Tissue Tea….

My gorgeous teacher Kate Peace inspired me with this recipe. She calls it Wise Water or Tissue Tea. It is sooo supportive for our gut health - immunity and to keep us well hydrated too with plant ally fennel that really helps keep the tissues and membranes of the body moist and lubricated when the dry and coldness of winter arrives.

In Ayurveda teas are the traditional method of delivering the medicinal effects herbs and spices to your body's tissues. Ayurvedic teas generally consist of a single herb or blend of herbs steeped in hot water.

How to Make Cumin, Coriander & Fennel Tea

INGREDIENTS

1/4 tsp

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1/4 tsp

FENNEL SEEDS Vata pacifying Pitta pacifying Kapha pacifying

1/4 tsp

CORIANDER SEED Vata aggravating Pitta pacifying Kapha pacifying

Add the whole cumin, coriander, and fennel seeds to a tea pot.

Let steep for 5 minutes, or until it cools to a comfortable drinking temperature.

Strain and serve, discarding the spices.

Drink with every meal for at least two weeks.

If you can use use organic, fresh, ingredients where ever possible,

How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?

Cumin, Coriander, & Fennel tea (CCF tea) is one of the simplest and most famous Ayurvedic home formulas for detoxification, weight loss, and the burning up of excess water retention.

This revitalizing yet mild blend gets right to the point by warming up your circulation and cleansing your lymphatic system.

It stokes your metabolism and digestive fire restoring your vitality where winter sluggishness is present

Its mild bitterness revs up the detoxification process and purifies the blood.

CCF tea blend also helps:

Restore tone and tightness to swollen water logged tissues.

Soothe agitation and inflammation

Restore a calm clarity and spaciousness to a tense mind.

As winter ice and snow melts and becomes the wetness around you in springtime, they make all of that stunning green growth possible.

This same wetness can also manifest in your body. Internal dampness causes a runny nose, thick digestive mucus, and even swelling.

CCF Tea clears out water retention, while its flushing action simultaneously cleanses the urinary tract and reduces excess water weight.

Contraindications

This tea is suitable for long term use, all three doshas and for all ages. Since CCF tea is a diuretic, do not drink before bed otherwise you will have to wake up to urinate. Dry Vata individuals should limit intake of diuretics.

Enjoy taking this ayurvedic daily habit into your toolbox for Autumn xx