The Benefits Of Catnip Tea
Catnip tea is made from an herb called catnip. A substance in catnip called nepetalactone, seems to have a soothing, calming effect, somewhat like a sedative. Many times people need the soothing, calming effect of a light sedative , and catnip appears to work well for many.
The gray green blooms of the plant can only be seen in summer when it blooms. The tea makers dry the leaves, stems and flowers of the herb in the preparation phase. These ingredients can then be put into hot water to make the famous Catnip Tea.
The tea is best used a maximum of two to three times a day. It works as an antibacterial and antifungal medication as well as a muscle relaxer.
Catnip tea is said to be safe, even for infants, and is sometimes given to babies to help with teething pain and fever. Parents sometimes take it to help them with stress related to teething problems, also.
Some parents like to freeze the catnip tea into a popsicle and hand it to their children to aid them and help them relieve the pain.
Catnip tea can be bought in its pure form or in tea bags which both provide the means to create the tea. The bags usually contain instructions on how to brew, mix and dosage the ingredients.
Drinking catnip tea regularly has shown to help with many problems related to pains and illnesses including stress relief, anxiety and nervousness, sleeplessness, easing both headaches and migraines, helping with stomach problems such as gas pains, colic in babies, indigestion and stomach ache, lowering the temperature of the body and ease the pains of toothache.
Catnip tea is highly sought after by people who like to use natural and herbal treatments for cures and treatments of illnesses and health problems. It is usually absolutely safe to use natural treatments and people are often surprised as how good they work.
For many years in our past history, many folks highly regarded the use of herbs for health purposes, as people back then did not have quick access to a medical doctor, and had no way of receiving medical services. Therefore, they had to rely on what they learned from their parents and from their grandparents.
Should you consider using herbs for your own medical purposes, it would be a good idea to do a lot of research, and get information from several sources on the herb, or herbs, that you are interested in, before you get involved in healing yourself with herbs.
That way, you will know all the pros and cons, and can make a well-informed decision. When dealing with our health, we want only the best, and most reliable, medications that are available to us.