Nutritive Herbal Tea - What Are Herbal Tea Benefits?
Nutritive herbal tea is liquid food that has a tonifying effect on the body via its powerful concentration of vitamins and minerals. It strengthens, nourishes, and enlivens the whole body through its supply of this liquid plant nutrition.
These plants hold within there leaves stored up energy packed with the essential sustenance we need to thrive and grow strong.
When these nutritive herbs are infused in herbal tea preparations and herbal tea recipes, their healing properties are "unlocked" and thus provide a mineral boost that is packed with calcium, silica, magnesium, zinc and iron.
The more nutrients we add into our diet, the better for overall health and, especially, superhealth!
It is good to cover your bases and use nutritive herbal tea to help you reach new levels of nutritional support and balance that you might not be getting from your current diet.
Most people, on average, are severely deficient in minerals due to a present or past lifestyle of poor eating habits. Even with a healthy diet, you need to make sure the whole foods you consume are coming from a mineral-rich soil source. Unsustainable farming methods degrade soil quality. This means that there is less nutrition in the food when you eat it.
Discover many of them growing in your own backyard and check our wildcrafting wild plants page for inspiration on nutritive herbs you can pick yourself!
1) Nettles - not only does nettle leaf make your hair grow thick and strong, but it also aids immune system function and is an effective treatment for many skin conditions.
Otherwise known as stinging nettle, this herb grows all over the world and is popular in ancient folklore and ritual. It contains more iron than spinach as well as calcium, Vit A and Vit C. These vitamins work together with important acids, nitrogen, and trace elements.
2) Oatstraw - the oat tops and the straw of this wonderful plant are used as a nerve tonic to calm and relax the body.
It is an excellent nutritive herbal tea containing active alkaloids including trigonelline, avenine, and gramine, plus B vitamins. The stalks are high in silica and calcium. The oat tops are used specifically to treat nerve disorders.
3) Horsetail - also called shave grass, is known for its high quantities of silica. This plant was known to flourish in pre-historic times in a much larger version of the one we know today. Horsetail covered the earth in "horsetail forests" that grew like trees. So, it has been around awhile!
This makes me personally more intrigued to use it in my herbal teas and food formulas. It replenishes collagen and gives renewed elasticity to the skin!
4) Alfalfa - the word "alfalfa" comes from Arabic meaning the "father of all foods." It is one of the oldest cultivated plants for this reason and has been used as the fuel to feed livestock and horses for centuries.
It is especially high in Vitamin K, which is needed in the uptake of calcium. It is high in Vitamin C, E, A and iron and is known to sooth and strengthen the body. The roots of alfalfa reach deep into the soil, allowing for exceptional access to a high quantity of nutrients.
5) Red Clover - great for the skin because of its cleansing and tonic effects. It grows wild all over the world and has been used as a food and fuel for domestic animals because it is so nutrient dense.
It is known to break up stagnation's in the body and, for this reason, is used for most heart ailments and menopause in women.
6) Raspberry Leaf - is considered the number one herb for pregnant women because it nourishes and tones the uterine muscles. It is great nutritive herbal tea that is especially high in easily digested chelated iron, as well as other vitamins and minerals. It is a good all-purpose herb to drink for men and for women alike.
Herbal Pantry
You can use these top herbs dried or fresh! We buy our dried teas by the pound and store them in glass mason jars in a cool, dark, dry place that is easy to access.
Our favorite place to get herbs is Mountain Rose Herbs. They are one of the best as far as quality! Starwest Botanicals is our second favorite when we can't get them at Mountain Rose. When you buy your herbs in bulk you get way more for your money because bulk prices are way cheaper.
Drink your nutritive herbal teas for that extra boost to your vital life energy. When we are receiving the entire spectrum of vitamins and minerals needed by the body, we build strong immune systems that can handle environmental toxins that are all around us.
Many of these herbs also grow wild and can be harvested, if you know where they grow and what they look like.
The supplement Vitamineral Green is a great way to get all your nutritive herbs, blended into a powerful, supercharged green powder. The perfect super supplement for anyone with severe mineral deficiency.
5) Red Clover - great for the skin because of its cleansing and tonic effects. It grows wild all over the world and has been used as a food and fuel for domestic animals because it is so nutrient dense. 
