Re internal use of EO's - now herb teas

[Guest guest]

Kathy,

 

It depends on what sort of properties you are going for in an herb tea. Are

you looking for flavor? Medicinal value?

For the most part, skip the powder for teas. They sink to the bottom of the

cup, and form a nasty sludge. You'll want to use the leaves, flowers,

roots, barks, and berries in a form known as " cut and sifted " , most likely. If

you are using ingredients that grow nearby, you can just use the whole leaf (or

whatever other part you would like).

 

You may want to try doing what I did years ago when I first became

interested in blending herbal teas. First do lots of reading to identify herbs

that

you'd like to use. Make a list of the ones that you know grow nearby.

For me, that included things like raspberry leaf, chamomile, mints, bee

balm, lemon balm, roses, rosehips,lavender, violet flower and leaf, linden

flower, elder flower and berry, St. John's wort, catnip, cherry bark,

sassafras....

you get the idea.

 

I started harvesting and making simples - a tisane using a single botanical

- to find out how they tasted. Then I dried some of each that tasted good,

layering them into a large jar as the summer progressed. Eventually, I added

some things that I couldn't find on my own. Licorice root comes to mind.

Some citrus peel was saved, dried, and added. Over the winter, I enjoyed many

cups of tea - each cup tasting different from the last.

 

Or, you can just keep a cup or so of each and play with them, mixing a cup

or pot at a time. Enjoy it! You may be very pleasantly surprised to find

yourself an expert by spring.

 

Tina

_The Essential Herbal Magazine_ (http://www.essentialherbal.com/)

_Essential Herbal Blog_ (http://theessentialherbal.blogspot.com/)

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Or, you can just keep a cup or so of each and play with them, mixing a cup

or pot at a time. Enjoy it! You may be very pleasantly surprised to find

yourself an expert by spring.

 

[Dave:] What a wonderful bit of advice! This is how we are meant to

interact with the plant world, IMO.

 

 

 

 

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