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☕️ Growing in almost every garden, melissa ...

Sep 17

☕️ Growing in almost every garden, melissa officinalis, also commonly known as lemon balm, is not only popular with bees but is an excellent herb for children. Why not make a large pot of tea for the whole family and enjoy our Melissa's marvellous tea whenever you want to relax and raise your spirits.

Ingredients:
Fresh lemon balm leaf 2 sprigs (the top 8cm/31/4in with 4–6 leaves)
This will serve 1 cup of comforting tea.

Method:
Put the lemon balm in a cup. Add 250ml (9fl oz) freshly boiled filtered water.
Leave to steep for a few minutes and enjoy with the leaves still in your cup.

Pick fresh lemon balm before it flowers for the sweetest cup. If you don't have access to any fresh lemon balm then use 1 tsp of good quality dry leaf.

Recipe from Cleanse, Nurture, Restore by Sebastian Pole

🥱 Stress and Relaxation

The term ...

Sep 16

🥱 Stress and Relaxation

The term ‘stress’ is the sum of physical and emotional reactions of our body and mind when we are working above our normal threshold. Particularly, when our exposure to stress becomes excessive over a longer period of time, it can adversely affect our health, disrupting our hormonal balance, immune resistance and mental health.
👉 We explore the root causes and symptoms of stress, and take a look at herbal and holistic solutions: www.herbalreality.com/condition/stress-and-relaxation/

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⚕️Fatigue: A much wider problem than ...

Sep 15

⚕️Fatigue: A much wider problem than tiredness.

One of the most common symptoms herbal practitioners are confronted with by their patients is persistent tiredness. This is often accompanied by other distressing symptoms such as compromised immune defences, poor digestive performance, depression, cognitive impairment, and a variety of aches and pains. The tiredness itself can be severely depleting, even paralysing, and significantly impacting the patient's life.

👉 We take a look at the root causes of fatigue, diagnosis and powerful tonic herbs for treatment: www.herbalreality.com/condition/fatigue/

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🌿 Lemon balm grows widely in gardens and makes ...

Sep 14

🌿 Lemon balm grows widely in gardens and makes a great plant for anyone to grow themselves, even in a window box. Look out for its characteristic light green leaves: picking and sniffing a leaf will tell you immediately you have the right plant. There is a wonderful aromatic lemony aroma. You can even chew a piece and the bright, citrusy taste comes through straight away: the strong aromatic lemon flavour is combined with subtle hints of mint; the slight lemon acidity and tannic astringency combines with a real sweetness.

This is clearly a gentle, soothing yet uplifting remedy, acceptable to everyone from the very youngest of age.

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