Description
Make this herbal tea blend to relieve colicky babies and tired moms.
Ingredients
Scale
- ¼ cup fennel or anise seeds, lightly crushed
- ¼ cup dill seed, lightly crushed
- 2 tablespoons peppermint leaves, crushed
- 2 tablespoons chamomile blossoms, crushed
Instructions
- Place the fennel, and dill seed in a mortar and pestle and lightly crush them to release their volatile oils. You don’t want to powder them, but just break the seed to release the volatile oils.
- Pour the crushed seed into a prep bowl. Add peppermint leaves and chamomile blossoms, crushing them in your hands as you add them to the prep bowl. Mix all the ingredients in the bowl.
Fill the tea bags:
- Spoon 1 teaspoon of the mixture into a Press and Brew tea bag. Press the seal on the teabag with an iron set on cotton. Continue making tea bags until the mixture is used up.
Notes
To make gripe water tea:
- Place the teabag in a cup with a lid. The lid helps to keep the carminative volatile oils in the mug.
- Pour ½ cup of boiling water over the teabag. Cover the cup and let the teabag steep for 15 minutes.
- Remove the lid. Press the teabag with the back of a spoon to get as much herbal goodness out of the bag as possible.
- This makes a strong tea and you’ll only use a teaspoon for the baby.
Keywords: Herbal remedies, chamomile
