool in cooled tea and dab on tired eyes.
(Warning: large amounts of fennel might be harmful during pregnancy).
LEMON BALM TEA
Directions: Infuse 3 teaspoons of fresh leaves in 1 cup boiling water.
Benefits: Relieves headaches, toothaches, as well as tension. Helps relieve symptoms of colds.
LOVAGE TEA
Directions: Infuse 3 teaspoons of fresh leaves in a cup of boiling water.
Benefits: A very mild diuretic, also good for kidneys and will stimulate appetite.
MINT TEA
Directions: Infuse 3 teaspoons of fresh spearmint/peppermint in a cup of boiling water.
Benefits: Clears the head, sweetens the breath, and is good for digestion.
PARSLEY TEA
Directions: Infuse 3 teaspoons of fresh leaves in a cup of boiling water.
Benefits: Drunk hot, it is a diuretic and will help those with an iron deficiency.
ROSEMARY TEA
Directions: Infuse 3 teaspoons of fresh leaves in a cup of boiling water.
Benefits: Relieves headaches, improves memory and is an excellent bedtime drink.
