Healthy herbal tea for a healthy body

October 8, 2015 painremedies Herbal Medicines

We have been discussing about herbs and the nutritents and health benefits we can get from them.

With the so many herbs around us, you may now wondering, what will best herb to make it to a drink or tea?

You have to always remember that we can make a drink or tea in almost all of the herbs. Not only herbs but vegetables and fruits.

It’s just the tastes from these herb if you can take it but for sure, these are all healthy drinks.

For all the health buffs out there, and for the ones who are now starting to take care of their bodies and want to have a longer and healthy lifestyle, here are some of the herbal teas you can try and may include in your everyday meals.

GINGER TUMERIC TEA – this kind of drink is best for cold and flu specially during the winter or cold seasons. Ginger is known for its anti-nausea and ability that can help with motion sickness and digestive difficulties. It is also anti-inflammatory. Turmeric is known to have anti-bacterial and anti-viral properties. It is also boost immune system. Add honey to taste.

PEPPERMINT TEA – one of the more popular herbal teas. This kind of tea can be very helpful with heartburn, nausea and indigestion. Peppermint tea also help to fight bad breath caused by smoking, drinking alcohol or eating onions or garlic. Peppermint tea’s aroma can boost mental performance to be more focus and alert anytime.

LAVENDER TEA – is a pleasant tea that can help you to be more relaxed. It can be use in nebulizers, sprays, salts, and scrubs to calm the body and promote sleep. Lavender tea also helps relieving abdominal pain, belching, vomiting and a burning sensation in your stomach, and is usually a sign of an underlying stomach problem, such as peptic ulcers. People specially women with migraines, drinking lavender tea may help ease the pain because of the essential oils it releases.

CHAMOMILE TEA – it is considered as the most consumed tea in the world. Chamomile has magnesium that is known to be a soothing and relaxing herb. Drinking chamomile tea at night can relieve you from stress from a day’s work. It’s all because of the mild sedative and soothing properties it possess that works best for people with insomnia. Chamomile tea also help women’s menstrual cramps and tension because of the glycine it possess that reduces muscle spasms and relaxes the nerves

RED RASPBERRY LEAF TEA – helpS reduce inflammation and relieve pain associated with gout, arthritis and other inflammatory joint conditions. Drinking red raspberry leaf tea three times daily may make a difference in the amount of anti-inflammatory medications needed to reduce pain in these conditions. For women, it helps to balance the hormones and helps to maintain good skin. During pregnancy, a cup of this tea helps strengthen the uterus and a very good source of magnesium, potassium and the B vitamins which are important minerals and nutrients for the baby.

CRANBERRY TEA – cranberry is a superfood and tea made from cranberry contains a powerful anti-oxidant properties.Cranberry tea helps to prevent and slow the progression of the gum disease, or gingivitis. Cranberry tea is best to cure urinary tract infections. This tea also helps boost our immune system. Cranberry contains high amounts of potassium and Vitamin C that are essential in our body’s defense from sickness and disease.It also a fat burning tea and helps maintain good eyesight and healthy kidneys.

LADY’S MANTLE TEA – is traditionally used as a natural weight loss aid. It is also good in curing coughs and colds. This tea is also an anti-oxidant drink. Lady’s Mantle tea help women for their menstrual problems or other hormone-dependent conditions.

ELDERBERRY TEA – is commonly made from the flowers that bloom on the elder plant before the berries appear. Drinking elderberry tea helps soothe cold and flu symptoms, that includes fever, headache, fatigue, sore throat and coughing.