Supportive Herbal Teas
Hello friends! I am creating this resource for clients who would benefit from regularly soaking the digestive systems (urinary, gut, nerve) with soothing, hydrating herbal infusions that provide nourishing plant support.
I have chosen Traditional Medicinals as the brand to focus on because they are widely available throughout the usa, (not because I benefit from sharing their name in any way), and because they have very simple blends making it easy to sort them into categories.
I am going to sort them into two main categories for pelvic steam users that correlate to my steam user types: The Tree, The Sun, The Butterfly, The River
Which steam user type you are is assessed in an intake form and shared with via my consultation process …but roughly
The Tree: menopause/post-menopause/excess heat
The Sun: infections (bacterial, viral, fungal)
The Butterfly: 27 days or less in cycle length, breakthrough bleeding, spotting, can have excess heat and infections also, as well as fibroids and more.
The River: 28 days or more in cycle length, plus lots of PMS/PPMD symptoms and other chronic issues such as endometriosis, fibroids, cysts, PCOS and more.
The two main herbal tea categories I will sort Traditional Medicinal teas into are Warming and Cooling
If your steam user type is The Tree or The Sun you will want cooling herbal teas.
If your steam user type is The River you will want to use warming herbal teas.
If your steam user type is The Butterfly you have a more complicated choice, can use both cooling or warming depending on if you have any excess heat/dry symptoms, except ginger! Ginger is a warming uterine bleeding stimulant so if you have short cycles or bleed between periods, don’t use any of the ginger teas outside of your period days. If you have excess heat/dry symptoms use teas in the cooling category. If you do not have excess heat or dry symptoms you can use from both the warming and cooling categories.
All of the steam user types can benefit from gut and nervous system support provided by herbal teas, you will want some of both in your routine.
Choose between cooling or warming based on your steam user type!
When using herbal teas I recommend steeping for a minimum of 8-10 minutes up to 15 min for a medicinal dose. (mints can get too strong if more than 10 min!)
Traditional Medicinal Teas sorted into two categories:
COOLING
Lemon Balm - gut + nerves
Dandelion Leaf & Root - gut
Spearmint - gut + nerves
Peppermint - gut + nerves
Triple Mint Daily Probiotic - gut + nerves
Fennel - gut
Nettle - gut
Hibiscus - nerves
Hawthorne & Hibiscus - nerves
Chammomile - gut + nerves
Chammomile and Lavendar - gut + nerves
Stress Ease Tension Relief - gut + nerves
Gas Relief - gut
WARMING
Healthy Cycle - gut + nerves
Ginger - gut
Tulsi & Ginger - gut + nerves
Ginger & Chammomile - gut + nerves
Ginger Aid - gut
Stress Ease Immune - gut + nerves
Belly Comfort - gut
Lemon Ginger - gut
There are other blends they offer but I don’t recommend them for various reasons. For instance:
I don’t recommend the Pau D’Arco blend because it is an endangered South American tree, so it is not an ethical choice.
I don’t recommend the Smooth Move blend because the herb Senna can be habit forming and weaken the bowels natural habits (use Yellowdock Root tincture instead!).
Cup of Calm has Passionflower in it which can be overstimulating for some.
The Stress Ease Calm has Shatavari Root which can mess with hormones.
The Everyday Detox blend (Hibiscus and Schisandra Berry) is a wonderful combo but I would never take without licorice root or marshmallow root as Schisandra Berry is super drying…
COMING SOON! I have crafted a handful of herbal tea blends to support the pelvic steaming work I do with clients…however they are not ready to purchase as I am still trying to figure out the most fair prices for everyone, and preparing the product for the website (photographs, labels, etc.).
