Physical Wellbeing – What are the benefits of herbal tea?
In this blog, I am going to write about the health and wellbeing benefits of drinking herbal teas, they are making a comeback and this is why. I will explain what I mean by herbal tea, why you should be drinking herbal teas for health and wellness and give you a few examples of how they can help particular wellbeing ailments.
I absolutely adore herbal tea, I’ve been drinking herbal teas for over thirty years, once I discovered them I never looked back. What’s not to love about a hot, scented drink that makes you feel good at no cost to your wellbeing? Super witchy!
My early discovery is on account of living in Paraguay, where herbal tisanes were commonplace. Indeed, the locals favour a drink called Yerba Mate, which they drink from all types of beautifully crafted cups with special silver strainers so they don’t suck up the bits; you definitely need decent tea strainers with herbal teas!
Yerba Mate has many health benefits, it’s full of Cannabidiols to help you relax, but lacks the tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) to make you high that exists in Marijuana. This drink is drunk from dawn until dusk… it’s very refreshing cold with lemon juice and iit’s popularity has spread over here in recent years.
Herbal tea definition
When I refer to herbal tea, I truly mean herbal tea and not fruit teas. Ideally, they come as loose leaves, roots and petals and not into santised teabags. I want to see what I am drinking and mixing, I want those medicinal herbs as unadulterated as possible so all the health and wellbeing elements are in tact.
I grow quite a few of the herbs I use in my herbal tea infusions but am happy to draw the line at the ones that I can’t produce due to climate and soil conditions; I buy these in from quality sources.
Examples of herbal teas I like to use include Holy thistle, Wood betony, Mullein, Agrimony, Cleavers, Calendula, Chickweed, Sow thistle, Mugwort, Nettle, Plantain, Red clover.
I have around fifty six different type of herbal teas for health and wellbeing, a lot of which you may regard as common weeds in your garden. Nature has created all the remedies for health and wellbeing, she has all the answers.
Why should you be drinking herbal teas
One of the main reasons I use and recommend herbal teas for health and wellbeing is because they’re totally bioavailable to the body, which means our bodies can easily make use of them and recognises them.
If you’ve had your DNA tested, which I do recommend, then you will have more of an idea what herbs will be more suited to your body based on your ethnicity. If I’ve read your Medical Astrology, you will know which herbs are more beneficial to your dominant planets and will therefore rebalance your welling.
And, getting it right gives an immediate response, you should feel the benefits as you drink your herbal tea. I am not saying the symptoms for whatever you’re healing and treating will immediately disappear, more that you can sense your body happily sucking them up.
The other reason I use herbal teas is because I am histamine intolerant, so alcoholic tinctures are not beneficial to me. My body gets rid of them before it can make use of them.
What are the health and wellbeing benefits of herbal teas?
As you can imagine, there are fifty six different medicinal wellbeing herbal teas I could now attempt to cover, however this is not a book just a quick insight. So, I will cover three that you are likely to find in your garden or with ease in green spaces.
Please make sure, if you do choose to forage for them that you apply common sense and do not take from sites that have been sprayed with pesticides, animal wee and faeces or remove the entire plant stock. I run a workshop on foraging, which covers a few easy to find medicinal herbs and foods and gives a lot more detail for those interested.
Chickweed
This little beauty is also known as Stellaria media, Morgeline or Mouron des oiseaux. this little white star flower is an annual and perennial flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. It is native to Eurasia and naturalized throughout the world. She is a Water herb, increasing water in your body and reducing Fire, an ideal mucilage. I use her on anyone with itchy skin conditions, phlegmatic imbalances and dry tissues.
Mullein
I use this little lady a lot, her Latin name is verbascum thapsus and she has soft silvery green leaves and yellow flower spikes; do not confuse her with Lamb’s ear. She is an Air herb and rules by Saturn, so ideal for health and wellbeing ailments relating to lungs, asthma, deep coughs, inflamed membranes, ears and decluttering the over anxious mind.
Agrimony
Also known as Agrimonia eupatoria, church steeples or sticklewort, this lady contains bitter tannins making her excellent for digestion as well as an excellent astringent. She is an Earth herb and ruled by expansive Jupiter, this means her impact on health and wellbeing will depend on whose drinking her. For instance, she can be warming and moistening or drying and cooling. I use her for soothing digestive complaints caused by spasming, toning out of control mucous membranes, bed wetting, heavy painful periods, diarrhoea and bile production.
Final word
I’ve told you about the benefits of drinking herbal teas for health and wellbeing, what I mean by herbal tea and given you examples of some of the ways in which I use them on my patients.
If you’d like your Medical Astrology Chart read to determine which herbal teas will work for you, you can go to this link to find out more and what it costs.
I think I’ll write a herbal tea for health and wellbeing workshop, do let me know if you’d be interested…
