Linden Tea
Linden is among the many herbal plants that offer various benefits when used. Although the whole linden plant can be used for medicinal purposes, the plant’s flower is the most used for this purpose. Although not yet proven, linden is used by a number of people to relief anxiety. Some studies carried out to establish the effectiveness and the medicinally potentials of this plants indicate that linden tea can be used to relief mild gall bladder problems, excessive gas which makes the stomach to push upwards the heart, dyspepsia and upset stomach.
If linden tea is taken hot then it will act like diaphoretic which in turn will enhance the ability of a user’s immune system to fight diseases. Diaphoretic is a condition that will cause mild fevers which cannot go high, as the tea will at the same time make a user to start sweating which cools the body. The plant’s dried flowers are sticky and somehow sweet while its fruit is somehow mucilaginous and sweet. Linden tea can be made using the plants wood, flowers, leaves or even charcoal which can be obtained by burning its wood. The flowers are used to relief fevers, colds, inflammation, headaches, high blood pressure as antispasmodic, sedative and diuretic to enhance urine production. When the flowers are used to make tea, the tea can be used to relief irregular heartbeat, vomiting and indigestion that is related to anxiety. Again, linden flowers can be added to baths to alleviate hysteria. Linden wood is used to relieve gallbladder and liver disorders as well as cellulitis which is a condition that makes the skin and the surrounding tissues get inflamed. When in charcoal form the wood can be used to treat intestinal problems and edema.
How to make linden tea
It is quite simple to prepare linden tea. All you need to do is add about 1 or 2 teaspoonfuls of the linden flower into water of about 8 oz, then steep cover this for at least 20 minutes. Linden tea is then taken in a 3 times per day dose with each dose of about 3ml or 4 ml. If linden is to be taken as tincture, then the dosage is 3 times a day with each dose of about 4ml to 10 ml. This dosage is for adult use and therefore such should be adjusted when administering to children. The adjustment should be in line with the weight of a child that linden tea is to be administered to. The 3ml or 4ml dosage is recommended for adult weighing about 70 kilograms. Some countries in the Europe have actually approved the use of linden for cold and other related coughs. Historically, linden tea was taken by soldiers to get tranquilizing properties.
It is important to note that, after taking mineral supplements and vitamin, you should let such be digested first by allowing yourself a couple of hours before taking linden tea. If taken immediately the tea may interfere with the body’s ability to absorb the mineral supplements and vitamins.
