Herbs for Vibrant Health

Herbs for Vibrant Health really means, “Do you want to have more energy at the end of the day?”

The most common complaint I hear from people in my clinical herbal practice is that they don’t have enough time or energy.

I can’t say that I know how to carve out more time but herbal wisdom offers us remedies that shore up our vitality by enhancing digestion.

The body spends a tremendous amount of energy to ensure that we digest our food. Do you remember the last time you ate a large meal and felt like taking a nap afterwards?

Your body was putting its energy into digestion and you didn’t have left over energy to do much else.

It is a common experience: Eat a nice, big, tasty lunch and then by 2:00 you just feel like lying your head down on your desk; or the couch or wherever really.

Or maybe a nap isn’t anywhere in the realm of what is possible so coffee and sugar are the easiest thing to reach for. .. Sound familiar?

Herbs don’t take care of everything, but they can help you to digest your lunch, so that you feel better in the afternoon. Vibrant health is really just about feeling better, don’t you think?

Less than optimum digestion not only promotes daily fatigue but can contribute to a whole host of chronic ailments including arthritis, allergies, PMS and nutritional deficiencies.

Here is one of my favorite herbal teas to strengthen digestion. It has a nice flavor, is easy to make and helps you to digest your meals more efficiently. When you digest well, you have more life force to do the things in life that you love to do.

Digest Your Lunch Tea

One of my favorite herbal teas to strengthen digestion. It has a nice flavor, is easy to make and helps you to digest your meals more efficiently. When you digest well, you have more life force to do the things in life that you love to do. Fennel and coriander seeds are both carminative herbs. Carminative herbs increase the flow of oxygen to the digestive tract and enhance the digestive process.

Ingredients

• 2 cups water
• 1 teaspoon fennel seeds
• 1 teaspoon coriander seeds

Instructions

1. Put water and seeds into a pot with the lid on
2. Bring to a boil with the lid on the pot, then immediately turn off the heat
3. Let sit for 15 minutes
4. Strain the fennel and coriander and discard
5. Drink a cup of this delicious tea before or after a meal

Fennel and coriander seeds are both carminative herbs. Carminative herbs increase the flow of oxygen to the digestive tract and enhance the digestive process.

Do you already have these spices in your cupboard? If not, both of these seeds are found in the spice section of grocery stores.

Try a cup of this delicious tea after your next meal!