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| yass | Aug 26 2014, 02:52 AM Post #16 |
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Thomas Bartram, in "Bartram’s Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine" (available at Richters) lists red clover tea and bitters to promote saliva. Chamomile tea is a bitter that promotes saliva. Bitter foods include dandelion leaf, chicory, endive, radicchio, rapini, and watercress. Other herbs that promote saliva include ginger and cardamom. I don’t know whether there are any herbal pills that promote saliva. The herb or bitter food needs to come into contact with your mouth in order to promote saliva, so it is not effective to swallow a pill. http://www.richters.com/show.cgi?page=./QandA/Medicinal/20040827-5.html&cart_id=5869288.32089 ~ Good Strong Chamomile tea To make a strong tea, take (per person) 2-3 heaped tsps (just a little less for a child) of fresh, fragrant dried Chamomile flowers, cover with boiling water and leave to steep for at least 10-15 minutes before straining and drinking. Chamomile tea will get bitter when you make it this strong. That bitterness is in itself healing and soothing to inflamed muscles or digestion so do not be put off by it. By the same token you will not interfere with the action of the tea by adding honey and, especially if children are the recipients, I would consider this a fairly necessary step. Honey blends beautifully with chamomile. You need time to make a good herbal tea and in the case of Chamomile you need to keep it well covered. Many therapeutic essential oils in Chamomile are released by the hot water into steam but so long as the tea is covered the oils will drop back into the water to be used.  ~ Super strong chamomile tea This is for when your system is in a bad way and you need a potent anti-inflammatory but don’t want to use drugs. Do not underestimate how much chamomile can help in these cases; it can be remarkably pain relieving. But it is all about the dose, you have to get enough of it to work. To make a super strong tea you basically take a small handful of the Chamomile (about 8-10 tsps) place them in a jar with a sealable lid, pour over boiling water (about 600mls would be ideal) seal and cover with a towel. You then leave the tea until the water has completely cooled down and all the essential oils that turned into steam have been released back into the tea as a liquid. Taking sips of this strong tea (it will be very bitter) through the day conveys potent anti-inflammatory and healing benefits. http://www.rjwhelan.co.nz/herbs%20A-Z/chamomile.html I had to look that up because I'd never imagined chamomile tea as being bitter. |
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| yass | Mar 26 2015, 10:00 AM Post #17 |
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Possible cause for a dry mouth.
Read more at http://www.diabeticconnect.com/diabetes-slideshows/172-the-science-of-diabetes#cEIvLZKTkzxBg3r7.99 |
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