Herbal Teas

Varieties of herbal tea include:

* Anise tea, made from either the seeds or the leaves.
* Roasted barley, known in Japanese as mugicha and Korean as bori cha. The roasted flavor can be reminiscent of coffee (without coffee's bitterness and caffeine). It is often drunk cold in the summer.
* Bissap, consumed in the Sahel.
* Catnip tea is used as a relaxant, sedative, and to calm.
* Chamomile tea is used as a sedative. In Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Peter Rabbit, Peter's mother gives him chamomile tea.
* Chrysanthemum tea, made from dried flowers, is popular with Chinese Dim sum.
* Citrus peel, including bergamot, lemon and orange peel.
* Roasted corn, known in Korea as oksusu cha (옥수수차)
* Echinacea tea, often consumed to prevent or alleviate the cold or flu symptoms.
* Essiac tea, a blended Native American herbal tea.
* Fennel
* Gentian
* Ginger root
* Ginseng
* Greek Mountain Tea (Tsai tou Vounou- Tea of the Mountain), a very popular tea in Greece and other areas of the Mediterranean region. Made from a variety of the Sideritis Syriaca plant which grows in warm climates above 3000 feet. The tea (or more properly Tisane) has a reputation as a cure-all, but is specifically used against colds. Records of its use date back 2000 years.
* Hibiscus (often blended with rose hip), a popular tea alternative in the Middle East and is drunk hot or cold. Hibiscus tea is also consumed in Okinawa, where the natives associate Hibiscus tea with longevity.
* Honeybush is related to rooibos and grows in a similar area of South Africa, but tastes slightly sweeter.
* Horehound
* Jiaogulan
* Kava root, from the South Pacific, is popular for its effects in promoting talkativeness and relaxation.
* Labrador tea, made from the shrub by the same name, found in the northern part of North America.
* Lapacho (also known as Taheebo) is the inner-lining of the bark (or cambium) of the Red or Purple Lapacho Tree which grows in the Brazilian jungles. It is boiled to make an infusion with many and varied health benefits.
* Lemon grass
* Licorice root
* Lime blossom, dried flowers of lime tree (Tilia in Latin).
* Lotus flower, from the stamens of Nelumbo nucifera.
* Mate (or yerba mate) is a shrub grown mainly Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil from which a caffeinated, tea-like brew is prepared.
* Mate de coca (sometimes called "coca tea"), made from coca leaves. Authentic mate de coca contains very small amounts of cocaine and similar alkaloids. In some countries where coca is illegal, products marketed as "coca tea" are supposed to be decocainized, i.e., the pharmacologically active components have been removed.
* Mint, especially peppermint (also mixed with green tea to make mint tea)
* European mistletoe (Viscum Album), (steep in cold water for 2-6 hours)
* Neem leaf
* Nettle leaf
* Red raspberry leaf
* Toasted rice, known as sungnyung in Korea (숭늉)
* Rooibos (Red Bush) is a reddish plant used to make an infusion and grown in South Africa. In the US it is sometimes called red tea. It has many of the antioxidant benefits of green tea, but because it does not come from tea leaves, it has no theine.
* Rose hip (often blended with hibiscus)
* Rosemary
* Sage
* Sassafras
* Skullcap
* Staghorn Sumac
* Stevia can be used to make herbal tea, or as a sweetener in other tisanes.
* Thyme
* Tulsi
* Uncaria tomentosa, commonly known as Cats Claw
* Valerian
* Vervain
* Vetiver
* Roasted wheat is used in Postum, a coffee substitute.
* Wong Logat a medicinal tea with several herbs
* Woodruff
* Yarrow
* Yuen Kut Lam Kam Wo Tea Composed of thirty Chinese herbs, made in Hong Kong.
* Tan Ngan Lo Medicated Tea a herbal concoction formulated by a Chinese immigrant from mainland China in the early 20th century, made in Malaysia.
* Ho Yan Hor Herbal Tea Made of a concoction of 24 kinds of all natural herbs in a cGMP certified manufacturing plant in Malaysia.
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Source: Wikipedia