Home Remedy Secrets: Making Tea

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Build your own herbal apothecary with Home Remedy Secrets: Building Your Herbal Medicine Chest. Learn 19 herbs and how you can use them. This video is part of a course that is free on LearningHerbs.com. It is herbal home remedies made simple.

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  • @26glitter It destroys some of the plants constituents. You only boil roots and other touch plant matter this is a decoction. Leaves and flowers are steeped in hot water for a long time this is an herbal infusion. Your standard market place tea bag is called a tisane and typically has little to no medicinal value.

  • dude... I'm pretty sure that's a cafetiere rather than a tea press... peace brother keep the tea making tradition alive. xx

  • Good info.

  • I've learned something new today: I'd strain herbal teas for few minutes at between 90 to 100c. I thought keeping them more than a few minutes made them always bitter (except for chamomile and peppermint). Also experiencing texture of herbs is an important part of theraputic process was an interesting insight. Thank you so much for the information.

  • 3:40 xD

    

  • why can't we boil the herb in the water?

  • Good info.. Thanks!

  • @Sem1329 You can do both. With fresh herbs, such as peppermint leaves, there is a lot more water within the capillaries of the leaf, so you must have more mint and let it steep for a while longer.

    If they are dried, the water is already evaporated within the plant leaves and the oils are left so you will have a faster brew Dried herbs will also make it easier to store for longer periods of time without the growth of mold.

    Benefits will be the same if done properly with fresh and dried.

    CHEERS

  • This is some good and useful info, however the statement of "never boil your herbs within the water" is inaccurate. Herbs that have a hard cell wall such as roots, seeds, barks, etc., may have to be boiled as to break down the wall in a process called decoction in order for the volatile oils to actually reach the water. Majority of the time, yes, an infusion is the best method to extract the benefits within the plant. Keep the vids coming.

  • what is the lemon balm good for in kids and how would i serve it

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