Herbal tea plants (1 Viewer)

[Lolo]

Not quite sure whether this should be on Food or Lifestyle, but anyway...

I'm currently growing mint and lemon verbena in my window boxes, both are really nice added to hot water to make tea, and have health benefits (mint for digestion, verbena for candida).

Anyone know any other plants that make yummy tea that's good for what ails ye?

 

[Squiggle]

Nettles, dieuretic properties good for aiding elimination of toxins and they're really easy to grow too.

 

[Lolo]

Nettles, dieuretic properties good for aiding elimination of toxins and they're really easy to grow too.

They don't really qualify on the "yummy" front though, I'm not mad about the taste.

 

[Squiggle]

Hmm, nettle soup is good though.

Ah, well, most herbs are good for something. But in terms of yummy tea type I love fennel.

 

[Lolo]

Hmm, nettle soup is good though.

Twoo, twoo, and I do have a recipe for that somewhere

Ah, well, most herbs are good for something. But in terms of yummy tea type I love fennel.

Oh yes, there's an idea. According to tea-benefits.com (no idea how reliable they are, they just came up in a google search:

Fennel tea can aid in treatment of dyspepsias such as mild, spastic gastrointestinal afflictions, fullness and flatulence;

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Fennel tea can fight catarrh of the upper respiratory tract;

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Fennel tea also helps in stimulating milk flow in women;

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Fennel tea acts as an antispasmodic;

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Fennel tea has been shown to possess diuretic, choleretic (bile-producing), pain-reducing, fever-reducing, and antimicrobial actions.

 

[Squiggle]

Oh yes, there's an idea. According to tea-benefits.com (no idea how reliable they are, they just came up in a google search:

Fennel tea can aid in treatment of dyspepsias such as mild, spastic gastrointestinal afflictions, fullness and flatulence;

•​

Fennel tea can fight catarrh of the upper respiratory tract;

•​

Fennel tea also helps in stimulating milk flow in women;

•​

Fennel tea acts as an antispasmodic;

•​

Fennel tea has been shown to possess diuretic, choleretic (bile-producing), pain-reducing, fever-reducing, and antimicrobial actions.

All that and it tastes (and smells) nice too.

 

[sweetoblivion]

I can't stand fennel or liquorice or anything that tastes similar.

Fair play to you for growing your own plants Lolo! Are they easy to buy? How do you make the tea?

 

[Lolo]

Fair play to you for growing your own plants Lolo! Are they easy to buy? How do you make the tea?

Well, when I say "growing" I haven't been growing them from seed, just buying the plants from garden shops and putting them in compost in containers. One of them is even just a parsley plant from a supermarket, and it's thriving.

You just pick the leaves, put them in a teapot and pour boiling water over them!

Am also "growing" alpine strawberries, purple spinach, thyme, mace, chives, lavender, marjoram, dill and Vietnamese coriander.

 

[sweetoblivion]

cool! my mum grows herbs at home and some lettuce and stuff, it's so great to not have to buy it.