Do you find yourself a little more irritated and agitated when the temperature rises? When it’s hot out and the heat rises uncomfortably in your body, it’s important to find a balance so you don’t become irritated, agitated, or even get a headache. Fortunately, we can stay hydrated and find relief from the heat with cooling herbal drinks.
Here are many tried and true recipes from my book, The Herbal Kitchen.
Check out the delicious herbal drink ideas for your summer hydration station, plus a cooling herbal tea for your feet!
#1 Herbal Water
Hot weather increases your chances of becoming dehydrated. Making herbal infused waters is one of the simplest ways to inspire yourself to drink more water each day.
Recipe: How to Make Herbal Water
#2 Cool and Calm Summer Herbal Tea
Join me in my garden as I pick a few favorite herbs to make the perfect summer tea! Lemon balm, rose petals, and passionflower cool and calm the irritation that can come from too much heat.
Video and recipe: Cool and Calm Summer Herbal Tea
#3 Herbal Iced Tea With Orange and Mint
This orange and mint iced tea refreshes and revitalizes. A glass of this tea helps you to avoid an afternoon energy crash and enlivens the mind. It is a time-tested crowd pleaser.
Recipe: Summer Herbal Iced Tea
#4 Cooling Herbal Tea With Hibiscus
Hibiscus, peppermint, and lemongrass can squelch the heat of a sweltering hot summer day. Whether it’s a BBQ, birthday party or wedding reception, this drink will keep everyone coming back for more.
Video and recipe: Cooling Summer Herbal Tea
#5 Summer Peach Smoothie
Peaches are an important ally for soothing summer heat, irritability, and agitation. This yummy and healthy treat can cool and moisten the body and calm heat-related nausea.
Get the recipe: Summer Peach Smoothie
#6 Lemon Verbena Lemonade
Lemon verbena is a cooling herb that relaxes the mind and mood and reduces inflammation. A lot of lemon verbena lemonade recipes add the herb as an afterthought, but here it’s the star of the show!
Video and recipe: Lemon Verbena Lemonade
#7 Cooling Herbal Foot Soak
If you are overheated or feel a headache coming on, make this cooling herbal foot soak. Immerse your feet in a tub of herbal tea, and feel the heat subside.
Recipe: Cooling Herbal Foot Soak
If you want to dive more into the world of herbal tea making, check out my beginners herbal tea course here.
I would love to hear from you! What are your favorite cooling herbal drinks and recipes for summer? Please share in the comments below.
Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou for sharing these wonderful hydration recipes!!! The article and info you provide are priceless and much appreciated.
Much thanks,
Sylvia
Thank you so much for this. The other day I got an intuitive message just saying “electrolytes”, I knew it meant I had too little of them but I never really heard anything about it before and today I saw an email with the word in the caption! I’m so excited to try this out and see if I notice any changes 😀