The Best Herbal Teas For The 13 Most Common Ailments Of Everyday Life

Mint is one of the best herbal teas for treating multiple ailments because it relieves congestion, fever and even accumulation of fat.

Find out which herbal teas are best for treating mild everyday troubles, such as headaches, digestive discomforts, flu symptoms, period pain, insomnia, lack of energy or anxiety.

Here are simple, natural and very effective remedies to stimulate the natural healing properties of our body without the need for medication.

The best infusions for each disorder

1. The headache

Headache is a very uncomfortable disorder that we should not put up with for too long or often because it can be harmful to health.

If you want to avoid pain relievers, you can first resort to a medicinal infusion with one or more of these plants:

• Turmeric: Turmeric has very powerful anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties.
• Violet: This plant contains salicylic acid, the pain relieving component of drugs such as aspirin.
• Dandelion: It cleanses the blood of toxins that lead to headaches.
• Mint: It relieves congestion and heat in the head.

2. Poor digestion

The best digestive infusions are made with the following medicinal plants:

• Mint: It is one of the best plants to promote digestion and fight gas.
• Ginger: It stimulates gastric juices and prevents acidity.
• Lemon balm: It calms the nerves that affect the stomach.
• Cumin: Whether it is the seed or the powder, it is ideal for eliminating gas.

3. Nausea

To avoid nausea, whether caused by travel, blood pressure problems or during pregnancy, you can take ginger.

It is one of the best infusions to relieve this discomfort and it also has digestive and stimulating properties.

You can prepare yourself a hot or cold infusion, sweeten it with bee honey and consume it in small sips.

4. Symptoms of colds and flu

Faced with the first symptoms of a cold or the flu, such as fever, cough or phlegm, prepare a good amount of infusion with the following herbal remedies:

• Thyme and eucalyptus: Antiseptics.
• Mint: It lowers the fever.
• Ginger: It promotes sweating and also lowers fever.
• Plantain: It softens the mouth passages.
• Cayenne pepper: A pinch of this pepper opens the bronchi.

Sweeten with bee honey, which is a natural antibiotic.

5. Constipation

If you suffer from occasional constipation, you can take an infusion of senna, which has a strong laxative power.

But, if it is chronic constipation, it is better to avoid these laxatives because even if they are natural, they have irritating effects.

To resolve constipation definitively, it is imperative to discover the cause.

To improve the function of the intestine, it is necessary to take infusions made from dandelion and flax seeds, sweetened with acacia honey.

6. Diarrhea

To stop occasional diarrhea, you can use plants with astringent properties such as, for example, green tea or erect cinquefoil (or tormentil) and sweeten it with honey.

It is essential to drink plenty of fluids in these cases to avoid dehydration.

7. Sore throat

For a sore throat, you need an infusion that combines the healing effects of several ingredients:

• Ginger: It brings heat to the throat.
• Plantain: It softens the mouth passages.
• Turmeric: It is anti-inflammatory and pain reliever.
• Lemon: It is antiseptic.
• Bee honey: It is antibiotic.

8. Lack of energy

Hypericum and mint, sweetened with bee honey, make an excellent infusion to fight against the lack of energy.

9. Anxiety, nervousness or stress

To calm your nerves, you can prepare an infusion based on lemon balm, lavender, basil and orange peel, sweetened with lavender honey.

10. Insomnia

To improve your sleep, relaxing plants such as passion flower, valerian or lime are ideal.

11. Period pains

For recurrent menstrual pain, it is better to seek medical attention. But in the meantime, you can take an infusion based on sage, fennel, mugwort and chamomile.

12. Reduced libido

To increase libido naturally, take a stimulating and aphrodisiac infusion made from ginger, pepper, cinnamon, star anise and cardamom, sweetened with bee honey. Delicious !

13. Heaviness in the legs

To relieve heaviness in the legs, prepare yourself a circulatory infusion based on rosemary and dandelion. If they are also swollen, add horsetail.

How to consume them?

If you want to treat a particular disorder, you should consume two or three infusions per day for the treatment to be quick and effective. You can take one on an empty stomach, another in the middle of the morning and a last in the middle of the afternoon.

There are exceptions, if you must take them for something specific, like for example:

• After eating to improve heavy digestion
• Before going to bed to fight against insomnia

These infusions are designed for the occasional treatment of mild disorders. For chronic cases or those lasting more than a week, a doctor should be consulted.