Catnip tea is believed to have a wide range of health benefits. Catnip is basically a sedative and relaxant but has a stimulant action as well. It is also an anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, antibacterial, antioxidant, and fever-reducing agent. It has even been used as a pain-reliever. Catnip is used medicinally as a tea, but the fresh flower tops and leaves can be chewed, like tobacco. Fresh catnip is the most potent, followed by the packaged organic variety.
Most people know Catnip Tea for its relaxing sedative properties. Parents like to mix the tea with a few bits of honey to make it taste better for their children. It has the effect to calm restless children and to treat colic as well. Adults like it for its effect on the nervous system which relaxes the body and promotes restful sleep.
Catnip is also a stimulant used to relieve constipation. In the uterus it induces and regulates menstruation while relieving cramps, so is best avoided by pregnant women. Catnip also stimulates perspiration and likewise acts as a diuretic.
Many people are surprised about the amount of applications that catnip tea can be used. Some might know that it can be used to reduce fever but what about treating the flue, colds because of its ability to increase perspiration without raising temperature. It can also control diarrhea and relieve gas, upset stomach and stomach aches.
With its antibacterial, antiseptic and soothing properties, catnip tea may be gargled to treat sore throat and cough. Inhaled, its anti-inflammatory and decongestant action eases the stuffiness of colds, croup and other respiratory infections, while its calming effect relaxes the spasms of asthma.
The antiseptic and antioxidant properties of catnip tea are said to reduce inflammation and to help heal infected gum because of this effects. It is best used as a mouthwash to relieve the toothache. It is also possible to saturate cotton balls with the tea and apply the balls directly to the gum.
Catnip tea can be used and applied on the skin to reduce inflammation, promote the healing of burns or scalds and to stop the bleeding of wounds and to disinfect them. The leaves of the tea are rich in vitamins C and E which act as antioxidants to heal and repair the body. Rubbed in on the body it can reduce pain, rheumatism, arthritis and bruises.
Applied in a bath catnip tea can be used to soothe an irritated scalp and to treat eruptions on the skin. The scent of catnip can repel rats and other insects of applied on the body or ingested. - 15437
Most people know Catnip Tea for its relaxing sedative properties. Parents like to mix the tea with a few bits of honey to make it taste better for their children. It has the effect to calm restless children and to treat colic as well. Adults like it for its effect on the nervous system which relaxes the body and promotes restful sleep.
Catnip is also a stimulant used to relieve constipation. In the uterus it induces and regulates menstruation while relieving cramps, so is best avoided by pregnant women. Catnip also stimulates perspiration and likewise acts as a diuretic.
Many people are surprised about the amount of applications that catnip tea can be used. Some might know that it can be used to reduce fever but what about treating the flue, colds because of its ability to increase perspiration without raising temperature. It can also control diarrhea and relieve gas, upset stomach and stomach aches.
With its antibacterial, antiseptic and soothing properties, catnip tea may be gargled to treat sore throat and cough. Inhaled, its anti-inflammatory and decongestant action eases the stuffiness of colds, croup and other respiratory infections, while its calming effect relaxes the spasms of asthma.
The antiseptic and antioxidant properties of catnip tea are said to reduce inflammation and to help heal infected gum because of this effects. It is best used as a mouthwash to relieve the toothache. It is also possible to saturate cotton balls with the tea and apply the balls directly to the gum.
Catnip tea can be used and applied on the skin to reduce inflammation, promote the healing of burns or scalds and to stop the bleeding of wounds and to disinfect them. The leaves of the tea are rich in vitamins C and E which act as antioxidants to heal and repair the body. Rubbed in on the body it can reduce pain, rheumatism, arthritis and bruises.
Applied in a bath catnip tea can be used to soothe an irritated scalp and to treat eruptions on the skin. The scent of catnip can repel rats and other insects of applied on the body or ingested. - 15437
About the Author:
Dr. Caroline Marrison talks regularly about the effects of Catnip Tea on her website. It contains interesting guides like the one about Catnip Tea For Infants.
