Category: Health and Fitness

The following are instructions for making an individual cup of herbal tea without using tea bags.

1. Fill a cup that is able to be placed in a microwave with water and add your herbal tea blend. Do not stir.
2. Make sure the water level is 1 inch below the rim of the cup, and heat it in the microwave on high for one to two minutes (depending on the microwave). This should bring it to a full boil. Keep an eye on the cup. Different herbal tea mixtures can affect how the water boils.
3. Carefully remove the cup and slowly stir the water. If you would like, you can add a little more water, so you have a full cup.
4. In a short period of time (about the time it takes for the water to cool down enough to drink), the herbs will have settled at the bottom of the cup.
5. If there are any left on top, slowly stir the top of the water. In most cases, it will sink to the bottom of the cup.
6. Slowly sip the tea, tilting the cup just enough to be able to reach the tea.
7. Almost all the herbs will remain on the bottom of the cup.
8. If you would like to, when you reach the bottom of the cup, you can take a spoon and compress the herbs in the cup to release the remaining water.

For some medical tea blends or herbs, boiling the tea in water for a significant period of time or letting the herbs soak in water for a day or more is recommended.

We have been following these instructions and are surprised at how well they work. It takes a little practice, but eventually you are able to drink the tea without sipping up any of the blend. And you do not need to worry about tea bags. The amount of herbal tea you would use per cup may vary based on the type of herbs.

For most of our blends, we have found that a 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon of herbal tea blend for every 1 cup of water works best.

These instructions can be easily adapted to make tea on the stove in larger quantities.

Of course, you can purchase empty tea bags or a reusable tea ball infuser and soak the herbal tea blend that way. There are also devises that will filter out the herbs when you poor the tea.

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In the case of responsibly and professionally blended “100% natural” herbal smoking mixtures, yes. Overall, the herbal smoking blend industry has a good track record for safety (other than the negative health effects known to be associated with smoking) when the products are used as directed by healthy adults. There are very few herbs that do not come with some warning for pregnant or nursing women and people with health problems. These people should consult their doctor before smoking any substance.

Safer than Tobacco?

It depends on how you look at it. The fact of the matter is that, although many people find herbal blends enjoyable and relaxing, they have (in most cases) not been shown to be habit-forming. So, in that respect, they are safer because it is less likely the act of smoking herbs will become habit-forming.

As far as smoking herbs being safer to smoke than tobacco, we simply do not have enough scientific evidence to be able to answer that. We have seen research that shows particular herbs and blends produce less tar than tobacco when burned and have fewer harmful compounds. We do know that, when smoked, herbs produce tar and carbon monoxide, which are known to have negative side effects. This leads to reason that the habitual smoking of any substance is likely to be unhealthy.