Tisane

Chamomile Tea: Medicinal Tisane!

Need to unwind from a busy day?

Chamomile tea will soothe your nerves and rest your mind.

” I have to wake up and drink chamomile tea to slow down.
Janice Dickinson ”

Chamomile is one of the oldest garden and the safest medicinal herb. It has a mild honey-flowery aroma, golden yellow hue, and a delicate semi-sweet smooth taste. The name chamomile is derived from the Greek kamai-melon, meaning ground apple.

Chamomile tea is a naturally caffeine-free tisane (herbal tea) and has a comparable amount of health benefits to its cousin, green tea. One of the safest medicinal herbs, chamomile is a soothing, gentle relaxant that has been shown to work for a variety of complaints from stress to menstrual cramps.

Benefits of Chamomile Tea

Best known as a muscle relaxant and antispasmodic, chamomile also has antiseptic and anti-inflammatory capabilities. Health benefits are:

• 1. Help induce sleep.
• 2. Calm nervous stomach and improve digestion.
• 3. Soothe skin irritations, including sunburn, heat rash and haemorrhoids.
• 4. Relieve toothache.
• 5. Improve bronchitis.
• 6. Help with bladder troubles.
• 7. Treat eye inflammation and infection
• 8. Heal mouth sores and prevent gum disease
• 9. Treat irritable bowel problems and various gastrointestinal complaints
• 10. Help Regulate menstrual periods.
• 11. Reduce menstrual cramps
• 12. Good for the kidneys and spleen health.
• 13. Help alleviate symptoms of the common cold.
• 14. Promote relaxation and alleviate stress.
• 15. Help to expel worms and other parasites.
• 16. Improve liver function and relieve jaundice.
• 17. Help prevent gangrene.
• 18. Relieve back pain.
• 19. Improve rheumatism.
• 20. Help prevent the complications of type 2 diabetes, such as loss of vision and nerve and kidney damage.

Chamomile & Cranberry Tea

This unlikely combination is a great after-dinner quaff, as cranberry juice cleanses the palate while chamomile settles the stomach.

Make a one-cup serving for yourself (with one teacup of chamomile and 1/4 cup cranberry iuice) or a full Teapot to share with family and friends. This after-dinner “‘drink” will surely become a habit in your house!

Makes 4 servings

4 chamomile teabags
4 cups boiling water
1 cup cranberry juice cocktail, at room temperature
Sugar to taste

Steep the teabags in the boiling water in a teapot, for 8 minutes. Discard the teabags and add the cranberry juice. Stir and serve immediately in teacups. Add sugar to taste.

Visit www.teaworld.co.uk where you will find some of the finest chamomile teas.

About the Author

Uma Mays

Having been an IT Project Manager for 10 years it was time to do something different and work from home with my young family. To that end I have recently started an online tea business selling and promoting the wonders and benefits of high quality specialist teas.

Interests and Hobbies:

Love the gym, play badminton and tennis. Also ski 2- 3 times a year.

Homepage:

http://www.teaworld.co.uk

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