Appreciated by Marcel Proust, linden herbal tea is renowned for its calming and sedative properties. The bracts and flowers of this tree are also depurative, soothing, hypotensive, and diuretic.
On a daily basis, this herbal plant tea helps you stay healthy. For a cold, gastric pain, or cellulite, the natural effect of linden leaf decoction brings quick relief. Its use for weight loss is also recommended.
Linden herbal tea is easily prepared with hot water and dried bracts. While the inflorescences require a short infusion time, the bark extract reveals its properties in recipes that need to be steeped for longer.
What are the medicinal virtues of linden infusion?
Herbal medicine recognizes the qualities of organic linden-based infusions. A friend of sleep, this plant has medicinal uses for the kidneys, pain, (over)weight, and certain winter ailments.
What is linden?
Linden trees are common garden trees in France. The organic products available in herbalist shops are mainly derived from the flowers and leaves of tilia sylvestris.
How is linden used in herbal teas?
Depending on the intended use and desired virtue, several parts of the tree are used in herbal medicine:
- the inflorescence (the flower and bracts of the linden tree),
- the linden sapwood (inner bark of the wood),
- the buds, with the closed bract.
What are the health benefits of tilia infusion?
The organic linden herbal tea sold in bulk or in sachets at herbalist shops is made of dried leaves. Its recipes address many health complaints.
- The linden flower promotes quality sleep.
- Linden sap drains the body.
- The decoction made from linden leaves soothes the throat.
- Herbal teas made from the tender part of the wood reduce joint pain.
- Linden infusions soothe gastritis.
How to use tilia herbal tea?
Depending on the desired effect, linden herbal tea can be drunk before or after a meal, hot or cold. The flavor of the flowers is mild, while the harder parts of the plant produce a slight bitterness. Preparation tips for the product.
How to properly prepare a linden herbal tea?
Linden herbal tea is just as easy to use as chamomile. You simply let the sachet of dried leaves steep in hot water. According to your taste, you can drink it on its own or with linden honey to enhance its soothing properties.
How to enjoy the benefits of tilia infusion?
According to the advice of herbal medicine practitioners in France, linden infusion as well as honey can be consumed by the whole family. Whether in bulk or in sachets, the effects of linden leaf decoctions depend on their quality. The use of organic plants, such as herbalist products, is recommended.
As with bulk chamomile, you use the flowers and bracts to improve your sleep. Linden sapwood, which is depurative, is combined with a remineralizing plant such as horsetail, also found in the garden.