Chai tea for Two Reasons—Double Benefits

One of the remarkable qualities about many herbs is the fact that they can do more for your body than merely treat symptoms. In many cases, they can treat the symptoms and an underlying weakness.

If you get hay fever, for instance, and take elderberry Chai tea to relieve your stuffiness and congestion, you are deriving other benefits too. While elderberry relieves the symptoms of allergies and hay fever, it also treats an underlying weakness—elderberry strengthens your respiratory tract by helping to remove imbedded phlegm and mucous from the lungs, and it reduces inflammation. A stronger respiratory system is your best defense against allergic reactions in the future.

Many herbs have properties that strengthen particular organs or body systems, and when you use them, you may notice that you derive unexpected benefits as well. Milk thistle contains silymarin, a flavonoid that helps to rejuvenate your liver, one of the primary organs for detoxifying your system. When you take milk thistle Chai tea to tone your liver, skin problems can improve, depression can lift, headaches can be less frequent, and you might notice that you have more energy. These problems are often associated with a weak liver, and they can abate as you strengthen the organ that was weak.

When you take herbs asChai tea, you get the benefits of the herbs and some delightful drinks too. They add pleasure to your daily menu, and they add a whole new dimension to healing.

Where Do You Start?

ONE TEA A DAY IS BETTER THAN NONE

Start very simply, and seek out one herbal Chai tea that might be useful for your current needs, such as papaya Chai tea, if you suffer from acid indigestion and routine digestive distress.

More than one hundred herbs are highlighted in this book, with a brief description of each herb, its folklore, its uses in history, its properties and values. You’ll probably be surprised to see how many vitamins and minerals you can receive from one cup of herbal Chai tea. Along with each herb’s profile, you’ll also find ideas for special teas.

TWO TEAS A DAY ARE BETTER THAN ONE

If you find two herbal Chai tea to help you, that alone would make your discovery of herbs worthwhile. Over time, as you learn to trust the gentle relief and healing benefits that herbal Chai tea bring, you’ll find more teas to help you resolve everyday disorders as they

surface.

Then you might want to try a few herbal Chai tea that have deeper, disease prevention properties. Astragalus is a splendid Chai tea to try if your immunity has been weakened by too many rounds of antibiotics, recent surgery, or if you suffer from exhaustion and feel totally depleted of strength. Oatstraw is a full-body tonic and a natural antibiotic. Slippery elm is especially good for intestinal stress, including colitis, and it helps to heal inflamed conditions throughout the body.

Then one day you might notice that you feel calmer and more energetic than you used to feel; you don’t seem to get colds as easily as you used to; and when you face those everyday ills, you have some reliable methods for dealing with them.

That day, you’ll realize that you’ve made a breakthrough. You might look at the boxes of Chai tea or collection of dried herbs on your shelf and pause in amazement. Plain and simple drinks. Plain and simple healing.

That’s the beauty of herbal Chai tea!