Sweet, Warming & Balancing Tea

Drinks
Written By Hanne Robinson

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This blend is one of my favorite ones. I got the recipe from an old friend many years ago who called it "Young Revival" (... I named one of my creams after it too). It's an excellent dinner tea because it has a subtle sweet soft taste, that doesn't ruin the palate, plus it helps stabilize blood sugar and improve digestion. But, as I was researching to this post, I also found out the this blend has impressive health and beauty qualities too. It does wonders for your skin, body composition, hormones, immune system, inflammation level, bile flow, stress level, and much more. You can read more about the ingredients below.

Recipe:

Use about 1/2 tbsp. to a cup of tea. Go easy on the fenugreek and licorice because they are powerful herbs - a little goes a long way.

About the Ingredients:

LICORICE ROOT

This herbal sweetener is famous for its antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and immune-boosting properties. Ayurvedic practitioners use it as a natural lubricant or demulcent for the intestinal tract and respiratory airways.

Three reasons I add a little licorice root to my tea.

  1. It cleanses my respiratory system by helping the body produce healthy mucus. And healthy, fresh phlegm is what keeps the respiratory system functioning without old, sticky mucus clogging it.

  2. It helps reduce stress. Licorice root can stimulate the adrenal gland, which promotes a healthy level of cortisol in the body.

  3. It helps soothe my gut. Licorice root can speed the repair of the stomach lining and restore balance in cases of food poisoning, stomach ulcers, and heartburn.

Note: In its raw, whole root form, licorice is quite safe, but consuming too much licorice extract can cause potassium levels to drop and high blood pressure. To be on the safe side, limit your intake of licorice tea to no more than 8 oz. (2,3 dl) per day.

FENUGREEK SEEDS

This little spice is a fat-burning, bile boosting, and anti-inflammatory powerhouse, that historically has been used to: support women during lactation, support liver and gallbladder health, balance blood sugar, regulate weight, boost overall digestive strength, and play an essential role in reproductive health.

Three reasons I add fenugreek seeds to my tea

  1. Its a bile booster. Studies have shown that fenugreek can increase bile flow by 30%. Bile gobbles up toxic cholesterols, environmental toxins, and other bad fats circulating in the blood. Bile breaks down the good fats we need for the heart, brain, and skin; it helps absorb fat-soluble vitamins like A, D, E, and K, and it buffers the stomach acids required to digest hard stuff like gluten and dairy. A good bile flow helps support muscle strength, libido, sexual function, belly fat-burning, and more lean body composition.

  2. It lowers inflammation both on the inside and on the outside, which is always great for your skin. But, this quality also contributes to soothe mouth ulcers, boils, bronchitis, infection of the tissues beneath the surface of the skin, tuberculosis, chronic coughs, kidney ailments, pain and swelling in the muscles and lymph nodes, gout, wounds, leg ulcers, dandruff, eczema, and more.

  3. It adds flavor to food and teas.

WHITE TEA

White leaves and buds are the ones you pick just before they are fully open and still covered in fine WHITE hairs. Of the black green and white teas, white tea is the least processed tea, and because of this, it retains a high amount of antioxidants.

Three reasons I prefer white tea in my tea blend

  1. The antioxidants Polyphenols is number one, of course, as they protect my cells from damage from the free radicals, which help keep my skin healthy, my heart happy, my bones robust, my immune system strong, and these polyphenols may also help lower my risk of insulin resistance.

  2. White tea contains a substantial amount of EGCG (epigallocatechin gallate), which is a compound linked to not only burning fat, but also a healthy central nervous system. EGCG can suppress free radicals hence reduce inflammation and therefore connected with a lower risk of developing Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease.

  3. The great taste.

ANISE SEEDS

Anise is a plant that hails from the same family as carrots, celery, and parsley. It has a distinct, licorice-like taste and known for its powerful health-promoting properties, as it's rich in antioxidants, has anti-inflammatory properties, and can act as a natural remedy for a wide variety of ailments including symptoms of mild depression.

Three reasons I add anise seed to my tea

  1. Its antifungal and antibacterial properties. A study showed that anise seeds were effective against certain strains of fungi, including yeasts and dermatophytes, a type of fungus that can cause skin disease. Also, the active ingredient, anethole, might help block the growth of a specific strain of bacteria that causes cholera, an infection characterized by severe diarrhea and dehydration.

  2. It's a plant estrogen. When you include foods with plant estrogens in your diet, they help take xenoestrogens (hormone disruptors) out of play in the body, because plant estrogens bind to your estrogen receptors. When plant estrogens bind to estrogen receptors, they take up the estrogen parking spot and keep harmful or excessive estrogen from exerting its effect.

  3. Gas relief... Anise has been used since ancient times as an after-dinner digestive supplement.

FENNEL SEEDS

This sweet seed is warming and balancing. Fennel seeds contain some of the same powerful phytonutrients and antioxidants as anise seeds. The most potent of them also being anethole, which makes them likewise highly nutritious and powerful.

Both seeds may also be helpful remedies for the female body (although science is weak here) as they might better menstrual symptoms, increase breast growth, boost fertility, ease morning sickness, improve milk secretion, and help children's digestive colic.

Three reasons I add fennel seed to my tea

  1. It's expectorant properties help keep my respiratory system clear and healthy. Give it a go if you have bronchitis, cough, or congestion.

  2. The aroma of fennel lightens digestion and, like its ascendant flower head, it spreads and moves outwards, thus preventing congestion and stagnation in the abdomen and chest.

  3. Combat bad breath. The seeds increase the production of saliva – thereby washing out the bacteria.

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