Enhance Your Calm Tea

This is my go to tea to remedy a stressful day, help me sleep or improve my mood. It is flavourful and relaxing.

My clients enjoy this one a lot.

Enhance Your Calm Tea

• 2 parts chamomile Matricaria chamomila
• 1 part lavender Lavandule angustifolia
• 1 part linden flower and leaf Tilia cordata
• 1 part skullcap Scutellaria laterifolia
• 1 part rose petals Rosa spp.

Grind the herbs in a mortar and pestle or with a juicer or herb grinder.

Store in a cool, dry, dark place.

1 tablespoon of tea per cup of boiling water, let steep for 5-10 minutes covered.

Dose:  1 cup of tea as needed, up to 3 cups per day

Medicinal Actions:

Chamomile: sedative effect, antispasmodic, muscle relaxant, studies have shown that chamomile works on the same part of your brain and nervous system as anti-stress medication

Lavender: carminative, sedative, bitter, antidepressant, hypnotic

Linden: nervine, anxiolytic (eases anxiety), antispasmodic, hypotensive

Skullcap: nervine, antispasmodic, relaxant, mood stabilser

Rose: nervine with affinity for uplifting mood and relieving depression, antispasmodic, sedative