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Talisman broomstick to sweep away negativity. App 6 inches

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Miniature broomstick talisman - sweep negativity out of your life... great for sweeping crumbs off your keyboard. App 4 inches. More info HERE about the history of broomsticks in witchcraft.

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Tea:

* No artificial flavors

* No preservatives

*All natural ingredients

Witchwood Estate - Lavender Tea for Two

4 teaspoons dried Lavender flower

2 cups boiling water - honey and lemon if desired.

To make your Lavender tea put the flowers in your infuser and place in teapot. Pour over the boiling water - allowing tea to steep a good 4 to 5 minutes.

Pour into cups.

Serve Lavender flower tea with honey and sliced lemon. Enjoy.

Contents: Dried Lavender Flowers (Lavendula angustifolia), which is human food grade.

US$5 (includes standard post) Packaged in a little tote bag with charm and card recipe.

Tea set: Lavender tea for two + rose tea for two + Stainless Steel Infuser Mesh Spice Ball and recipe card. US$8 (includes standard post)

Benefits of Lavender

Lavender has been thought for centuries to enflame passions as an aphrodisiac, and is still one of the most recognized scents in the world. The German Commission E commended lavender for treating insomnia, nervous stomach, and anxiety. The British Herbal Pharmacopoeia lists lavender as a treatment for flatulence, colic, and depressive headaches, and many modern herbal practitioners use the herb to treat migraines in menopause. In Spain, lavender is added to teas to treat diabetes and insulin resistance.”

Lavender has the following properties:

Antidepressant

Analgesic

Antiseptic

Cicatrizant

Expectorant

Nervine

Vulnerary

Especially beneficial to the respiratory tract in particular coughs, colds, influenza. Certainly eases breathing when lungs and sinuses are choked with phlegm.
Defends system against airborne viruses.

A refreshing note to a tired mind – lavender has been named as one of the most useful of the essences for the relief of anxiety and stress.
Good for aches and pains and muscle stiffness and may also help with rheumatic discomfort and joint stiffness.”

Uses for Lavender

Lavender can often be used in many different forms:

As a dried herb to make a relaxing herbal tea (Chamomile can be added too) by steeping in hot (not boiling water) for a few minutes and adding honey

In a tincture to help promote relaxation and sleep

Adding the dried herb to homemade buckwheat pillows or sleep masks to help promote relaxing sleep

To sooth sunburns or other burns, I add a few drops of the essential oil to a bottle of cool water and spray on burns to offer relief. The dried herb can also be brewed in to a strong tea and sprayed on instead.

A strong lavender tea can be cooled and used as a scalp rinse to help prevent dandruff

Adding a few drops of lavender essential oil or a cup of strong brewed lavender tea and a cup of epsom salts to a bath helps relax sore muscles.

For headaches, smelling lavender and peppermint oils or rubbing lavender oil into the temples often helps

Lavender can be infused into vinegars for use in cooking or as a skin toner (diluted)

The essential oil or lavender infused oil in homemade lotion bars, lotions, whipped body butter and more

Lavender essential oil can be used topically to help with acne or skin irritations

Simmering dried lavender herb in a pot of water with some citrus peels for a natural air freshener.

WITCHWOOD ESTATE ROSE BLACK TEA FOR TWO

For dried petals, use 2 to 4 teaspoons of leaves for 2 cups of water that has been heated to just before boiling -- 194 to 203 degrees Fahrenheit OR 90 to 95 degrees Celsius.

Allow the tea to steep for two to three minutes. You can sweeten rose tea with some sugar or honey or drink it plain.

ENJOY!

CONTENTS: Red Rose Petals (Rosa centifolia). Black Tea, rose buds, calendula blossoms, rose petals and corn flowers. Human food grade

US$5 (includes standard post) Packaged in a little tote bag with charm, spoon and card recipe.

Tea set: Rose tea for two + Lavender tea for two + Stainless Steel Infuser Mesh Spice Ball, spoon and recipe card. US$8 (includes standard post)

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Here are 10 extraordinary health benefits of rose tea.

The reasons for the diuretic effects of the roses are they contain Vitamin C, pectin, malic and citric acids.”

It clears toxins and heat from the body. As a result it has a cooling effect on the body.
It can relieve from sore throat, runny nose and blocked bronchial tubes.
It is useful to people those prone to chest problems by fighting against infections.
Rose tea helps to fight the infection in the digestive tract and re-establish the normal bacterial population of the intestines.
It relieves fluid retention and hastens the elimination of wastes through kidneys.
It is a wonderful remedy for dysentery, diarrhea and gastro enteritis.
It is a laxative. It works as a remedy for all liver problems including sluggishness and constipation. [ding, ding, ding... the bells are going off!]
It cleanses the liver and gall bladder and promotes bile flow.
Rose petal tea can be used to relieve uterine congestion causing pain and heavy periods. It is an excellent remedy for irregular periods and infertility.
It has an uplifting effect on the nervous system and can relieve insomnia, depression and fatigue.