Featured Fall Teas
Be Ready for Fall
Be sure to check out our featured teas for fall. The air is getting cold and soon we will need to keep our insides warm.
Harvest Time
These featured teas are blends of herbs and teas such as Harvest Time which is made up of Wild Cherry Bark, Rosehips, Chamomile, Cinnamon, Lemon Peel, Orange Peel, Lemongrass, Peppermint, Blackberry Leaf, Cloves, Red Clover, Sage, Extracts. Caffeine free as well, this makes a very fine “tea” to sip in the afternoon or evening.
Grandma’s Apple Pie
Another one to try as autumn begins is Grandma’s Apple Pie with an apple cinnamon taste with actual apple bits and almond pieces. It is a black tea with a crisp, fruity flavor.
Yerba Chai
If you like the chai flavor, sip the Yerba Chai, a roasted yerba mate blended with a warm blend of spices. Chai is typically made up of cardamon, allspice, cinnamon, cloves and ginger; all the spices that bring fall to mind.
Anise Spice
Lastly, try the Anise Spice tea sure to satisfy the licorice over. It has anise, cinnamon, black licorice combined with a black tea. Of course, anything with a black tea is caffeinated.
It will soon be crisp, cold autumn weather so be sure to stop in to the Boston Harbor Tea shop to stock up on your favorite drinks to keep you warm!
Calming Medicinal Herbs
Many calming and natural medicinal herbs are used as nature’s way of soothing nerves. These plants are highly absorbable by the body, therefore, very effective in reducing the anxiety and tension that comes with stress.
Natural Tension Tamers
Most noteworthy, listed below are only a few of the many natural tension tamers we offer at Boston Harbor Tea.
German Chamomile
From Germany, chamomile eases sleep, relaxes the muscles in the body. Some people have benefit in the digestive tract by relieving spasms, abdominal pain, gas and bloating.
Linden Leaf and Flower
This herb from Bulgaria reduces internal stress, muscle tension, and relieves anxiety. It also has a calming effect on the heart to ease heart palpitations.
Kava kava
Origin, Figi, Kava Kava has a calming effect, eases heart palpitations, and relaxes muscles. Furthermore, it relieves anxiety, tension and emotional stress. *Note: It can be intoxicating in high doses.
Medicinal Herbs from South America and Mexico
Damiana
– helps to soothe and strengthen the brain and nervous system which calms the nerves, eases tension headaches, and gives you that feeling of well-being.
Yerba Mate
– builds resistance to stress. It contains B vitamins (B1, B2, B3, and B5) and vitamin C – the anti-stress team. Pantothenic acid (B5) stimulates the adrenal glands which regulate the production of hormones including adrenaline and cortisone. Yerba Mate is a stimulant and even though it helps with stress, you do not want to blend it with these other calming herbs.
Passion Flower
– grown in India and Mexico, conditions and tones the nerves and relieves pain. Being an overall “nerve conditioner”, it is good for all nervous disorders including nervous tension, irritability, anxiety, agitation, stress induced disorders, tension headaches, and exhaustion. It is an anti-spasmodic that relieves muscle spasms such as twitching, nervous coughs, and hyperactivity.
Medicinal Herbs from USA
Skullcap (Blue)
– strengthens and tones the nervous system alleviating tension, anxiety, and the jitters. Additionally, hysteria, nervous exhaustion, depression and panic are also reduced by skullcap. Customers say this herb eases nervous tension and internal stress that comes with withdrawal from drugs, alcohol, nicotine, and tranquilizers. It also helps in aiding sleep.
Valerian Root
– works as a tranquilizer and a sleep aid. It relieves pain, tension, and the effects of strain. It quiets and soothes the brain and nervous system. *Note: this should not be used with sleep medications and can cause hallucinations in high doses
Rest & Relaxation for Us All
R & R (Rest and Relaxation)
Hey, all you awesome Boston Harbor Tea fans. I wanted to give you all a heads up. We will be CLOSED from September 17, 2017 to October 2, 2017 for some needed time off. So please get stocked up on any teas or herbs you might be needing. THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING!!!
CLEANSE: R & R ( Ream out & Rejuvenate )
This time of year is a good time to cleanse as well. Come in for your cleansing teas and herbs for the full 22 days. Fall is a great time to cleanse in order to get rid of harmful toxins in your body especially before we head into the holiday season. This can be tailored to your specific blood type or just a general cleanse package if you aren’t sure of your blood type. Certain blood types work differently and so the herbs are chosen according to what works the best for your body.
Cleansing of your body’s organs can be an effective way to help improve the body’s way of functioning properly along with relieving and possibly eliminating ailments that can become troublesome to you. A cleanse is a process of cleaning the blood by removing impurities and toxins from the liver and lymph system which play a large role in processing what is put in the body. When these two organ systems get backed up, other organs like the kidneys, gallbladder, and intestines have to process what the liver and lymph system could not. This can affect every cell in the body, both short and long term.
The best part is while you are detoxing, you can eat natural, whole foods at the same time!
CLEANSING TEAS/HERBS:
Acid Removal:
Burdock, Catnip, Meadowsweet, Pau d’Arco, Plantain, Slippery Elm, and Spearmint
Blood Cleaner:
Burdock, Goldenseal, Plantain, Sarsaparilla and Yarrow
Female:
Calendula, Chaste Tree Berry, Damiana, Dong Quai, Milk Thistle, Motherwort, Paul d’Arco, and Slippery Elm
Heart:
Astragalus, Calendula, Dong Quai, Ginkgo, Ginger, Hawthorm, Motherwort, and Suma
Kidney:
Cleavers, Cranberry Powder, Damiana, Hawthorm, Horsetail, Marshmallow, Plantain, and Red Raspberry Leaf
Liver:
Calendula, Cleavers, Dandelion Leaf, Dandelion Root, Marshmallow, Milk Thistle, and Slippery Elm
Lungs:
Elder, Goldenseal, Hyssop, Lungwort, Marshmallow, Mullein, Plantain, and Pleurisy root
The Original “Whole Foods” Diet
| The answer is as old as time and never changes. It is the edicts from the Bible concerning what should be eaten and what should not be eaten. It is the original “whole foods diet”. Somehow we have allowed unnatural or modified foods to substitute for the real thing. Let’s get back to eating the way God intended.So many people are continually searching for “the” diet that will help them lose weight or make them healthy. Diets come and go. While one recommends no carbohydrates, another touts protein as the answer. What are you to believe?
This way of eating derives rules for determining clean and unclean foods from certain passages in the Bible : Genesis, Proverbs, Luke, Exodus, Peter, Leviticus, Judges, Deuteronomy, Isaiah, 1 Corinthians, Habakkuk, and Daniel.[1] Your body is amazing and works like a well-oiled machine if allowed to do so. Teas and herbs are natural plants that have been used for over four thousand years. The father of medicine – Hippocrates – was once quoted as saying, “Let your food be your medicine and your medicine be your food.” I recommend a book I carry at the tea shop that goes into depth about teas and herbs by author, Victoria Zak. In her book, 20,000 Secrets of Tea, The Most Effective Ways to Benefit from Nature’s Healing Herbs, she talks about nature’s plants as healers and much more. “Tea has been a favorite beverage worldwide for hundreds of years. A cup of tea on a rainy evening can chase the chills away and a pot of tea shared among friends can lend an air of enchantment to an afternoon. But more than that, tea can treat a variety of ailments, and with this invaluable guide, you can put the secrets of tea to work for you!” wrote Victoria Zak in the forward. If you want to read more on eating naturally, this is a great post about the very reasons you might want to work on changing your eating habits for a lifetime. https://www.amazingfacts.org/media-library/study-guide/e/4990/t/god-s-free-health-plan
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| Genesis 9:3
Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. And as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything. |
Marshmallow Root
I opened up Boston Harbor to share marshmallow root with everyone. It is one of my favorite herbs because everyone benefits from this plant. Althaea officinalis is its latin name.
It helps with many different things like reducing inflammation, immunity, anti-aging, disease resistance, kidney weakness, lowers blood sugar levels, shrinks and softens growths, and had protein to build muscle.
Marshmallow is also filled with many nutrients like vitamin A, B1, B2, B3, B5, C, oxygen, calcium, iron, potassium, and magnesium. The list could go on and on.
This plant is amazing!
Marshmallow grows in yards all over. Growing to around 4 feet in length with stems that have jagged edged leaves that are covered with fine hair. The flowers that can grow up to 2 inches wide with colors the vary from white, light red, or purple. You can harvest marshmallow yourself and use all of it’s parts. The roots can be dried and used for tea, the flowers are good for dry chapped skin, and the leaves can be put into a salad and eaten.
Caution:
However, if you use chemicals on your lawn, you do not want to use those. These plants have been tainted by the chemicals. If you do decide you want to start harvesting the marshmallow plant, wait two years after your last lawn treatment and you should be able to harvest them the third year.
When marshmallow root is dried it can be white and fluffy or chunky with a little bit of fluff. It all depends on how it is prepared. When making the tea, it has a faint yellow color if any at all. Marshmallow does not have much of a flavor, it’s not sweet or bitter so if you mix it with another tea or flavor it’s not going to ruin the taste of your drink.
Here is this fun rhyme to help you remember the uses of marshmallow:
Dry places are moistened
Hard conditions are softened
Inflammation goes away
Tissues resist decay.
-Cathie-
