How to Concoct an Herbal Tea Sleep Infusion
Are you facing trouble in falling asleep at night or lacking sound sleep?
Don’t fret, relax with a cup of herbal sleep tea infusion before going to bed and enjoy a good night’s sleep naturally. The herbs do have a risk of allergic reaction as well as mild side effects, but they do not carry the risk of causing addiction like some commercially sold sleeping medications and tranquilizers do.
Concocting your own herbal tea infusion from premium dried herbs is a simple and easy task and the results are much more pleasing and effective than the over the counter products. This article will provide you with the guidelines to make your own herbal tea sleep infusion.
Preparation Time: 20 – 25 minutes
Cooking Time: 3 – 5 minutes
Total Time: 23 – 30 minutes
Yields: 3 Cups
Utensils: Stove, medium sized cooking pot, measuring cup, measuring teaspoon, tea ball or a muslin bag.
Ingredients:
Water: 3 Cups
Lemon balm: 3 Pcs
Chamomile: 3 Pcs
Skullcap: 2 Pcs
Rose petals: 2 Pcs
Passionflower: 1 Pcs
Lavender: 1 Pcs
Instructions
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Mix all of the above mentioned herbs in the given proportion in a dry bowl.
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Place 5 to six teaspoons of the herbal blend in a tea ball, a muslin tea bag or any other tea infuser.
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Meanwhile, boil three cups of water in a medium sized cooking pot.
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Once the water starts boiling, remove the pot from the heat and pour the hot water over the infuser.
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Let the mixture steep for at least 20 minutes to allow the herb’s chemicals to infuse into the water.
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After 20 minutes, remove the infuser and drink two to three cups of this herbal tea infusion starting about an hour before going to bed.
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The lemon balm, lavender, rose and chamomile blend together to give your herbal tea a delicious, sweet flavour. The passion flower and skullcap, on the other hand, add an extra soothing effect to the infusion.
