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 As well as its high content of potassium, calcium, magnesium and iron sodium, nettle herbal tea has been used widely to treat many blood disorders. With its anti – inflammatory agents, stinging nettle loose leaf tea is one of the most popular herbs used today.
THYME Because of Thymes antiseptic qualities, this herb has been used for all kinds of infections whether it be bacterial, fungal or viral. The most popular use of Thyme is as a tea or a mouthwash for treating ailments such as asthma, bronchitis, whooping cough and pneumonia.
LADY’S MANTLE Lady’s mantle loose leaf herbal tea is a great herb for strengthening the uterus in women who are likely to miscarry. It also can be useful in controlling heavy menstrual bleeding. As a herbal loose leaf tea it is a tonic to the womb and associated tissues so that problems with painful or heavy periods and the changes associated with menopause are alleviated.
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 and is the part of the plant used medicinally. Peppermint is used for many ailments including heart burn, nausea, motion sickness, cold or influenza, tension headaches and flatulence. Peppermint helps the flow of digestive juices, and can also be used to aid bowel problems such as ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease.