A restorative tea 🌿☕
Tea time is one of the favorite times for people all over the world, being an ideal moment for a meeting with family or friends.
In my country, in general, the real tea is not consumed so often, since its cost is somewhat high, but by custom the infusions are also called tea, so it is very common to be offered a lemon and honey tea, chamomile tea or any aromatic herb. The consumption of this type of infusions is more common at tea time.
In my house we usually buy the black tea or green tea shown in the picture above but plant infusions are our favorite at tea time.
There is an infusion that is the prefered in my family for the enormous benefits it brings to health, we call it repairing tea since by the medicinal properties of its components serves to increase the body's defenses and is also relaxing. This infusion or tea is prepared with three herbs: sangria, holy leaf and lemon. 🍋
Sangria, chinchamochina or blood herb, (Justicia secunda Vahl - Species: Acanthaceae) among other names given to this plant, is well known for the red color that takes its infusion and is said to increase hemoglobin to be rich in B vitamins. Many healing properties are attributed to this plant, but it is especially used to treat or prevent viral processes such as dengue, chikungunya or COVID-19.
Holy leaf or Santa Maria leaf (Species: Piper auritum - Piperaceae family), is heart-shaped and its flavor is annized; it is popularly used for colic, to increase the body's defenses and as a relaxant.
When these two herbs are combined with lemon, rich in vitamin C, the result is a delicious infusion of pink color, a little acidic and with a slightly annized flavor.
In my family we drink this infusion once or twice a week as a way to strengthen the immune system to prevent viral processes. It is also a pleasant tasting drink that can be accompanied with cookies while chatting at home.
Ingredients:
02 cups of water
3 branches of the sangria plant
1 holy leaf
1/2 lemon 🍋
Sugar to taste
Preparation:
Place the two cups of water in a pot and bring it to the fire, when it boils add the leaves keeping them on the fire for 1 minute. Then turn off the stove, add the lemon, cover the pot and let it rest for 15 minutes. Add sugar to taste and that's it, we have a delicious infusion to enjoy our get-together.
This is my participation in the INT'L TEA DAY CONTEST, if you want to join this tea party 🎉 you can participate and share your preferences or any anecdote related to tea. Huges! 🤗
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I do prefer to infuse my own tea than to purchase tea from the shop. Nice variety there:)
Yes, I also think it's a better option so we can make the combination that best suits our taste, that helps us to encourage our creativity. Greetings!
Hello friend, today there is a wide variety of tea of different flavors, I have had the opportunity to try several of those that you share with us and they are very good. Chamomile tea is very rich and those plants that you share with us are the first time I've seen them and now I want to try one of those teas. I hope you enjoyed that cup of tea. Greetings.
It was delicious, surely your parents can recognize those plants are very popular. I hope you find them soon so you can try that infusion. Best regards! @davidpena21
That tea or infusion must be really potent with so many good ingredients, chinchamochina I think is a good antibiotic. I remember I got lechina when I was 20 years old and my mother gave me a bath with that plant and it was really impressive how the rash stopped immediately, the welts dried up and stopped itching and I recovered very quickly.
Yes, it is true that it is also used for smallpox. It is a plant with many properties that is why its consumption should not be abused. Thanks for commenting 🤗
Beautiful post, @alborhada. I love that you provided a recipe! Your last picture is beautiful with the image of the herbs and the brewed tea. I do think that tea can have many medicinal properties, and there are many different ailments that can be treated with tea. I am amazed to read that there is a tea that can help to fight viruses like COVID-19!
Hello @jayna yes, this tea is very good. In my country we fight this virus complementing the medical treatment with herbal teas and its effect was really excellent. Hopefully you can find those plants and prepare the tea. Greetings! 🤗
I hope so too!