recipes, you should consider availability, cost, convenience and effectiveness

recipes, you should consider availability, cost, convenience and effectiveness. In a number of herbal recipes you would find out that the necessary ingredient is not herbs but the essential oils that are derived from herbs.  These essential oils contain a host of medicinal properties of the herbs where they were extracted.  Moderation in using herbal recipes should be observed in order to prevent overdose.  Herbal recipes are oftentimes used externally.  Some herbal recipes are to be used internally. 

 

The following are samples of herbal recipes:

 

HERBAL ICED TEA

Boil water and pour into a pitcher. Add a handful or so of the tea blend and allow to steep in the refrigerator for about two hours. Strain off the tea material and pour into another pitcher. Sweeten with honey and add lemon slices if you like. Serve with ice.

 

Tea for nervous tension:

    1 1/3 oz. St. John's Wort

    1 oz. Lemon Balm Leaves

    1 oz. Valerian

Use 1 tsp. of the herb mixture per cup of boiling water. Steep for 10 min., strain, sweeten if necessary. Drink a cup of this tea before going to bed each night for several weeks to calm overwrought nerves, lift depression, and help you fall asleep more easily.

Tea for coughing fits:

    1 1/3 oz. St. John's Wort

    2/3 oz. Thyme

    2/3 oz. Linden Flowers

Use 1 tsp. of the herb mixture per cup of boiling water to soothe irritations of the upper respiratory tract that cause coughing. Steep for 5-10 min., strain, sweeten if necessary. This tea is helpful with bronchitis and whooping cough.

Tea for migraines:

    1 2/3 oz. St. John's Wort

    1 oz Valerian

    1 oz. Linden Flowers

    1/4 oz. Juniper Berries

Use 1 tsp. of the mixture per cup of boiling water. Steep for 10 min, strain and sweeten. This tea helps dilate blood vessels and improve circulation. If your headaches are triggered by weather, drink the tea as the weather is changing

 

 

 

 

Herbal Reference Guide

 

The use of herbs for medicinal purposes is so common since the olden days until this time.  As many people recognized the health benefits of herbs and started to look for them, many companies, even online, greatly designed their respective herbal reference




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