About Herbal Tea

How to Brew Herbal Tea | Herbal Remedies

Tea Pot Man has been drinking herbal infusions for pleasure and health benefits since he discovered fire and was able to make hot water to extract the tasty, beneficial oils from the plants he gathered. Although herbal brews were once the province of health food stores and herbalists, as more and more people have discovered their delicate flavours and delightful aromas, their popularity has soared. These infusions have the added advantages of being calorie and caffeine free and often containing vitamins and minerals. Moreover, the natural therapeutic effects of herbs can lift your spirits, calm your nerves, lull you to sleep, soothe your stomach, or even ease the misery of a cold. However, people accustomed to coffee can be disappointed by the mild flavors of herbal teas.

We believe that herbs are a glorious reflection of the earth’s magic, so we honor them, we care for them, and we respect their power.

How to Brew Herbal Teas

Falcon Ridge Farms Teas: For maximum flavour, allow the tea to steep for at least 7 minutes. You can use any of the following methods:

Boil water and pour over recommended amount of loose tea in a preheated tea pot. Pour into a cup through a small strainer. We sell tea pots with bult-in loose tea cylinders to keep the grounds out of your cup.
“Brew” the tea in an electric coffee percolator. Put the recommended amount of loose tea in the “coffee grounds cylinder” and brew just as you would coffee. Tea is ready to serve when it has stopped percolating. It will stay hot in the pot until you serve it.
“Brew” the tea in an automatic drip coffee maker. Put the recommended amount of loose tea in the “coffee grounds basket,” pour the water in the water holder and turn on the machine. When the water finishes dripping through, the tea is ready. This method produces a weaker brew than either the boiling or percolation methods above.

Teas from flowers, leaves, crushed seeds, and powdered herbs: these parts of the plant give up their flavour easily and are generally brewed by pouring boiling water over the herbs in the proportion of 1 cup water to 1 teaspoon dried or 1 tablespoon fresh herbs, a bit stronger if you plan to serve it over ice. Cover the pot to prevent the aromatic steam from escaping and let the infusion steep for 3 to 10 minutes, depending on the herb. If you want a stronger flavour, use more herbs.

Tea from barks and roots: these need more coaxing to give up their oils so they are brewed as a decoction in the same ratio of ingredients as above. Put the herbs in cool water, bring it to a simmer, then simmer, covered, for about 15 minutes.

For convenience, mix up large quantities of your favorite blends and store them in tightly closed glass jars in a cool, dark cupboard.

Herbal Remedies

Herb Garden We are gathering information on traditional herbal remedies and cancer cures. The following are teas for various ailments. If you have any suggestions, testimonies or questions, please email them to us.

Disclaimer: Some of these herbs might react with other medications. For example, some herbs thicken the blood, so exercise caution if taking blood thinners. Consult a reputable chartered herbalist.

Directions for use: Mix ingredients in equal proportions, and prepare the same as tea, with 1 level teaspoon herbs per cup of tea. Take 3 cups per day.

Appendix Cleanse
The appendix stores excess toxins the colon cannot expel and holds those toxins until the toxins can be released. To detoxify the appendix drink juice only for three days. CONSUME NO FOOD.

AIDS
Is a compromised immune system. Drink 1 litre of aloe vera gel, not juice, per day for 6 months.

Balding Scalp and Graying Hair
For balding scalp, brush scalp 100 strokes per day for at least 6 months. Massage lavender oil into scalp. For graying hair massage several drops of rosemary oil into hair.

Blood Purifier Tea (cleanses the blood and may kill tumors. Burdock is a powerful tumor killer but also thickens the blood.)
Burdock, cat’s claw, red clover, plantain, nettles, mullien, pau d' arco, milk thistle, dandelion root, alfalfa
NOTE: IF YOU EAT THREE MEALS A DAY YOU SHOULD BE MOVING YOUR BOWELS THREE TIMES A DAY. ONE BOWEL MOVEMENT PER DAY IN THE MORNING IS NOT ENOUGH.

Breast or Ovarian Cancer Tea
Astragalus root, echinacea, burdock, red clover, black cohosh, milk thistle, dandelion root, chastetree

Caffiene
The first coffee/coke/pepsi of the day prevents the body from absorbing the calcium it needs for the day. No, the little old ladies do not fall and break their hips … their hips snap then they fall.

Calcium Caps or Tea
Alfalfa, burdock, hops, horsetail, kelp, lemon grass, mullien, nettles, oat straw, plantain, red clover, rosehips, yellow dock

Cervical Cancer
Reflects an overdose of estrogen and a deficiency of progesterone. Take, as directed, Dim or Brazilian Mushroom.

Circulation Tea (for diabetes, clogged arteries and heart blockages)
Ginkgo biloba, butcher's broom, cat’s claw, celery seed, gotacola, plantain, red clover, juniper, broom tops. Use 3 cups per day for 6-8 weeks. For diabetes also take 20 drops of corn silk extract in the morning and evening for 2 weeks.

Flu
How does the medical profession know each year which strain of flu will hit and how does it come to pass that they have the “vaccine”? Planned healthcare.

For the flu, take 1 tbsp. of apple cider vinegar and unpasturized honey 3 times per day. At the on-set take 2 cups immediately.

Heartburn Treatment (toxic gallbladder)
To cure heartburn/acid indigestion drink 1 litre of apple juice (not apple drink) per day and take one peppermint tea at night. Repeat for 7-14 days or until the acid indigestion or heartburn ceases.

Heavy Metal
Alfalfa, red clover, burdock, yellow dock, golden seal, licorice root, milk thistle, St. John’s wort, marshmallow root

Immune Booster
Red clover, ginseng, golden seal, echinacea ang, cat’s claw, astragalus, plantain, pau d’arco

Kidney Failure and Bladder Tea
Queen of meadow, hydrangea, dandelion root, juniper, red clover, marshmallow root, nettles, uva ursa, 2 X’s gingko biloba

Kidney Flush Tea
Celery seed, hydrangea, parsely seed, dandelion root, juniper, queen of meadow, marshmallow

Lung Cleanse
Take fenugreek seed. Encapsulate and take two in the morning and two in the evening.

Pancreatic Tea
Burdock, milk thistle, red clover, echinacea, gentain root, dandelion root, olive leaf

Parasitic Cleanse
Milk thistle 2 capsules in the morning and 2 capsules in the evening PLUS … combine equal amounts of black walnut, cloves and wormwood. Encapsulate and take 2 capsules in the morning and 2 capsules in the evening. Take this and milk thistle for 21 days.

Prostate Cancer
Saw palmetto, pyguem and selenium

Radiation Tea
Chapparel, plantain, red clover, nettles, burdock, echinacea, cat’s claw, apple pectin, beta-carotene, selenium, calcium, B-complex

Vision Improvement Tea
To increase the health of the optic nerve mix equal parts of rue, billberry, gingko biloba, eyebright and VA. If not all ingredients are available use ingredients 2 - 4.