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Women's Herbal Tea Recipe
This herbal tea has traditionally been used worldwide for its toning and nourishing qualities during pregnancy, breastfeeding, PMS and menopause.
This herbal tea has traditionally been used worldwide for its toning and nourishing qualities during pregnancy, breastfeeding, PMS and menopause.
To prepare tea: Mix the following herbs together and store in an airtight jar. Use ¼ cup of the herbs in a quart jar, cover with boiling water. Cover the jar and leave overnight. In the morning, strain tea, discarding the used herbs. You may dilute or sweeten tea if you like. Drink the quart of tea throughout the day.
Use 1 cup each: alfalfa, nettles, oatstraw, red raspberry leaves and ½ cup rose hips. My good friend likes to add peppermint leaves and stevia leaves to her tea mix, so you might want to try that variation too.
Alfalfa: one of the richest mineral foods in the world, contains calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, chlorophyll, biotin, chlorine, inositol, iron, PABA, sodium, sulfur, tryptophan, vitamins A, B complex, C E, and K. Restorative tonic which promotes pituitary gland function. It alkalizes the body, helping with arthritis, gout, and kidney function. It tones the intestines. Alfalfa is high in tryptophan, inducing better sleep. It is also antifungal.
Nettles: rich in chlorophyll, it contains iodine, magnesium, potassium, silicon, sodium, sulfur, vitamins A and C, facilitates absorption of vitamin D from the sun, proteins, iron and copper. Nettles tone and rebuild the adrenals. They help with energy levels, allergies, and kidneys. Nettles also improve muscle tone, reducing post-partum hemorrhage and vaginal tears. It promotes abundant breast milk. Nettles improve liver function, reducing jaundice, stabilizing blood sugar, and strengthening the nervous and immune systems.
Oatstraw: builds a strong resilient body, it contains calcium, high in vitamins A, C, B complex, phosphorus, potassium, and proteins. Oatstraw contains Avenin, an alkaloid which is highly nutritive to cells, improving reproduction. It is a premier food for the brain and nervous system, reducing anxiety, epilepsy, and assists addiction recovery. Oatstraw improves muscle tone, digestion, uterine function, back weakness, reducing leg cramps, and heart palpatations.
Red Raspberry: the most well-known pregnancy herb, it contains citric and malic acid, silicon, vitamins C, B, niacin, carotene, magnesium, manganese, molybdenum, selenium, and improves vitamin D absorption. Red raspberry tones the muscles, especially in the uterus, reducing spasms and improving labor contractions. It tones and nourishes the ovaries and is beneficial to the pituitary gland, helping to reduce nausea and morning sickness. It is also useful for menstrual cramps and hot flashes. Due to its astringent qualities, it is used for mouth ulcers, bleeding gums, hemorrhage, hemorrhoids and cold sores. Its high mineral content promotes healthy nails, bones, teeth, and skin. Red raspberry is an excellent tea for children with a natural source of vitamin C to help fight off a cold.
Rose Hips: a good all-around tonic, specifically used for the blood, nerves, and heart. Rose hips are excellent for nervous and stressful situations. It contains vitamins A, C, E, rutin and sodium. With high amounts of calcium, iron, selenium, magnesium, potassium, manganese, sulphur, and silicon. Trace amounts of vitamin D and zinc.
Anxious? Try Rescue Remedy.
When disaster strikes, what is the first thing you reach for? Do you have what you need in those first moments, available to you almost without thought?
RESCUE REMEDY – Perfect for any emergency!
When disaster strikes, what is the first thing you reach for? Do you have what you need in those first moments, available to you almost without thought? Every household should be prepared for emergencies. One of the best things to include in your emergency kit is Rescue Remedy.
Created by Dr. Bach in the 1800’s, from the flowers around his England home, Rescue Remedy is a blend of five of the original 38 flower remedies. It calms, stabilizes, and heals. It has been recommended in all types of accidents, hysteria, shock, collapse, panic, attack, stroke, burns, injuries, threat of suicide, or tense situations. I have used it when feeling stressed or anxious and felt almost instant relief. My daughter uses it before visiting the dentist. I also give it to my dog, before a visit to the vet. The Bach flowers are prepared homeopathically, which means that they are very safe! They have no side effects or interactions with medications. Bach flowers are safely used with children, the weak and sick, elderly, or animals.
The normal dosage of Rescue Remedy is three drops on the tongue at intervals of about 10 minutes, until improvement occurs, then lengthen the time between doses until no longer needed. If oral ingestion is not possible, you may place a few drops on a person’s lips or rub into their forehead. Rescue Remedy also comes in a cream, which may be more easily used in some situations…such as the hospital or at school.
The five flowers included in the Rescue Remedy and their descriptions follow:
Cherry Plum is for losing control and when hysteria is evident and violent, even to the point of doing harm to someone else or one’s self. When combined with the other flowers in this formula it has the ability to allow a person to maintain control when dealing with pain or when terrified.
Clematis restores consciousness; useful in fainting, coma, or injury. It has the ability to help a person remain conscious, to be focused, or to take action, even if in pain.
Impatiens is the remedy for PAIN! Impatiens helps, whether there is mental pain of irritability and extreme stress, or physical pain such as a toothache or even in the intense pain of an accident.
Rock Rose is the remedy for panic or terror, as in accidents or near death experiences. It is for paralyzing fear. It gives the ability to have courage, to sacrifice oneself for another, to do what is “right”, it also gives mental freedom from fear.
Star of Bethlehem is the remedy for shock and trauma. When you have heard bad news, after being in an accident, or subjected to harm. This remedy defuses trauma, so that it does not become locked into the subconscious memory pattern to haunt a person for life. Stories of use include: after being attacked by a dog, so as to not maintain a fear of dogs. Or perhaps when someone is returning to driving after experiencing a car accident.
Having these five flowers together in one remedy makes it easy to have ready and to use quickly. You don’t have to give much thought as to which flower remedy would be best, because it is perfectly blended together for you. If in doubt, if in an emergency, USE RESCUE REMEDY!
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