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. I’m all about making healthy as easy to do as possible. I just wash and trim the sprigs and heat it in water, letting it simmer until the kitchen smells wonderful. I like to drink it with a little coconut milk and a half teaspoon of xylitol. It’s delicious! I add water to it for a few days until it gets weaker, and then I start again with a new batch.

Now that it’s winter, and I’ve run out of my personal stash of thyme, I’m able to find organic thyme at the grocery store. While it’s not the lemony type of thyme, it still makes a wonderful hot tea to drink during cold days and nights.

If you just want to use a thyme tea bag, here is a link to a good organic product!

If you’re still on the fence about this tea, consider that research shows a connection between thyme tea and Alzheimer’s Disease and indicates thyme tea can help improve cognitive function, that is, your memory and focus. A huge bonus is that it slows…