{"id":200,"date":"2018-07-01T20:07:49","date_gmt":"2018-07-01T20:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silverliningyoga.com\/bodywork\/?p=200"},"modified":"2018-07-01T20:16:23","modified_gmt":"2018-07-01T20:16:23","slug":"herbal-tea-preparation-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silverliningyoga.com\/bodywork\/herbal-tea-preparation-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Herbal Tea Preparation at Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To use herbal tea for nutritive and tonic benefits at home, the quick and easy route:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Let the tea steep in the boiled water for at least 15 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Drink typically 3 times per day.<\/li>\n<li>Typically one tablespoon of dried herb matter to a cup.<\/li>\n<li>I like to re-use the herbs with a second pouring, but that doesn&#8217;t count really as a second cup.\u00a0 But it maximizes the use of the herbs and honors the plant, and all that went into getting it there.\u00a0 However, if you&#8217;re using this for maximum therapeutic benefit, don&#8217;t waste time on that &#8230; go for the strong first extractions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Why the special post for this?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The difference is to let the tea steep longer than for a casual cup to increase the nutrient extraction.<\/li>\n<li>When drinking the tea for benefit like this, the steep time and then frequency of consumption throughout a day become more important.<\/li>\n<li>Tea is different from a concentrated pill or extract, so the number of fresh pots or cups in a day matters.<\/li>\n<li>You can create concentrated teas (decoctions) by simmering for a long time to cook the mixture down to a smaller volume.\u00a0 However, daily life is full for many of us, energy matters, and you may find that such lengthy processes scare you from actually doing it, so&#8230; starting with a simple, straightforward go-to method can be very practical.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Always use caution:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Herbs and herbal teas are the real deal.\u00a0 That means they can have a real effect on you and your body.\u00a0 So always use caution:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Learn about the herbs.\u00a0 Look for contraindications.<\/li>\n<li>Consult your health care practitioner team members for guidance.<\/li>\n<li>Titrate and grade: Start with small amounts and watch yourself for reactions and responses, ill or beneficial.<\/li>\n<li>Adjust the concentrations as you need or as you make relationship with the tea and herbs.<\/li>\n<li>Some herbal nutrients are not hot-water extractable or require an adjustment to the brewing method for maximum benefit, so watch for this.<\/li>\n<li>Watch for the quality of the herbs and know why you would want to do so.<\/li>\n<li>Be very careful if wild-crafting and wild-collecting.<\/li>\n<li>Use common sense and err on the side of caution.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To use herbal tea for nutritive and tonic benefits at home, the quick and easy route: Let the tea steep in the boiled water for at least 15 minutes. Drink typically 3 times per day. Typically one tablespoon of dried herb matter to a cup. I like to re-use the herbs with a second pouring, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[21],"class_list":["post-200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-natural-therapeutics","tag-herbal-tea"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.silverliningyoga.com\/bodywork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.silverliningyoga.com\/bodywork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.silverliningyoga.com\/bodywork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.silverliningyoga.com\/bodywork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.silverliningyoga.com\/bodywork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.silverliningyoga.com\/bodywork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":201,"href":"https:\/\/www.silverliningyoga.com\/bodywork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200\/revisions\/201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.silverliningyoga.com\/bodywork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.silverliningyoga.com\/bodywork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.silverliningyoga.com\/bodywork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}