Mint

Mint contains

• An incredibly high amount of antioxidants
• High amounts of vitamin A: helps maintain healthy eyes
• High amounts of vitamin C: keeps the body alive, and healthy. Assists in keeping disease at bay.
  
• Vitamin B12: a core vitamin in the production of red blood cells.
• Vitamin B1 (Thiamine): Needed for the body to be able to assimilate and absorb proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals.
• High amounts of Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin): needed for the body to be able to break down and absorb proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals and enzymes.
• High amounts of Folic acid: is needed for proper DNA replication in cells
• Amounts of Manganese: Good for blood sugar regulation, bones, cholesterol maintenance, nerve maintenance, thyroid function and remove free radicals.
• Copper: helps with absorption of iron, reduces tissue damage, helps maintain healthy bones, thyroid function and nerve protection.
• Potassium: helps nerves and muscles function properly, maintains electrolyte and acid-alkaline balance in the body, reduces high blood pressure.
• Iron: keeps human beings alive. Is the core of our cellular function, and protects our DNA.
• Zinc: balances blood sugar, improves the immune system, and supports the senses.
• Phosphorus: Helps metabolize sugar, calcium, is needed for bone formation, cell growth, kidney function, helps convert food to energy,
• Selenium: helps the body get rid of free radicals, improves the immune system’s functionality, helps alleviate PMT, helps in the production of sperm, helps the function of the pancreas, and helps remove cholesterol.

How to eat mint
Mint can be added to almost anything as a fresh herb.
It can also be drunk as a tea (very yummy).

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Chaga Mushroom

Chaga mushroom is known as the “King of the Mushrooms” because it is so massive, literally as an organism, and because it is just so powerful. In Siberia it was known as the “Mushroom of Immortality” or “The gift of the Gods”.

Chaga grows in trees, and it can be so big, that one organism of chaga mushroom can be growing all over a forest: it really is just that big.

Chaga mushroom:

• Stimulates the central nervous system
• improves metabolism
• Regulates the cardiovascular and respiratory systems
• Increases oxygenation of the blood and body
  
• Is Anti-Microbial: meaning it’s anti-fungal, anti candida, anti bacterial, anti viral
• Regulates the immune system: If it’s running too high, Chaga brings it back down, if it’s too low, Chaga brings it back up.
• Contains polysaccharides
• Is an adaptogen
• Is the highest antioxidant out of any food or tea (10 TIMES higher than Pomegranate
• Tonifies the bodily organs
• Is perfect for almost any disease, or “Dis-ease”.

Since Chaga tea and extracts are a tonic, you can take as much chaga as you want, whenever you want.

How to eat
Chaga is edible as a tea, alcoholic extract (like vanilla extract), or can be ground up and added to smoothies or whatever you’re working with. The tea and alcoholic extract can be added to smoothies as well. I personally haven’t had the pleasure of working with chaga as of yet.

Here is a video of Daniel Vitalis talking about Chaga Mushrooms, and this is where I got a lot of my information.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lMs7iuY704

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Reishi Mushroom.

Reishi has been used in China for thousands of years as the “Elixir of Immortality”. It was said that a brew of Reishi Mushroom could “bring the dead back to life”.

Reishi contains many polysaccharides, which boost the immune system and help to regulate it. This means that if your immune system is running too high, and is attacking your body, then the polysaccharides will help to bring it back down. If you immune system is too weak, the polysaccharides will bring it back up to par. If your immune system is missing something, then the polysaccharides will get your immune system on that.

Reishi contains massive amounts of antioxidants, it helps to remove inflammation, helps prevent blood clots, it prevents fatigue (I have experienced this), lowers cholesterol, helps clear mucus from the lungs, reduces blood-sugar levels, has positive effects on the kidneys, adrenals and endocrine systems, helps clear the liver and it helps increase blood oxygenation.

So, yay for reishi tea!

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Name your favourite tea blend/brew?!

I am particularly keen for passionflower, camomile and juniper berry/chai,

and

ginger, lemon peel and mint.

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Today I’ve had a brew of Juniper Berry, Camomile and Passionflower on the pot.

It’s pretty tasty.

Wormwood.

Apparently if you use it as a fomentation, it helps with ankle swelling, flat feet, sprains and bruises.

Internally, it’s perfect for any digestive disorders like liver parasites, gas, gastric pain, bad breath (yay), heartburn, indigestion, problems with bile and saliva secretion, as well as menstrual cramps, and stimulating the brain, helping the body deal with epilepsy and nervous diseases.

BUT considering how bitter it is, you might not want to over-do it with the whole tea thing. Maybe just one cup for like three days.

I think that considering how bitter it is, that it should be used similar to how garlic is used; small doses and for a short period of time. Over-doing it can really have an effect on the system, considering how much it really effects the digestive system.

And also considering that it can be poisonous in large doses, one would probably be best to not over do it.

So far, I have experienced small effects of poison, but that’s just my mind going off-track. That could also be affected by the fact that yesterday I fasted for a good 12 hours on a fresh passion flower/chai tea brew. It wasn’t until my friend told me that you can get poisoned from it that I realised. I just figured that if I got poisoned, I would find out the next morning ;)

Symptoms of poisoning include delirium, epileptic-like convulsions, giddiness, hallucinations and permanent mental deterioration.

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I’ve been fasting today on chai/passion flower/mint tea, all organic, and wow.

Passion flower is THE BOMB.

I listened to david wolfe talking about it this morning, and apparently it prevents good estrogens from turning into bad estrogens, as well as assisting the body in the formation of testosterone, as well as assists the body in holding onto testosterone for a longer period of time.

Tea really is amazing.

Horsetail for sleep, bones, to help with digestion and to help alkalize the system. Very relaxing.

Chai to help with assimilation of food.

Ginger for circulation, radiation and the removal of bad cells.

Mint for the stomach and to help alkalize the system.

Black for a stimulant.

Dandelion for the stomach and to help alkalize the system.

Camomile to help with sleep.

Reishi for ormus, to help relax the nerves, calm the digestive system, help remove bad cells, contains polysaccharides, improves and boosts the immune system, helps kill and remove any critters in the body, and you know, everything. Ancient Chinese cultures said it would ‘bring the dead back to life’.

Pau D’arco to help fight fungal infections, to thin the blood, to help kill any critters in the body, is awesome in assisting with the assimilation of food, helps to remove bad cells and junk from the body, and a lot more I’m sure.

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Horsetail tea.

Promotes sleep!

Increases urinary flow therefore helping to flush bacteria from the bladder, helps to strengthen bones and cartilage, if gargled can help fight mouth sores, neutralizes over-acidity in the digestive system, helps fight stomach ulcers, helps eliminate dandruff and it stimulates blood flow.

Horsetail is high in potassium and manganese.

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Dandelion Tea.

Targets the digestive system most.

It stimulates the release of bile from the liver, has been used to help those suffering from type 1 and 2 diabetes, used in the treatment of liver disorders, helps purify the blood, helps relieve constipation and diarrhea, helps cleanse and improve the skin.

It contains substantial levels of vitamins a, c, d, B-complex, iron, magnesium, zinc, potassium, manganese, copper, calcium, boron and silicon.

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Ginger.

Heats up the body, increases metabolism, grows everywhere on the earth, helps remove free radicals from the body and reduces inflammation.

I’m sure that it does a hell of a lot more than just that.

How to eat:

Chop it up, peel it, put it in hot/boiling water and drink, as a tea!

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Chilling in the sun with some ginger tea, with citrus (lemon) peel.

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