Thyme tea

Thyme tea…have you ever heard of it?

If you’ve never tried thyme tea, I have a new taste sensation for you! If you’ve never heard of it, it’s easy to make and has a host of benefits for your health. It soothes your stomach, so it’s good if you suffer from indigestion; it helps relieve menstrual cramps; helps you sleep, sharpens your cognitive function, boosts your immune system (great during this really tough cold/flu season we’re having), helps heal respiratory issues and protects against chronic disease!

The active ingredient found in thyme, thymol, is a powerful antioxidant. Thyme tea helps with cognitive decline and issues associated with dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease as well as hepatitis, shingles, multiple sclerosis and vertigo. The powerful antioxidants thymol and luteolin aid in reducing oxidative stress in the body. Thyme also provides us with vitamins C, A and a host of minerals!

Thyme is easy to grow, and I grow regular thyme and lemon thyme in my garden and frankly, in my lawn…not on purpose. I think when I have thinned it out and while carrying it to compost, I have dropped some and it has rooted in the grass. It’s not a bad thing as it creates quite the carpet; when you walk on it, not only is it soft underfoot, it smells amazing!

I cut sprigs of it and make tea. I don’t bother drying it as some say to do…