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With many benefits such as enhancing your vitality and boosting your immune system. Loose leaf herbal tea can also be helpful with ailments such as depression, anxiety, stress, IBD and headaches. These are some herbs that are beneficial to good health.

STINGING NETTLE Stinging nettle is used as an excellent blood cleanser. It also has anti – inflammatory agents. It is used widely throughout the world and because of its high content of calcium, magnesium, iron sodium, potassium and vitamins it is recommended as a blood cleanser and is used too treat many blood disorders.

THYME Thyme herbal tea has been used to treat many ailments such as whooping cough. pneumonia, asthma and bronchitis. It is also used to fight infections whether they are fungal, viral or bacterial. As well as tea Thyme can be used as an ointment or a mouthwash, because of its antiseptic qualities.

LADY’S MANTLE Lady’s mantle herbal tea is a useful herb for strengthening the uterus in women who are likely to miscarry. It is also beneficial to control heavy menstrual bleeding. As a herbal tea it is a tonic to the womb and associated tissues so that problems with painful periods and the changes that come with menopause are eased.

HOREHOUND Horehound loose leaf herbal tea can be used to treat many ailments. Used externally horehound may be used to treat skin conditions. Taken internally horehound soothes a cough and is good for many bronchial problems. Horehound also promotes sweating, which helps to reduce fever. It also stimulates the flow and secretion of bile from the gallbladder, therefore aiding digestion.

PEPPERMINT The leaves and stem of the peppermint herb have a high oil content and is the part of the plant used medicinally. Peppermint is used for many ailments including heart burn, nausea, motion sickness, cold or influenza, tension headaches and flatulence. Peppermint helps the flow of digestive juices, and can also be used to aid bowel problems such as ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease.