With many benefits such as enhancing your vitality and boosting your immune system. Loose leaf herbal tea can also be helpful with ailments such as depression, anxiety, stress, IBD and headaches. These are some herbs that are beneficial to good health.
STINGING NETTLE Nettle has been used widely because of its high content of iron sodium, magnesium, calcium and potassium. As well as being a fantastic blood cleanser used to treat many blood disorders, nettle herbal tea is a tasty and aromatic drink.
THYME Thyme promotes the flow of mucus making it an excellent herb for bronchitis, whooping cough, asthma, pneumonia and any inflammation of the throat and nasal passages. It has been used for many years to aid digestion and can be taken many ways such as tea, mouthwash, applied as an ointment, or inhaled as an essential oil. Also because of Thyme’s antiseptic qualities, it is also useful for all kinds of infections, whether it be fungal, viral or bacterial.
LADY’S MANTLE Lady’s mantle herbal tea is a useful herb for strengthening the uterus in women who are likely to miscarry. It is also beneficial to control heavy menstrual bleeding. As a herbal tea it is a tonic to the womb and associated tissues so that problems with painful periods and the changes that come with menopause are eased.
HOREHOUND Horehound herbal tea can be used to treat many ailments. Used externally horehound can be used to manage a range of skin conditions. Internally taken horehound soothes a cough and is beneficial for bronchial problems. Horehound also promotes sweating, which in turn can be helpful to reduce fever. As well as stimulating the flow and secretion of bile from the gallbladder, thereby aiding digestion.
PEPPERMINT The leaves and stem of the peppermint herb have a high oil content therefore this part of the plant is used medicinally. Peppermint is used for many ailments including motion sickness, nausea, heart burn, cold or influenza, tension headaches and flatulence. Peppermint aids the flow of digestive juices, and can be beneficial to aid bowel problems such as ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease.




