Healing Teas
Nature will never follow people but people will have to follow the laws of nature. – Dioscorides Healing Teas Click Here to View Length: 4 Minutes, 48 Seconds Also see these videos Tea Remedies That Will Change Your Life, 59 seconds Top 10 Teas for a Healthy Lifestyle, 08:43 The beautiful and delicious hibiscus tea launched Succeed and Soar’s health and wellness series. Here’s the inaugural, August 22, 2022 post. A second post about the beneficial bilberry tea followed on January 14, 2023. Since those beginnings, the benefits of chocolate, watermelon, lettuce and much more have been presented each month at “Thrive.” This post reminds of many other teas that can help. Among ten healthy, herbal teas recommended by healthline are: Passionflower tea, because research has “found that passionflower tea may improve sleep and anxiety.” Peppermint tea, because it supports digestive health as well as offering antioxidant, anticancer, antibacterial, and antiviral properties Sage tea, because “studies have found that sage improves cognitive function, memory, and heart health.” See the other seven. NaturalOn provides these clarifications, First, “ … one mistake many people make when steeping their tea is to leave the pot or the cup uncovered. This allows vital essential oils to escape through the steam.” Second, “… herbal tea isn’t made from tea at all. Tea comes from the leaves of a specific plant. Herbal “teas” are infusions of seeds, roots, bark, flowers, or leaves, extracted through boiling or very hot water.” Their list of fifteen beneficial beverages includes, Cardamon, because this evergreen plant’s seeds and dried flowers,, “can help with stomach pain, gas, and indigestion, along with nausea. This is a terrific tea that can help remove phlegm and fight respiratory illnesses” Elderflower, because it, “reduces mucus in the sinuses and lungs and also treats coughs, bronchitis, and asthma. Elderflowers have many immune-boosting compounds that are also great for treating winter colds, fevers, and the flu.” Lavender, because it, “is perfect for treating anxiety, coughs, colds, stress, feelings of anxiety and even insomnia.” Read more. Food Matters’ list of “10 Healing teas We Love” includes, Dandelion and chicory root, because they, “act as a blood purifier that helps both kidneys and the liver to remove impurities.” Soursop, “It purifies the blood, aids detoxification, promotes clear skin, is high in vitamin C, contains rich amounts of antioxidants to fight free radical damage, is great for the liver, and improves digestive health.” Valerian made the list because it, “helps treat chronic insomnia and sleeplessness, soothes and sedates the nervous system, helps calm hysteria and restlessness.” Discover seven more. Here are two, helpful charts, Health Benefits of Herbal Teas: 15 Herbal Teas for Every Ailment: COMMENT Succeed and Soar! Sandra Gould Ford Presenting arts experiences to encourage, refresh, enrich creative thinking and inspire. Shop Succeed & Soar’s Mugs Details: Ceramic Dishwasher and Microwave safe Two sizes: 11 oz and 15 oz View All Mugs Thanks for shopping!
Hibiscus Tea
Consider Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food. — Hippocrates Welcome to Thrive!, a new addition to Succeed and Soar‘s theme rotation. The goal: Offer ways of understanding how foods can both nurture and nourish. This first post examines hibiscus tea. Beyond hibiscus tea’s fragrance and flavor, the flower has been found to lower blood pressure. The article Health Benefits of Hibiscus Tea reported a 2004 study where, 70 people with hypertension were given either 16 ounces of hibiscus tea before breakfast, or 25mg of captopril (a prescription anti-hypertension medication) twice per day. After 30 days, those who received the tea showed that their diastolic blood pressure had dropped at least 10 points, the same amount as the group who received the prescription captopril. Everything ingested affects us. As Hippocrates said, foods can be medicine. The popular Red Zinger tea is hibiscus. Yeah! Here’s more information: Best Medicinal Teas Risks of Hibiscus Tea Hibiscus Uses, Benefits and Side Effects Here’s a recipe for refreshing Hibiscus Tea. Length: 8 minutes View here NOTE: Hibiscus can have emmenagogue effects. These herbs [like Angelica, Lemon Balm, Rue and others] can stimulate menstrual flow. August Feature Sandra’s Art on Beach Sheets and Towels Descriptions Luxuriously soft Brushed microfiber 100% cotton back for extra absorption Art printed on front. Back is white cotton. Beach towel is 32” x 64”. Cost $35. Beach sheet is a 37” x 74” towel. Cost $45. CUSTOMIZE. Use tools with item to: Enlarge, reduce size of art Change placement of art and text Choose background colors Shop Sandra’s Beach Towels and Sheets HERE. Keep in Mind All information offered here is meant to encourage, refresh, enrich creative thinking and inspire. With a Masters Degree in Fine Arts, Sandra Gould Ford is an artist, author, educator and former steelworker who intends to lift hearts and spirits, our awareness and humanity. Know that information explored here may be time sensitive and could have been updated. This material prescribes neither drugs nor therapies. Further, this brief post cannot cover all possible uses, directions, precautions, warnings, drug interactions, allergic responses, adverse effects or appropriateness for any individual. This presenter uses her best discretion in sharing resources. She recommends readers do the same, including consulting appropriate professionals [including doctors, nurses and/or pharmacists] to make sure this information fits personal circumstances. Blessings and Good Health.