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Title: To Renew Vitality After Birth
Categories: Info
Yield: 1 Formula
| JOY TEA | ||
| 2 | pt | Chamomile |
| 3 | pt | Lemon balm |
| 1 | pt | Hawthorne berries & blossoms |
| 2 | pt | Hibiscus flowers |
| 2 | pt | Rose petals (unsprayed) |
| 1/8 | pt | Lavender flowers |
| 1/8 | pt | Cardamom pods, chopped |
One of the best times to use your knowledge of herbs is the season immediately following pregnancy and childbirth. Herbs will aid in restoring your vitality and fill the depleted reservoir of strength that sometimes follows birth.
Drink plenty of mild herbal nervines. They will encourage nursing, help you adjust to the demands of the newborn, and generally calm and renew your system. Skullcap, lemon balm, valerian, lavender, motherwort, and chamomile are all excellent for calming the nervous system and inducing a state of peace in the hectic days following childbirth. For a good herbal nervine tea, see Gentle Relaxation Tea in the General Formulas for a Healthy Pregnancy section.
In your daily teas be sure to include herbs that provide concentrated nourishment, such as raspberry leaf, nettle, oat straw, alfalfa, seaweed, peppermint, and dandelion greens. Create several herb tea blends that satisfy your need for a beverage while providing food and nourishment for your miraculous body, which has just delivered a miracle. See Pregnancy Tea in the same section as Gentle Relaxation Tea for a good all-round tonic formula.
Don't neglect to drink herbs that lift the spirits. Herbs such as borage flowers, hawthorne berries and flowers, rose blossoms, chamomile, and lavender blossoms have long been used to celebrate life. You can formulate your own tasty and uplifting blends, mixing and blending the herbs into delicious, personalized formulas, or use the following formula.
J O Y T E A Use 4-6 tablespoons of herbs per quart of water. Add herbs to cold water and place in direct sunshine. If winter, place in a south-facing sunny window. Let sit for several hours or overnight. Strain and enjoy. This lovely, exhilarating tea is best made with fresh herbs and flowers. (Can be made with dried herbs and flowers, of course, and can be infused as a standard infusion.)
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