The fragrant, yellowish flowers of the Linden tree have been used since the Middle Ages to promote perspiration to break fevers and as a gentle sedative to calm nervous anxiety and insomnia. Linden flower tea is better known in Europe than here in North America though Native Americans used linden for colds, fevers and nervous headaches – much the same purposes as modern herbalists do today. You will find linden often combined with yarrow flowers and sage in cold remedies. Linden is considered by many to be one of the best herbs to treat hypertension, second only to hawthorn.
Preparation Methods & Dosage: Most often used as a tea, also taken in capsules and extracts. You will find linden often combined with yarrow flowers and sage in cold remedies. Linden flowers make a fragrant, relaxing addition to herbal baths.
Linden Side Effects: If you have heart problems, consult your doctor before using linden.
Organic Linden Tea Bags x 25
6.50 $
Medicinal Uses: * Anxiety * Cardiovascular * Colds * Herbal Teas * Sore Throat
Properties: * Cordial * Demulcent * Diaphoretic/sudorific * Hypotensive * Nervine * Sedative
Parts Used: The flowers, carefully dried in the shade.
Constituents: alpha-pinene,ascorbic-acid,astragalin,beta-amyrin,beta-sitosterol,caffeic-acid,chlorogenic-acid,cysteine ,eugenol,geraniol,hesperidin ,isoquercitrin,limonene,linalyl-acetate,mucilage,nerolidol,p-coumaric-acid,phenylalanine,quercetin, quercitrin ,tannin,terpineol,tocopherol, vanillin
| Weight | 0.025 kg |
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