There are so many herbal tea varieties all over every store you visit, all claiming to heal, soothe or hydrate, and making the decision to choose much more difficult. Although they provide medicinal value while increasing your your fluid intake.
With low calories as well as helping in relaxing you as you drink often. However, apart from their healing benefits they do have an appealing fragrance that will cause one to take one cup after another cup of these delicious tea. Here are the different teas and their benefits:
1. Lemon
This citrus-fresh ingredient helps tame tension, nervousness and a mild ease of blues. One can take this drink to relax as it aids in helping one to sleep. It also helps increase the catechins antioxidants in the body which it absorbs, helping to balance the acidity and alkalinity in the body as catechins do not live in non-acidic surroundings. It also helps fight free radicals and cancer causing inflammation.
2. Ginger
Ginger which is liberally and famously used in japan, home to some of the longest living people on earth, contains nearly a dozen antiviral compounds. It helps reduces nausea, warms the body when it’s cold, treats motion sickness, acts as a pain reliever for sore joints, stomach upsets, antiseptic and antioxidant.
It also helps in treating colds, sore throats, inflammation of mucus membranes and other respiratory conditions. It is a mild sedative that encourages rest. It is also important to note that if taken in excess it can cause heartburn, irritation in the mouth and diarrhea.
3. Peppermint
This is another antidote with amazing healing properties. The powerful phytonutrients in peppermint can help reduce the growth of cancer cells in the liver and pancreas, help ease indigestion, cramping from diarrhea and bloating. You can make your own infusion by using fresh herbs from the garden since peppermint is easy to grow, though it may overrun your garden if not well monitored. As such, it is recommended that you grow it in its own container.
4. Cinnamon
This is an all-round remedy for any ailment, it can be put in breakfast meals or almost any meal and dessert. It contains anti-bacterial, anti-viral and anti-fungal properties, helps stop vomiting, relieves nausea and increases restricted blood flow hence improved circulation. It is also a source of immune boosting antioxidants.
5. Chamomile
This is a mild relaxing tea with a delicate flavor. It contains oils that relax the smooth muscles in the stomach hence soothing mild nausea and indigestion. It helps relieves anxiety and fights insomnia, by relaxing the body and mind. However, unlike the other teas Chamomile should be steeped a little longer to bring out all the necessary medicinal benefits and if combined with peppermint will provide more effective results.
6. Lemongrass
This spiky, easy-to-grow herb has anti-bacterial, anti-parasitic, anti-fungal and anti-inflammatory properties. It aids in calming disorders and anxiety, as well as in treating high blood pressure. It improves circulation as it dilates blood vessels and acts as a mild diuretic to reduce fluid retention. Often served as an after dinner drink to aid digestion primarily due to the substance called citral – also the active ingredient in lemon peels. It is typically enjoyed unaccompanied by other herbs.
7. Nettle
This herb is made from leaves with stinging nettle, named for the tiny hairs on the fresh leaves which can sting the skin. One should not be put off by its rough exterior as this is one of the best teas for the body and among nature’s best remedies for healing anemia, high blood pressure, rheumatism, arthritis, coughs and colds, congestion, urinary tract infections, and kidney and bladder problems.
