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Gaia Angel 
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(11/29/03 6:08 pm)
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Teas with a purpose
Tea for Divination
1 tbsp China black, or English or Irish breakfast tea
2 tsp lemon balm
1 tsp eyebright
1 tbsp mugwort
1 tbsp rose hips
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Tea for Psychic Healing (Moura)
1 tbsp China black
1 tsp elder flower
1 tsp nettle
2 tsp burdock root
2 tsp mullein
2 tsp rose hips
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Tea for Meditation
1 tbsp China black or English breakfast tea
2 tsp chamomile
1 tsp rose hips
2 tsp elder flower
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This one isn't really meant to be a tea but might be of interest:
Clairvoyance Brew
3 parts Rose petals
1 part Cinnamon
1 part Nutmeg
1 part Bay
1 part Mugwort
Place in teapot, fill with boiling water, let steep, covered, for a few minutes. Remove cover, sniff steam (not so that you burn your nose) for a few moments, visualize the mystic scent opening your psychic awareness, then lie down and prophesize. If you wish, drink a bit of the brew as well, and let the steam continue to rise as you stretch your psychic awareness.
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Dream Tea
2 parts Rose petals
1 part Mugwort
1 part Peppermint
1 part Jasmine flowers
1/2 part Cinnamon
Mix, add one teaspoon to a cup. Pour boiling water over this and let steep, covered, for a few minutes. Drink before going to bed to produce psychic dreams.
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Psychic Tea
3 parts Rose petals
2 parts Yarrow
1 part Cinnamon
Brew, strain and drink a cup before or during divination and psychic work to enhance your psychic awareness.
A Tea to Relax You
1/4 teaspoon valerian root
1/2 teaspoon passion flower
1/2 teaspoon chamomile
1/2 teaspoon vervain
Pour boiling water over herbal mixture, and steep for 3-5 minutes.
Add honey if desired. Sip, and enjoy
A Nice Tea for a Cold
1 teaspoon yarrow
1 teaspoon valerian root
1 teaspoon birch leaf
Pour boiling water over herb mixture, and steep for 10-15 minutes, covered.
Sip the tea, slowly, and allow it time to work.
Warning: Valerian root tends to smell like nasty forgotten gym socks.
Maybe this isn't the tea to use for steam to help your sinuses.
A Good Tea if You Have a Cold
Mix together:
1 teaspoon wintergreen
1 teaspoon lemon verbena
Pour one cup boiling water over the herb mixture, and steep for 3 minutes. Strain, and sip, making sure to keep the steam up by your nose, to moisturize and clear the sinuses
An Invigorating Tea
Mix together:
1/2 teaspoon rose hips
1/2 teaspoon peppermint
1/2 teaspoon hibiscus
Pour 1 cup boiling water over herb mixture, and steep for 3 minutes. Strain, and drink.
A Tea to Aid Sleep
Mix together:
4 clusters, or 2 Tablespoons hops
1 teaspoon lavender
1 teaspoon rosemary
1 teaspoon thyme
1 teaspoon mugwort
1 teaspoon sage
1 Tablespoon chamomile
1 Tablespoon Wintergreen
1 pinch Valerian Root
...and mix well. Take 1 teaspoon of the mixture,
pour 1-cup boiling water over it, and steep for 3-5 minutes.
Strain, and allow to cool slightly before drinking.
Store remaining mixture in a well-sealed container.
Makes approximately 9 cups of relaxation
A Nice Relaxing Tea
Mix together:
1/4 teaspoon lavender
1/2-teaspoon lemon balm leaves
1/2-teaspoon linden flowers
1/2 teaspoon chamomile
Pour slightly more than one-cup boiling water over the herb mixture and steep for 3 minutes. Strain, sip, and enjoy.
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1hillclimber
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(11/29/03 11:26 pm)
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Re: Teas with a purpose
  This is just awesome!!! I love it! I'm gonna try some of these teas.
Thanks, GaiaAngel...
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Gaia Angel
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(11/30/03 10:45 am)
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no problem gf! I hope you feel free to post any of your recipes in any category! I am trying to think of activities the cooking club can do. I was thinking a recipe exchange then donating the dish to shelters? i dont know, it was a fleeting thought and my brains swimming with them.
that last recipe is particularly good
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irisgoddess
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(8/10/04 6:28 pm)
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Re: Teas with a purpose
I love teas heres one for ya!
Cold Tea Aunt Shad's Style
rose hips
habiscis
pepperment
slippery elm
euculiptus
I use equal parts of all and then crush together and use about a tablespoon in a tea ball and steep about 10 mins.
You can add honey to sweetin (it's good for coating your throat) Drink 2 cups a day. I love this one.I use it all the time it's the only one I take for a cold. It tastes good too. try it ( it's pink)
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shadeaux63
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(8/11/04 10:28 am)
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Re: Teas with a purpose
Equal parts of all except the eucalyptus.You only want a pinch of that,compared to the amount of the other ingredients.Its primary purpose is just to get those sinuses open,but too much,and PHEW-we're talking STRONG,folks.
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Cara2000
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(9/15/04 4:55 am)
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TEA FOR PSYCHIC HEALING:
1 tablespoon China black tea
1 teaspoon elder flower
1 teaspoon nettle
2 teaspoon burdock root
2 teaspoon mullein
2 teaspoon rose hip
TEA FOR PROTECTION:
1 tablespoon Irish or English breakfast tea
2 teaspoon elder flower
1 teaspoon linden flower
1 teaspoon valerian
2 teaspoon burdock root
1 teaspoon comfrey
1 teaspoon hyssop
2 teaspoon rose hips
TEA FOR LOVE (SPELL):
1 tablespoon China black tea
1 teaspoon damiana
1 teaspoon raspberry leaves
2 teaspoon chamomile
2 teaspoon mullein
2 teaspoon rose hips
TEA FOR HEALTH (SPELLS):
1 tablespoon China black tea
2 teaspoon fennel
1 teaspoon mint
2 teaspoon rose hips
1 teaspoon elder flower
2 teaspoon hops
1 teaspoon mullein
1 teaspoon white oak
TEA FOR DIVINATION:
1 tablespoon China black, English breakfast, or Irish breakfast tea
2 teaspoons lemon balm
1 teaspoon eyebright
1 tablespoon mugwort
1 tablespoon rose hips
Psychic Tea
3 parts Rose Petals
2 parts Thyme
2 parts Yarrow
1 part Cinnamon
1 part Clove
Brew in boiling water for about ten minutes. Strain and add honey for taste if needed, do not add cream or milk. Use before divination psychic work, and astral travel to enhance the awareness.
Passion Potion
1 pinch rosemary
2 pinches thyme
2 teaspoons black tea
1 pinch coriander
3 fresh mint leaves (or 1/2 teaspoon dried)
5 fresh rose petals (1 teaspoon dried)
5 fresh lemon tree leaves (or 1 teaspoon dried lemon peel)
3 pinches nutmeg
3 pieces orange peel
Place all ingredients in a teapot. Boil three cups of water and add to the pot. Sweeten with honey if need be. And don't forget to empower your brew with your magical intention.
A Tea to Relieve Heartbreak
Prepare a cup of warm tea with 1/4 teaspoon each of comfrey, chamomile, lemon, and thyme. Add a little honey as a balm for your heart. Stir counter clockwise, repeating these words four times: "Sadness depart, don't anchor my heart." Then stir clockwise, saying four times, "Joy is growing, sadness must flee, even as I drink my tea!" Now enjoy the beverage. Relieving sadness, melancholy, depression, or loneliness. Waning moon. Friday. Moon in Gemini or Capricorn. Month of October. Dawn.
Headache Tea Recipe:
Put a pinch of Lavender, Chamomile, Rosemary, and Mint into a coffee filter and make it like you would coffee. Or you can put the herbs in a spice ball and leave in hot water for 15 to 30 minutes.
APHRODISIA: A Passion Drink
1 pinch Rosemary
2 pinches Thyme
2 tsp. Black Tea
1 pinch Coriander
3 fresh Mint leaves (or 1/2 tsp. dried)
5 fresh Rosebud petals (or 1 tsp. dried)
5 fresh Lemon tree leaves (1 tsp. dried lemon peel)
3 pinches Nutmeg
3 pieces Orange peel
Place all ingredients into teapot. Boil three cups or so of water & add to the pot. Sweeten with honey, if desired. Serve hot.
Healing Brew
1 part rosemary
1 part sage
1 part thyme
1 part cinnamon
Half fill a blue glass bottle with fresh water. Add the ground, empowered herbs and let this sit in the sun all day. If by sunset the water has been colored by the herbs then it is ready for use. If not, store in the fridge overnight and put in the sun the following day. Strain. Anoint the body or add to bath water while visualizing yourself as being in perfect health.
Love and Light
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Cara2000
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(9/15/04 5:01 am)
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Love tea spell
Love Tea Spell
A love tea spell can be made on Monday, Tuesday, or Friday during a waxing moon.
You Will Need:
3 candles (red, pink, and green)
4 caraway seeds
4 fennel seeds
1 tea bag
3 rose hips
5 edible rose petals.
If you cannot get rose petals, buy rose water or dried roses from a herbal shop.
(Be sure that the roses have not been sprayed with pesticides and are safe for brewing into a tea).
Light the candles and place them on the stove near the teapot. Bring two cups of springwater to a slow simmer. Add the other ingredients with the tea. As the love tea is steeping, pass your hands over the steam three times, and concentrate on the feelings of love. Pour a cup and sit in a cheerful place. If you have a photo of an intended lover, place it where you can see it as you drink the tea. Recite this spell:
"I lift this cup to my lips,
I drink it slow with tiny sips,
Rose, tea, caraway,
And fennel cause love to stay."
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Cara2000
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(9/15/04 5:03 am)
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Ambrosia
Ambrosia Love potion
1/2 teasp of dried lavender (ground)
1/2 vanilla pod
2 cloves
1 stick cinnamon
1/2 litre of red wine.
Mix the lavender, vanilla, cloves, cinnamon and wine in a pot, allow to simmer and stand for 15 mins. Strain and serve warm or cold.
As you drink the wine, say together:
"May our love blossom
And may we always speak from the heart, with love and respect for each other. All is one"
Love and Light
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this is a list of some uses for herbal teas:
Boneset Infusion is sprinkled to drive out evil.
Chamomile Infusion is added to bath to attract love.
Cinquefoil Wash the head and hands with the infusion 9 times to rid yourself of hexes.
Clover, Red Infusion is sprinkled to drive away evil and negativity.
Damiana Infusion is drunk to increase sexual stimulation.
Dill Infusion is added to the bath to attract love.
Fumitory Infusion is sprinkled around the house to attract money.
Gentian Infusion is added to the bath to attract love.
Ginseng Tea is drunk to induce lust.
Hibiscus An infusion of the flowers is drunk to induce lust.
Hyssop Infusion is sprinkled or added to the bath for purification.
Kava Kava A tea is drunk to enhance psychic powers.
Lemon Infusion is used to induce lust.
Lemon Verbena Infusion is sprinkled or added to the bath for purification.
Lovage Infusion is added to the bath to attract love.
Marigolds Infusion is added to the bath to attract respect and admiration.
Mimosa Infusion is added to the bath to break hexes.
Mugwort Infusion is used to wash divinatory tools to increase their effectiveness.
Orange Infusion is added to the bath to be more attractive.
Parsley Infusion is added to the bath for purification.
Pineapple Infusion is added to the bath to attract luck.
Poke Infusion is sprinkled or added to the bath to break hexes.
Rattlesnake Root Infusion is added to the bath for protection.
Rose Rosebud tea drunk before bed induces prophetic dreams.
Rosemary Infusion is added to the bath for purification.
Rue Infusion is added to the bath for breaking hexes and exorcism.
Saffron Infusion is drunk to improve psychic powers.
Sagebrush Infusion is added to the bath for purification.
Shallots Infusion is added to the bath for luck.
Solomons Seal Infusion of the roots is sprinkled to drive away evil.
Vervain Infusion is sprinkled to exorcise evil spirits and negativity.
Wintergreen Infusion is sprinkled for purification.
Yarrow Infusion of the flowers is drunk to improve psychic powers.
Yerba Mate Infusion is drunk as a lust inducing potion.
Yerba Santa Infusion is added to the bath to be more beautiful.
Yohimbe Infusion is drunk as a lust inducing potion.
Love and luck
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gypsy witch love brew
Gypsy-Witch Love
1 teaspoon dried and crushed basil
1 teaspoon dried fennel
1 teaspoon dried European vervain
3 pinches ground nutmeg
1/4 cup red wine
Place all the ingredients into a cauldron. Mix together well, and then place the cauldron over a fire. Light a pink candle which has been anointed with rose oil, and say:
CANDLE LIGHT, WARM AND BRIGHT,
IGNITE THE FLAMES OF LOVE TONIGHT.
LET MY SOUL MATE'S LOVE BURN STRONG FOR ME,
THIS IS MY WILL, SO MOTE IT BE!
After the love potion boils for 3 minutes, remove the cauldron from the fire and allow it to cool. Strain the cooled liquid through a clean cheesecloth into a cup. Add a bit of honey to sweeten the potion, and then drink it.
If you desire love from a certain man or woman, concentrate upon him or her as you prepare the brew. Drink half of the potion, and then give the other half of it to your beloved to drink as soon as possible. If he or she is karmically correct for you, the spark of love will be instantly ignited.
Best prepared on a Friday, any night of the waxing moon, whenever the moon is in the Venus-ruled signs of Taurus or Libra, or on Saint Valentine's Day.
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Cara2000
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Isis Healing Brew
1 part Rosemary 1 part Sage 1 part Thyme 1 part Cinnamon
Half fill a blue glass bottle with fresh water. Add the ground, empowered herbs to it and let this sit in the Sun all day. If by sunset the water has been colored by the herbs, it is ready for use. If not, store in the refrigerator overnight and steep in the Sun the following day. Strain. Anoint the body or add to bath water while visualizing yourself as being in perfect health.
Kernunnos Protection Brew
1 part Pine needles 1 part Caraway 1 part Bay
1 part Basil 1 part Anise
In a red glass bottle half-filled with water, steep the herbs in the Sun for a day. Strain and add to bath water, or anoint your body for personal protection. Also, anoint protective amulets and talismans.
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Cara2000
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Money Brew
3 parts Sassafras 2 parts Cedar 1 part Allspice 1 part Clove
1 part Dill 1 part Vetivert 1 part Calamus
Half fill a green glass bottle with fresh water. Add about a handful or so of the mixed, empowered herbs. Cap tightly and leave in full sunlight all day. At dusk, sniff the water. If the scent is strong, strain and add to baths, wash hands, anoint money charms and so on. If it isn't strong enough, chill overnight and return to the Sun the following day.
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Seven Flower Tea
Seven Flower Tea cools you down on a warm summer's day,
helping to keep you calm and soothe your digestion.
1 quart boiling water
2 teaspoons chamomile flower
1 teaspoon linden flower
1 teaspoon calendula flower
1 teaspoon lavender flower
1 teaspoon honeysuckle flower
1 1/2 teaspoon passion flower
1 1/2 teaspoon orange flower or orange peel
Pour boiling water over the flowers. Allow to steep for 20 minutes. Strain. Drink.
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Cara2000
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herbs and some of their medicinal properties in tea
ALLERGIES AND ASTHMA
Herbs used: Blessed Thistle, Scullcap, Horehound, Mullein, Wild Cherry Bark, Barberry Root, Peppermint Leaves, Goldenseal, Cayenne, Marshmallow, Lobelia, Burdock.
ANEMIA
Herbs Used: Red Beet, Yellow Dock, Lobelia, Burdock, Nettle, Mullein
ARTERIOSCLEROSIS
Herbs Used: Cayenne, Garlic, Hawthorne, Parsley
ARTHRITIS
Herbs Used: Yucca, Comfrey, Devil's Claw,Wild Yam Root, White Willow Bark, Sarsaparilla Root, Horsetail, Chickweed, Alfalfa, Yarrow, Cayenne, Lobelia, Burdock, Chaparral, Black Cohosh , Cat's Claw, Lemon Grass
ATHLETE'S FOOT
Apply diluted tea-tree oil (half oil, half water) several times a day. Apply cider vinegar directly to the area. Saok feet in a warm infusion of red clover.
BLOOD CLEANSE
Dandelion root, Yellow Dock, Sarsaparilla root, Burdock root, Echinacea root, Licorice root.
BOILS
Put breadcrumbs in a calico bag or between two pieces of gauze. Dip into boiling water and wring out. Apply to the boil and cover to keep hot. Have a second poultice to apply when the first one cools.
Cooked, hot mashed onion can also be used as a boil poultice.
CHOLESTEROL
Hawthorn berries, Psyllium husk, Devil's Claw, Juniper berries, Ginger root.
COLDS
Herbs used: Chamomile, Slippery Elm, Cayenne, Goldenseal, Myrrh, Peppermint, Sage, Lemon Grass, Rose Hips, Garlic
COLIC
Herbs Used: Alfalfa, Peppermint, Fennel, Catnip
CONSTIPATION
Herbs Used: Aloe Vera, Butternut Root, Cascara Sagrada, Senna Leaves, Ginger Root, Burdock Root, Slippery Elm, Barberry.
COUGHS
Herbs Used: Elecampane, Wild Cherry Bark, Bayberry root, Horehound, Ginger Root, Slippery Elm Bark, Licorice, Comfrey Root, Lobelia
DEPRESSION
St. John's Wort, Kava, Siberian Ginseng, Gotu Kola, Ginger root, Butternut root bark
DIABETES
Uva-Ursi, Fenugreek seed, Gentian root, Huckleberry leaves, Raspberry leaves, Buchu
DIAPER RASH
Apply cream made from calendula, or a cream made from aloe
DIGESTION
Papaya leaves, Peppermint leaves, Fennel seeds, Ginger root, Gentian root, Butternut root bark
DRUG WITHDRAWAL
Herbs Used: Chamomile, Ginseng, Licorice, Cayenne, Gotu Kola
EARACHES
Herbs Used: Oil of Mullein, Garlic Oil, or Lobelia Extract drops directly into the ear.
ENERGY
Herbs Used: Cayenne, Ginseng, Gotu Kola
FEMALE PROBLEMS
Herbs Used: Black Cohosh, Passion Flower, Ginger, Fenugreek Seeds, Licorice Root, Chamomile, Black Haw Bark, Saw Palmetto Berries, Wild Yam Root, Butternut Root, Raspberry Leaf, Blessed Thistle, Dong Quai
FERTILITY
Damiana Leaves, Siberian Ginseng Root, Saw Palmetto Berries, Sarsaparilla Root, Buckthorn Bark
FLU
Herbs Used: Ginger, Cayenne, Goldenseal, Licorice
GALL BLADDER
(TO CLEANSE) Before bed, mix together the juice of 2 lemons, 4 ounces olive oil, 6 ounces Coke Classic; drink. Upon rising, take 10 ounces of magnesium citrate (available in drug stores). Do not eat until you have had your first bowel movement. Bowel movements will continue sporadically for several hours, so do this on a day you are at home!
GLAND AND NERVE
Gentian root, Siberian Ginseng root, Chamomile flowers, Blue Vervain, Dandelion root, Yellow dock root, Skullcap, Wood Betony, Ginger root, Saw Palmetto berries
HANGOVERS
Drink alot of water before going to bed, and drink more everytime you wake up during the night.
HEADACHE TEAS
Camomile, Sage, Rosemary. Peppermint, or Wormwood. Any of these made into a tea and drunk will ease a headache.
HEART
Herbs Used: Hawthorn Berries, Cayenne, Motherwort, Rosemary Leaves, Woood Betony, Shepherd's Purse, Garlic
HEARTBURN
Herbs Used: Anise seed, Fennel seed, Peppermint, Cinnamon, Lavendar
HEMORRHOIDS
Witch Hazel leaves, Mullein leaves, Slippery Elm bark, Plantain, Butternut root bark, Peppermint leaves
HYPERTENSION
Blessed Thistle, Black Cohosh Root, Parsley Leaves, Valerian Root
INDIGESTION
Drink Peppermint tea, or an infusion of half Peppermint and half Rosemary. An infusuion of equal parts Peppermint, Camomile, and Lemon Balm is also useful. Make a tea of Anise, Caraway and Peppermint.
IMMUNE SUPPORT
Herbs Used: pau d'arco (taheebo), Echinacea, Burdock, Spirulina, Kelp, Cat's Claw, Ginger, parsley.
INFECTIONS
Herbs Used: Echinacea, Goldenseal, Cayenne, Myrrh Other
INSOMNIA
Herbs Used: Valerian, Passionflower, Dandelion root, Chamomile, Hawthorn Berries, Scullcap, Hops
INSOMNIA
Jeanne Rose's Herbal Sleep Pillow To Rekindle Energies During The Night: 8 parts Rose petals, 4 parts Mint, 4 parts Rosemary, 1 part crushed Clove.
Small but Strong Sleep Pillow: Approximatley equal quantities of Rose petals, Chamomile, Mint and Rose Geranium. Add a few drops of Neroli essential oil. This one's quite strong and floral.
Interesting Dreams Pillow: Stuff your pillow with Mugwort (Artemisia Vulgaris). It produces truly spectacular technicolor dreams. Add a drop or two of Clary Sage Oil to help get to sleep (it also helps open the third eye). It also produces euphoria, but don't over do it because in large quantities it can cause headaches.
KIDNEYS
Herbs Used: Juniper, Uva Ursi, Marshmallow, Ginger, Goldenseal, Dandelion
LIVER
Herbs Used: Dandelion Root, Parsley, Horsetail, Blessed Thistle, Milk Thistle Seeds, Burdock Root, Peppermint Leaves, Chamomile, Lobelia, Wild Yam , Ginger, Sassafras, Kelp
LOW BLOOD SUGAR
Licorice root, Gotu Kola, Siberian Ginseng, Ginger root
LOW ENERGY
Siberian Ginseng root, Gotu Kola, Peppermint leaves, Ginger root
LUNGS
Herbs Used: Comfrey, Fenugreek, Marshmallow, Mullein, Chickweed
MENOPAUSE
Herbs Used: Black Cohosh, Licorice, False Unicorn, Ginseng, Squaw Vine, Blessed Thistle
MENSTRUAL CRAMPS
Herbs Used: Cramp Bark, Ginger root, Raspberry Leaf, Yello Dock, Vitex, Wild Yam
MENTAL STAMINA
Peppermint leaves, Siberian ginseng, Gotu Kola, Rosemary leaves, Damiana leaves, Butternut Root
MIGRAINES
Herbs Used: Fenugreek, Thyme, Lobelia, Wood Betony, Feverfew
MORNING SICKNESS
Herbs Used: Wild Yam, Dandelion, Ginger, Vitex
NERVES
Herbs Used: Black Cohosh, Cayenne, Valerian, Ginger, St. Johnswort, Hops, Wood Betony
PMS
Herbs Used: Evening Primrose Oil, Dong Quai, Vitex
POISON IVY/OAK
Herbs Used: Burdock, Mullein, Yellow Dock (bathing in a peppermint tea bath will relieve the itching as well as aid in drying up the oak/ivy) Other uses, Itching, Insect Bites
REDUCING WEIGHT
Herbs Used: Chickweed, Licorice, Safflower, Echinacea, Black Walnut, Hawthorn, Papaya, Fennel, Dandelion
SEXUAL DESIRE
Stimulant: Damiana, Ginseng, Saw Palmetto, Gotu Kola
Depressant: Hops, Scullcap, Valerian
SKIN
Herbs Used: Horsetail, Burdock Root, Gotu Kola, Yellow Dock Root, Dandelion Root, Milk Thistle, Red Clover, Sarsparilla Root, Sage, Rosemary
STRESS
Passion Flower, Wood Betony, Gingerroot, Skullcap, Chamomile, Blessed Thistle
SORE THROAT TEA
Equal parts of Sage and Rosemary, with a spoonful of honey. Pennyroyal tea with honey is also good, but do not take during pregnancy.
STOP SMOKING
Herbs Used: Hops, Scullcap, Slippery Elm, Valerian, Lobelia
THYROID
Herbs Used: Irish Moss, Kelp, Parsley, Black Walnut, Sasparilla
TIRED EYES
Cover the eyes with any of the following and lie down in a darkened room. Be sure to keep the eyes closed! Cold tea bags, raw potato slices, raw cucumber slices.
TIRED FEET
Soak in a warm footbath with any of the following added; 2 Tbsp. bicarbonate of soda, 1 Tbsp. each of bicarbonate of soda and sea salt. Add 4 drops of Rosemary oil, 1 drop each of Lavender, Rosemary, and Cypress Oil.
TUMORS
Herbs Used: Chaparral, Red Clover, Taheebo (Pau d'arco)
ULCERS
Herbs Used: Cayenne, Goldenseal, Myrrh, Marshmallow, Calendula
WOUND WASH
In 1/2 cup water, mix 5 drops each Lavender and Tea-Tree Oil. Dip cotton wool in the mixture and swab the area until clean of dirt and other impurities.
VIRUS
Echinacea, Licorice Root, Blue Vervain, Butternut Root Bark.
WATER RETENTION
Cornsilk, Parsley Leaves, Uva Ursi, Cleavers, Juniper Berries, Queen of the Meadow Root.
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HERBAL TEAS
Chamomile - A mild sedative, it is said to aid digestion adn relieve menstral cramps. Also believed to help colicy babies. Small amounts of pollen residue in the tea may cause dermatitis or toher allergic symptoms in people sensitive to ragweed, chrysanthemums, and other members of the daisy family.
Dandelion - Tea made from this common weed is mildly diuretic. Some women use it to reduce problems of premenstral bloating.
Elder Flower - Extracts of elder are sometimes used in over-the-counter cold remedies, and elder flower tea may alleviate cold and flu symptoms. The flowers and ripe berries of the elder are safe, but avoid the roots, stems and leaves. The tea is a mild stimulant.
Fennel - With a flavor similar to licorice, fennel tea is used to sooth an upset stomach. Traditional herbalists often recommend it as an appetite suppressant and slimming aid.
Lavendar Flower - Tea brewed from dried lavender flowers ais said to be mildly sedative.
Lemon Balm - This minty tea may help soothe jittery nerves.
Nettle - Made from the same plant that causes stinging skin irritation, nettle tea is rich in Vitamin C and several minerals. Herbalists recommend it to treat arthritis and gout and to increase milk production in nursing mothers.
Peppermint - Tea from this mint plant is refreshing and may stimulate digestion. It should be avoided by anyone with a Hiatal Hernia, because peppermint promotes reflux of the stomach contents into the esophagus.
Raspberry Leaf - Herbalists recomment raspberry tea to ease discomfort from menstral cramps.
Rose Hip - Rich in Vitamin C, rose hip tea can substitute for orange juice when citrus fruits are not readily available.
Rosemary - Tea from this popular garden herb is said to relieve gas and colic, but drinking more than two or three cups a day may irritate the stomach.
Thyme - Herbalists recommend thyme tea for gastrointestinal complaints and to alleviate lung congestion.
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(12/12/04 8:36 pm)
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Re: Teas with a purpose
Excellent thread! Thank You to all those who have given recipes. I'm going to write some down to try!
I've a question. I don't drink black tea or english tea etc, so is there a substitute or can I just make the tea without this base?
I also thought I'd share a tea that I make:
'Moonbeam' Tea
This is something I make often. I make a pot every fullmoon, as well as each new season that comes or when I feel I need some. All you need to do is brew a pot of herbal tea. The choice of herbs you use is what you feel you need at the time. Preferably a brew from 1, 2 or 3 herbs is best. Herbs I often use are Jasmine flowers or mugwort.
Once you've made your pot of tea, sit it outside in a place in Nature for the night where it will be undisturbed ie: no children, pets or wildlife to knock it over and away from electrical interference (so not under a powerline!). Allow your pot to sit under the fullmoon for the night so it is empowered with lunar energy.
The tea is excellent for anything you would like to use it for. I make it to empower soap (by adding it to the oils), and to use it in a lotion with flower essences. I'll also return some to our Earthmother (as I always do). If there is any left over, I'll often drink it!
Love & Peace
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