Episode 152:
Benefits of Meadowsweet Herb + Meadowsweet Pain Relief Tea recipe

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Episode Summary

There are so many medicinal benefits of meadowsweet herb! Some people think of meadowsweet simply as a natural form of aspirin.  While it does shine at relieving pain (especially a particular type of pain!), meadowsweet’s gifts go far beyond this.

In this episode, I’ll be sharing my love of this beautiful member of the rose family, as well as one of my favorite ways to enjoy its pain-relieving benefits with my recipe for Meadowsweet Flower Pain Relief Tea.  You’ll find a link to your free, beautifully illustrated recipe card in the resource section below.

By the end of this episode, you’ll know:

► How the herbal energetics of meadowsweet can help clue you in to its medicinal benefits

► Why using meadowsweet in its whole-herb form is safer than using aspirin

► The particular type of pain that meadowsweet excels at relieving

► Three different digestive issues that meadowsweet can help with

► and so much more….

What You'll Learn from This Episode

• [1:09] Introduction to meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria)
• [2:05] Meadowsweet energetics
• [3:23] Meadowsweet and aspirin
• [5:19] Benefits of meadowsweet for pain and inflammation
• [6:43] Meadowsweet protects the digestive tract
• [9:58] Using meadowsweet to address fevers and support the immune system
• [10:32] Meadowsweet as a cancer preventive
• [11:15] How to identify meadowsweet
• [12:15] Special considerations
• [12:35] How to make meadowsweet tea
• [16:25] Herbal tidbit

Get Your Recipe Card!

This meadowsweet tea recipe is a delicious way to modulate inflammation and reduce minor aches and pains. Enjoy it warm throughout the day.

The ingredients are: 

• 2 teaspoons dried meadowsweet flowers (Filipendula ulmaria) (2 grams)
• 1 tablespoon dried nettle leaves (Urtica dioica) (2 grams)
• 1 teaspoon dried, de-seeded rose hips (Rosa spp.) (3 grams)

To make this steep the herbs in 14 ounces of hot water, covered, for 10 minutes.

Strain. Add honey if desired.

Enjoy!

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Resources Mentioned

• Herbal Energetics Mini-Course
  
• Wild Remedies: How to Forage Healing Foods and Craft Your Own Herbal Medicine
• Alchemy of Herbs: Transform Everyday Ingredients into Foods and Remedies That Heal