There is nothing more pleasing and satisfactory than making a fantastic feast by using aromatic herbs such as mint, lemon grass, and basil collected from your kitchen herb garden.

Energized your day with an exciting peppermint tea or at the end of the day prepare a relaxing and mind soothing warm tea infused either with basil or chamomile.

Next time when you go to the departmental store, stop and take a look at the ingredients listed on the herbal tea jars, you will find quite familiar names of plants listed on it like hibiscus, lemongrass, mint, basil, spearmint and may be rose hips. Do you know it is simple to grow these plants right there in your home so you could brew fresh herbal tea each day.

Lemongrass

This is one of a preferred ingredient in Thai cuisine and can also be found in most Indian backyards. The plant is a spiky clump of fine-bladed grass, two to five feet tall, that grows under full sun or light shade. The sharp and tangy lemon fragrance can lift up your morning. This ginger root sprouts under most hot and humid conditions in red or black soil that is not clayey.

Mint

The perennial plant is the easiest to grow and offers a lot of options in peppermint, spearmint and a host of special flavors. The newest leaves have the most flavors and can be used fresh for hot tea as well as a flavor agent for lemonade and iced tea. Springs of mint stems can be replanted and are a hardy species under almost all weather conditions. The next time you buy mint, don’t throw away those stems after removing the leaves. Just plant them in a container of soil and watch them bloom.

Chamomile

The sweet miniature daisy like plant with feathery foliage is a trouble free annual that can be easily grown from seeds and self sows readily. It is the German type of chamomile that’s usually used in making tea. The chamomile needs a lot of sunlight and moist, well drained soil. Chamomile tea is brewed from the dried flowers. However, avoid chamomile tea if you suffer from ragweed allergies because you may be allergic to chamomile too.

Rose Hips

Hips are those round fruits that develop when the petals of the rose fall off. If you want tea, however leave the roses to wither on the bush and in time hips will develop.

Basil

Holy basil is of the most sacred herbs according to Hindu and Ayurvedic traditions; it is considered to be an adaptogenic herb that means it is considered to help the body adapt to various forms of both physical and mental stress.

Tulsi or Basil is well known and valued for its antifungal, inti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties.

The leaves of basil are specific for many fevers; tender leaves of basil when boiled with tea act as medicine, it refreshes your mind, makes you fresh and keeps you away from cough, fever and other diseases. To make it part of your herbal garden is very easy.

Be cautious, if you are not used to drinking fresh herbal tea then to make it a part of your routine you should start slowly. Be  sure  you should know how to identify these herbs. And be careful for allergic reactions also. Most importantly don’t use any leaves or flowers that have been treated with pesticides or any kind of chemicals.

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