Day 5: Make Your Own Healing Herbal Tea

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We have now made it halfway through the 10-day series about making use of your 
healing plants ?? It is now time to actually get started on using your herbs! This begins 
with using fresh or dried herbs to make your very own herbal tea. Herbal tea will have 
health benefits based on the type of herb you use, whether you make lavender or 
chamomile tea for relaxation, or another type of tea for pain relief. 

Recommended Herbs for Tea

You probably already know that just about any herb can be used for your herbal tea, 
though some tend to be used more often than others. You will want to choose herbs 
that not only provide good health benefits, but that also taste good when combined 
together. Here are some good herbs to start with:

* Lavender
* Chamomile
* Lemonbalm
* Rose
* Echinacea
* Licorice root
* Sage
* Ginger

Making Your Own Herbal Tea

Once you have chosen the herbs you want to use for your herbal tea, you need to know 
how to make it. You can use either fresh herbs or dried leaves, depending on what is 
available to you. With fresh herbs, you should rinse them well with cold water and either 
put them in your tea ball, or you can choose to put them directly into your cup. Dried 
herbs should always have a tea ball. As with any other type of tea, the longer the tea 
leaves steep in the water, the stronger the tea is going to be.

You can also flavor your tea with anything from fruit slices to honey, sugar, or even 
Stevia.

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