Linden Tea (20 bags)
Harvested from our woodlands, our Linden herbal tea is made from the flowers, leaves and bark of the linden tree, native to the Northeastern United States. The species we harvest are tilia platyphyllos (known as the large-leaved linden or summer linden) and tilia cordata (the small-leaved linden or winter linden).
Our tea is sold in hand-tied bags - one box = 20 bags.
Linden infusions have been called the "nectar of kings" since ancient times due to their powerful health benefits. From treating headaches, digestive disorders to soothing the nervous system, this mild sedative was used by Native Americans to improve health much like it was by Middle Age Europeans. Not long ago World War II soldiers were said to drink this tea to bring calmness. Whether this is true or not, the Linden plant is still greatly appreciated today. They fill our city streets with wonderful fragrance in the spring time. Young leaves are used in salads or to thicken soups or stews. Flowers are turned into cordials or wines and used in skin care products for their wonderful smell. And, of course, leaves, bark and flowers are still brewed today as tea for their many health benefits though the FDA has not certified any of these health benefit claims.
Benefits of Linden Tea
Linden is ideal for making a nourishing cup of tea. It contains many vitamins, antioxidant flavonoids, soothing mucilage, tannins or volatile oils.
All these components work together to give you many and diverse health benefits, so let’s see what they are.
Natural Sedative
This tea may be the perfect way to end a stressful day. It is calming and relaxing, helping you to get some much needed rest, particularly when you are in need of an insomnia cure and something to soothe your nerves.
But this is not all! Linden herbal tea also eases headaches, in particular migraines. By calming the mind, it is great to drink when you’ve been pushing your brain hard with work or study. Just take a break with a cup of tea, and you will be refreshed and rested to start again tomorrow.
The great thing about this herb is that it is safe for children, so they too can enjoy a cup of tea or a relaxing linden herb bath particularly when feeling irritable or restless. Great for hyperactive kids. So give your little one a soothing bath before bedtime.
Digestion Aid
Unfortunately, nervous tension usually leads to digestive issues. Indigestion and even vomiting may occur when you are really stressed, particularly if you have a weak stomach to begin with. Linden tea is an overall calming tea that may help you feel better.
To start you off on the road to recovery, linden herbal tea begins by soothing the digestive tract, this means relief from indigestion, ridding you of stomach pains by reducing spasms along the smooth muscle of the digestive tract. This tea is also known for stimulating the digestive process, which means it may help to increase your appetite.
Linden infusions are great for you when you suffer from irritable bowel syndrome, healing ulcers, reducing flatulence, bloating sensation and diarrhea. Great for when the pain just seems to take over your whole day.
One of the great benefits of tea made with linden flower is its ability to treat gastrocardiac syndrome. This occurs if you have excessive gas forcing your stomach upwards and thus putting pressure on your heart.
Body Cleanse, Detox Tea
This calming tea helps to relieve your gallbladder problems (not useful for gallstones, though). It increases bile flow and stimulates the liver function. This benefit occurs mainly when you prepare your linden tea by using the inner bark of this healing tree.
With its diuretic action, linden herbal tea increases urine production, helping to rid your blood and body of unwanted visitors.
This cleansing action helps you to fight urinary infections, so though you may need to go to the bathroom more often, it will in fact help if you suffer from incontinence due to a poor kidney function.
Another great benefit of using this linden bark tea as a cleansing tea is that it helps clear cellulitis as it can rid your body of toxins that cause this particular type of skin inflammation.
Heart Support
Relaxing and reducing nervous tension are a great way to keep your heart healthy. So when you are drinking linden tea for anxiety you will find that it can help reduce worrying heart palpitations and arrhythmia.
This wonderful tea may be exactly what you need to reduce the risk of hypertension and cardiovascular diseases and also ease the tension on blood vessel walls, having the effects of an anticoagulant and a vasodilator.
This heart protective action in linden tea can also help prevent the buildup of plaque in artery walls. This makes blood vessel walls more elastic thus promoting blood flow.
Though this tea may help improve your cardiac health, if you suffer from any heart diseases, be sure to please research the potential side effects.
Respiratory ailments, dealing with common cold symptoms
Feeling under the weather? Can’t stop sneezing or coughing? It is most likely that you’ve caught a cold. Then linden may just be your cup of tea.\
Start drinking this tea as soon as you start feeling the first cold symptoms and it will help relieve sore throats and coughs as it is a great expectorant. Linden tea brings relief to your nasal congestion and reduces the feeling of a stuffy nose. Here’s a tip: sweeten your tea with honey for added health benefits.
If your cold develops into a fever, then this tea will be particularly helpful as it promotes sweating and thus brings down the temperature of your body while at the same time it expels the harmful toxins that are causing infections and making you sick.
Other benefits of linden tea
Steam baths not only may help to clear the respiratory passageways but also benefit your skin by opening pores, clearing it of dirt and pollution. This may prove helpful when you have dry skin or bad sunburn.
It can also be used as a tonic for you to freshen up. Soothes irritated skin, reduces swelling and even serves as a remedy for puffy eyelids. Just use a cotton ball soaked with warm, not hot, tea.
Some say that this tea when applied directly to the skin can bring relief to joint pain and certain leg wounds, especially if brought on by poor blood flow.
Its soothing and relaxing action makes it a great tea when you suffer from morning or motion sickness. And can also bring you relief from painful menstruation.
Being an antifungal tea, linden inhibits the growth of foodborne pathogens.
