Hello friends of Natural Medicine, how are you? Today I want to share with you a tea that is very famous here in my country, Venezuela, and it is a tea that is used for the flu, dry cough and phlegm.
For those who do not know it, I will talk about the Tea of Santa María. Today I am going to show you what are the medicinal plants that are used to do it, and what are the benefits it has.
The grass or plant of Santa María: from the leaves of the grass of Santa María an oil that has insecticidal properties is extracted. The herbal teas of this plant are highly appreciated, giving them an astringent, antiseptic, antispasmodic, carminative, cholagogue and sedative effect.
Apart from Santa María, it brings you other herbs that help and complement it, it also brings you: Malojillo, lemon and honey.
Malojillo or Lemongrass: Cymbopogon citratus (Grasses), the whole plant is used and the essential oil that is extracted from it, contains citral, d-citronellal and geraniol. Antiseptic, digestive, carminative, broncholithic and diaphoretic effects are attributed to it.
Beneficios del limón
Hidratar nuestro organismo.
Ayudar a la pérdida de peso.
Conseguir un efecto diurético.
Limpiar la piel.
Proporcionar energía y mejora el estado de ánimo.
Lemon: I think that almost all of us know the benefits of lemon, but it never hurts to remember it:
Lemon benefits
Hydrate our body.
Help weight loss.
Get a diuretic effect.
Cleanse the skin
Provide energy and improves mood.
Finally, Honey: a product with properties and health benefits since it is effective for treating skin wounds; coughs and allergies; reduce the cholesterol; prevents heart problems and constipation.
After seeing what the ingredients in this Te de Santa María are used for, let's go with the preparation. <
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The first thing is to get the herbs that we will use, let's get to it.
We are going to wash them well, to boil them in a little water.
After our herbs are cooking, we are going to let the water brew for 2-3 minutes and we are going to turn off and let it rest.
Once it has rested, we are going to add the last two ingredients that are lemon and honey, and we are going to stir it.
Now it is ready to take it, you have to make sure you take it when it is still warm, you will wonder how much should I take? Well they will fill a cup to more than half.
They should take it when they go to bed, they have to make sure it's the last thing they drink for the day.
An important fact about this tea is that in these times of pandemic due to Covid-19 in Venezuela, doctors recommend everyone to take it as a preventive measure, in my house we prepare it at least 3 times a week to take care of the airborne viruses. And it has worked well for us because we have not caught Covid-19 until now.
La Santa María is also used for people who have trouble sleeping, at the end of the day you take a tea and you will sleep peacefully.
In my personal opinion I prefer to take any tea rather than take pills, since the pills make people dependent on them to be well.
This was all for today friends, I hope that information is useful and that you make this tea at home to protect your health and that of yours, Until next time!