Could you use to breathe a little easier? Whether it’s smoky air, or allergies getting you down, we could all use some additional lung support now and then.
Here is Jenny, form our Portland store, with some helpful tips.
Breathe Easier Tea
1 tsp thyme
1 Tbs rosehips
½ tsp cracked black pepper
1 Tbs mullein
1 Tbs marshmallow root
1 Tbs horehound
½ tsp fenugreek seed (optional)
1 piece candied ginger (optional)
Honey, to taste
Combine all ingredients except for ginger (omit fenugreek if you have low blood pressure); store in an air-tight container away from heat, moisture, and direct sunlight.
To brew, add a piece of candied ginger to your cup if desired, and 1 Tbs tea (in strainer or reusable tea bag). Pour boiling water over contents, cover and steep for 10 minutes. Sweeten with honey, if desired.
Drink 1-3 cups per day as needed to support breathing and lung health.
Black Pepper (Piper nigrum):
Warming, stimulating, good for chills and coughing, improves circulation and digestion, carminative, antibacterial.
Fenugreek Seed (Trigonella foenum-graecum):
Good for sore throats, analgesic, demulcent; used as a galactagogue and to lower blood sugar.
NOTE - Lowers blood pressure; may stimulate uterine contractions
Ginger Root (Zingiber officinale):
Antiemetic, improves circulation and digestion, eases congestion, antimicrobial, antitussive, analgesic, warming to the extremities, expectorant, antihistaminic.
Honey:
Antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, expectorant, immune stimulant, soothing to the throat.
NOTE - Honey should not be given to children under 1 year, due to possible contamination by botulism spores. People allergic to bee stings may rarely have an adverse reaction to honey.
Horehound (Marrubium vulgare):
Expectorant, tonifying to the lungs, antispasmodic.
Marshmallow Root (Althaea officinalis):
Mucilaginous, demulcent, expectorant. Removes phlegm from lungs and bronchial passages.
Mullein (Verbascum thapsus):
Improves respiratory and bronchial infections, antispasmodic, anti-inflammatory, tonifying to the lungs, antitussive, expectorant, reduces congestion.
Rosehips (Rosa canina):
High in vitamin C, astringent, immune boosting, slightly analgesic, soothing to the throat.
Thyme (Thymus vulgaris):
Antimicrobial, stimulates the thymus gland improving energy, stimulates the immune system, antispasmodic, carminative, anti-inflammatory, antitussive.
**This recipe is not intended to diagnose, treat, or cure any illness. It is not a substitute for medical care.
“I put together this array of stones to support the throat and lungs: amazonite and lapis ease the throat chakra; rhodochrosite helps release trauma that lodges in the chest which can impair breathing; amber and amethyst are soothing, helping to open the airways; bloodstone and red jasper help revitalize the body, supporting healing; chrysocolla and moss agate aid the body's ability to heal itself; rutilated quartz and pyrite promote well being”.
- Jenny
Clockwise from bottom left: amazonite, bloodstone, rhodochrosite, rutilated quartz, chrysocolla, amber, lapis lazuli, moss agate, amethyst.
Center, top to bottom: pyrite, red jasper.