How-To Make A Super Tonic Herb Tea
If there is 1 daily ritual I could not live without right now, it’s brewin’ up a magical tea that contains 1-2 dozen herbs. I’ve been in the habit of using loose leaf herbs instead of tea bags for a long time now and really feel that you get much more therapeutic benefits when you consume the herbs this way. Don’t just think about convenience (as w/ tea bags), think about the immense value of nutrition you’re getting in 1 home-brewed tasty cup of tonic tea! It’s also much more cost-effective and the blend options are endless.
Your herb choices are expansive! My personal favorites are nettle root, burdock root, pau d’arco, chanca pierda, cats claw, astragulus root, he shou wu, horsetail, eucommia bark, ginseng root, red asparagus root, jujube dates, cistanche, gynostemma, goji berries, shizandra berries, kava kava root, and medicinal mushrooms (such as black reishi & cordyceps). You can get these herbs from Moutain Rose Herbs and some from your local Chinese herb shop. Don’t be intimidated by all of this if you haven’t made teas like this before, just start with even 3 herbs and you’re on your way to stellar health!
Bring a few cups of spring water to an almost rolling boil with your chosen herbs in your pot, turn the heat down and let it simmer for a minimum of 20 minutes. Depending on what roots and herbs you are using, you may need or want to simmer them for longer to extract even more phyto-nutrients. You can also just turn the heat off with the lid on and allow the herbs to steep this way as well. Add a pinch of Celtic salt and small squeeze of lemon to increase the boiling point and keep the water more structured while it’s being heated.
Ideally, you are using a Saladmaster pot in place of a lower grade leaching stainless steel so that you don’t get heavy metals in your healing teas. But, work with what you have for now and upgrade when you can. You’ll feel so good when you make the investment in yourself and stop using toxic old school cookware. Note: I am not a Saladmaster dealer or consultant, but they will put you in touch w/ one & you can get it through someone local to you (that’s how we did it).
Here’s a post I did a year ago on Using Herbs To Eliminate Nutrient Deficiencies. I LOVE this concept and have never gone back to the ‘old’ way – taking supplements, pills, etc. I rely on tonic herb teas, Superfoods and the food I eat for all my nutrition.
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Bethanne Wanamaker is the founder of EdibleGoddess, co-author of Superfood Beauty Elixirs, and a featured author in Thank God I: Stories of Inspiration for Every Situation, volume 3.
She founded Edible Goddess to teach emerging health enthusiasts and health-conscious women entrepreneurs how to experience everlasting vitality and youth and build resilience to stress. As a holistic nutrition educator and conscious lifestyle expert, Bethanne shows you how to make choices to become the absolute best and healthiest expression of yourself.
She has a passion for creating and teaching others how to make chocolate superfood desserts, herbal tonics and elixirs, scrumptious raw food creations, and homemade raw beauty treatments. Through products, coaching, and education through classes and events, she offers valuable insight into the connection between mindful choices and discovering and living your dharma.
thank you Bethanne for always sharing such valuable and insightful information for our health. I love reading what you have to share… Blessings, marina
Hi Bethanne~
Great post! Got me motivated to make more tea and try some new ingredients! Mmmmm…
Do you know if it is possible to use pots made of other materials? What about ceramic?
Thank You!
Laura
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I haven’t used ceramic yet, but take a look at what Dr Mercola offers – http://cookware.mercola.com. We’re highly considering getting a ceramic sauce pot from this site.
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Sue, I think the #1 thing you can do for your health is to stop taking any and all forms of calcium, that are supplemental, isolated, and synthetic. If you’re taking a raw green Superfood powder, such as Vitamineral Green, in adequate amounts (2 tablespoons per day – less if you’re eating a high plant-based diet), you are definitely receiving plenty of bioavailable and absorbable calcium, along with all its co-factors and mineral friends. This is true no matter your age. Remember, it’s not calcium that builds bone, it’s silica, magnesium, and phosphorus that do, which are actually also transmutated into calcium in the body. They all work synergistically together.
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