How to Make Chamomile, Lemon & Honey Tea
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SERVINGS:
1
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PREP TIME:
0 MINUTES
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COOK TIME:
5 MINUTES
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PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE
1. Squeeze 1 wedge of lemon into an empty cup. Add chamomile.
2. Bring 1c water to a boil. Pour over chamomile flowers until cup is half full. Count to ten and fill remainder of glass with lukewarm water, to prevent evaporation of volatile oils (the medicinal component of chamomile).
3. Add honey to taste and stir.
How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?
CLINICAL AYURVEDIC REVIEW
Chamomile infuses your tea with a delicious floral aroma that is warm, light & airy. Its smell is reminiscent of apples, first noted by the Greeks, who named it 'ground-apple' (
kamai=ground &
melon=apple).
Relax Your Mind
Chamomile is known for its ability to soothe an anxious Kapha mind, as the aromatic qualities relax and refresh your nervous system, coaxing your body to sleep. As an antispasmodic, its muscle relaxing properties are useful in headaches due to colicky blood vessels. But be careful! These soothing qualities of chamomile are easily outdone by the dryness it provokes in Vata constitutions. Its diuretic qualities may wake you up in the middle of the night. needing to visit the bathroom.
Early Spring Tonic
The stimulating combination of chamomile, honey, & lemon warm up your metabolism in early spring and restore a healthy glow to the skin. You can experience the warmth of honey as a mild pungency that stimulates your tongue, raises your heart rate, and warms entire body after consumption. Its ability to disperse spring moisture from mucus membranes is all the more magnified by its diuretic nature.
Relieve Muscle Stiffness
Lemon and chamomile liquefy stagnant lymph, reducing not only swelling in lymph nodes, but flushing heaviness and stiffness out of the muscles. Your limbs will begin to feel light and agile as Chamomile's mild analgesic properties provide further muscle relief.
Improve Sluggish Digestion
Chamomile's bitter and aromatic tastes are perfectly combined to penetrate and dry up mucus in the GI tract, to stimulate digestion, and to expel gas. To this effect it may be combined with other digestive stimulants like ginger to reduce all forms of sluggish digestion, from acid reflux to loss of appetite.
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