I would never ever consider blemding these ingredients together 🙈🤪 But you know what? It is actually good. I didn't expect that, I bought it out of curiosity, and it became my discovery of this month! 😃
What can I say - it is worth trying 😎🍵🥥
Alone or with family or friends?
With an interesting stranger or with your neighbors?
Maybe your pet kept you company?! That counts too!
Share a picture if it feels right. Tea is the most perfect community drink ever - share your recent tea companions! I'm sharing mine in the first comment below:
I often think about this. I cannot help that. I wish I knew these simple things back then and acted accordingly:
- eliminate all detergents and home care products with crazy aggressive chemicals from my place
- eliminate all cosmetics with a regular list of ingredients that provoke mast cells (most commercial brand are a disaster in this sense)
- don't touch packaged food as most of it contains preservatives, colorants, aromas, flavors, emulsifiers, flavor enhancers and all that crap that makes mast cells very vulnerable
- protect religiously my circadian rhythm (not only sleep time)
- eat as much dietary fiber as I can for feeding my gut microbiota - the good bugs
- put effort in eating living food instead of cooked as much as possible - I wish I started sprouting my food earlier!
- get medical checkups on a regular basis for discovering micronutrient deficiencies soo er than later
- reduce stress to minimum because it will drain the remaining resistance power
Share with those who need this 🙏 and please share your tips and "I wish I started this earlier" 🙃
Happy Sunday, tea people ☕🌿
This week I’m curious not only what everyone is drinking, but why that particular tea today?
Something you drink every day?
Something for how you're feeling?
An experiment with a new herb?
Something seasonal or freshly harvested?
Or simply the first thing you found in the cupboard? 😄
Mine is a bit unusual - I'll share in a comment below.
What’s in your cup — and what made you choose it today?
Photos very welcome. 🌿
I noticed that most people I spoke with about microbiome are not aware of major benefits of having healthy microbiomes. But most importantly these people are usually unaware of the causes of death or damages in the population of human-friendly bacteria.
Like any living community, they need the right conditions to survive and strive. I am not a microbiologist or anything, but I've learned throughout my life about these damaging factors:
Antibiotics
Sometimes they are absolutely necessary, but they don't kill only the bacteria causing an infection. Some helpful bacteria can disappear too.
A very limited diet
Different bacteria like different foods. If we repeatedly eat the same highly processed foods and very few plants, some bacteria simply don't get much to eat.
Not enough fiber
Much of the fiber we cannot digest becomes food for our gut bacteria. We don't eat it - they do.
Long periods of stress and poor sleep
The gut is connected to the rest of the body. Changes in stress hormones, digestion, and daily rhythm can change the environment where bacteria live.
Gut infections and illness
A bad stomach infection can disturb a microbial community that took years to build.
Alcohol, smoking, and some medications can also change which bacteria are comfortable living in the gut.
I know this is quite primitive and generic, but I believe these reasons to be very basic but important for consideration for anyone who wants to take care of their microbiome.
Happy Friday! ☕️🍃
What's one herb you drank this week?
New discovery or old favorite. I'd love to hear what it was and how you liked it 🌸🍵
It was my first fish baked in thyme this was and it came out fantastic. My favorite fish recipe for now :)
A little over a month ago we were celebrating 5,000 members 😃
Now we're only about 150 people away from 6,000 💚
What has surprised me most isn't the number - it's how international this community has become 🫶
We've seen people sharing family traditions, wild herbs, medicinal recipes, tea gardens, foraging finds, tiny apartments full of jars, herbal discoveries, and cups from every corner of the world.
If you're reading this, tell us:
🌍 Where are you from?
🍵 What's the herbal tea everyone should try from your region?
Maybe someone here will discover their next favorite herb because of your comment.
Thank you for making r/HerbalTea such a welcoming place.
Let's see if we can reach 6,000 together within the next few days 🌿💚
Alone or with family or friends?
With an interesting stranger or with your neighbors?
Maybe your pet kept you company?! That counts too!
Share a picture if it feels right. Tea is the most perfect community drink ever - share your recent tea companions! I'm sharing mine in the first comment below:
Happy Sunday! ☕️🍃 What's everyone drinking today?
- Single herb?
- Homemade blend?
- Something you foraged yourself?
- A family recipe?
- Maybe a favorite you've been brewing for years?
Tell us what's in your cup today and what made you choose it. Photos are always welcome. I love seeing everyone's teas 🌿
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Come on, tea people, share your Sunday tea mood! ;)
Happy Friday! ☕️🍃
What's one herb you drank this week?
New discovery or old favorite. I'd love to hear what it was and how you liked it 🌸🍵
My today's cup is a herbal blend featuring:
🌿 Lemon balm
🍃 Raspberry leaf
🌼 Calendula
🌹 Rose petals
🌼 St. John's wort
It's pleasantly floral with gentle citrusy notes. I enjoy it so much because it reminds me of my warm evening tea sessions with my family when I was a kid.
What's in your cup today? Share your tea (or herbal blend) and tell us why you chose it! 🍃☕️
Happy Friday! ☕️🍃
What's one herb you drank this week?
New discovery or old favorite. I'd love to hear what it was and how you liked it 🌸🍵
I get rushes after getting in contact with the ocean water... I cannot explain this, but I've proved it to be the trigger by excluding all the rest and confirming the mast cell reaction on my skin :(
Any suggestion, tips, thoughts? Please share if anything comes to your mind 🙏
Happy Sunday! 🌿☕
Today's cup for me is a simple spearmint tea from a little seaside café in Cyprus. The atmosphere is fantastic and the tea blends in remarkably.
In Greek mythology, Mentha or Minthi seems to have been the concubine of Pluto, who, in order to escape the jealousy of Persephone, transformed her into a plant. Oops...
Whether it's a tea bag like mine, a homemade blend, something you foraged yourself, or a family recipe, every cup has a story.
What's in your cup today, and where are you drinking it?
Photos are always welcome! 😉
Happy Friday! ☕️🍃
What's one herb you drank this week?
New discovery or old favorite. I'd love to hear what it was and how you liked it 🌸🍵
Happy Friday! ☕️🍃
What's one herb you drank this week?
New discovery or old favorite. We'd love to hear what it was and how you liked it 🌸🍵
What's your deficiency?
I recently ran a few tests and discovered Zinc, Iron and vit D deficiencies. I might be also vit B12 deficient, but that requires a more sophisticated test than I made.
Please share yours
I read a post in r/HerbalMedicine about maca root in which OP inquired opinions on whether maca root can be potentially dangerous for him while he's easily getting anaphylaxis from "yeast infection". No idea whether the OP of that post has MCAS or not.
I had a thought that maca powder is used very widely across the functional food market and indeed it may be a potential trigger... Anyone had experience with this? Please share cases, thoughts, ideas, everything that might be useful to unwrap this subject 🙏
We just reached 5,000 members! 🍵🌿
It's amazing to think that people from all over the world are gathering here over something as simple as a cup of herbs 🎉
To celebrate, let's make this thread a little herbal tea map.
🌎 Please share:
• Where you're joining from (country, state, or city if you're comfortable sharing)
• What's in your cup today?
• If your region has a signature herbal tea, tell us about it!
I'm excited to see how many cities and countries we can represent in one thread 💚🎀☕️