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The Way of Processing, Making Herbal Tea


  


Infusion or tisane: Fresh herbs are to be chopped up and to be put into a bottle or into another vessel that isn’t made of metal. Boil the water, get it off fire and pour it on the pre-prepared drying herbs. Soak the fresh herb for a while- half a minute is more than enough. The tea should be pale-yellow or light green. Herbal green tea need a bit more time to soak (1-2 minutes). The tea that is made this way is much nicer and more pleasurable.

Roots are to be put up in the given amount in cold water. Boil them just for a while, than leave them alone for further 3 minutes.

Pour the daily portion of herbal tea into a bowl, and drink by little gulps during all day, according to the directions.

Usually, we can get a complete spoon of herbal plant for a mug (or quarter of a litre) of water, unless there is another direction of the given herb.

Cold soak: Some drying herbs (eg. mauve, mistletoe or sweet flag) mustn’t be scalded over, as it can loose its herbal curative power. We make some cold tea from them. Soak the appropriate amount of herbal plants into cold water for approximately 2 hours (durig the night). Then, herbal green tea should only be warmed for immediate use. The daily portion should be kept in thermos bottle, that had been rinsed with hot water previously. However, herbal plants and herbal seeds can be utilized the most effective way by making a mixture of the soaked essence and the boiled herbal green tea.
Herbal cures should be soaked cold into the half amount of the water for the night, and they should be strained off next morning.

Herbs that remained in the strainer are to be boiled with the other half amount of the water, then they should be sieved repeatedly. Pour the essence and the tisane together.
Herbal green tea that is made in this way will have the natural herbal remedies that resolve only in cold or warm water.

Posted 24 October 2008 † botond § How Can You Prepare the Herabal Plants ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , ,

How Can You Prepare The Herbal Teas?


  


I would like to give some information that how can you prepare herbal teas precisely. This is important for every body who want to drink Herbal tea and he or she wants to get the maximum active agent from the herbal plants. So, read carefully the following text and If you follow my instruction you can maximize of the curative effect of the herbal teas.

Herbal Teas are soothing and warming. They give you the opportunity to taste the many flavors of the plants and this stimulates various actions. Tea is also taking time out in our busy days to sip and savor and take in, “I’m nourishing my nervous system.” Buying herbs in teabag form means the herbs have to be powdered in a way that exposes them in a thousand faceted ways that cause a more rapid loss of essential oils.

Infusion - For leaves and flowers of the herbals: Bring 1 cup of pure water in a non-aluminum pot to a boil and remove from heat. Add 1 heaping teaspoon of dried herb. Cover. Let sit for at least 10 minutes and strain. This is also known as a tisane.

Decoction - For roots and barks of the herbal teas: Simmer 1 heaping teaspoon of herb in 1 cup water at a low boil while covered for 20 minutes. Strain. If a root is particularily high in volatile oils (such as ginger or valerian) It is best infused rather than boiled. Some roots can be used a second time.

You can also make sun tea or moon tea for that matter! Place herbs in a jar for sun tea in an open glass bowl for moon tea. Let sit outside and collect the radiant energy. Drink moon tea first thing in the morning.

If using fresh herbs (undried), double the amount of herb.

Cold Infusion - Add 4 teaspoons of herb to 2 cups cold water and allow the herbs to soak overnight. Strain and heat to drinking temperature if desired.

Return your herbs to the Earth by adding them to your compost or garden.

Posted 19 April 2008 † botond § Herbal Teas ‡ Comments (5) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , ,