
The clinic has a variety of herbal medicines available for our clients.
Medicines Available at Our Clinic
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Early Pregnancy Nausea Tea
Contains: ginger root, peppermint, red raspberry leaf, spearmint, stevia leaf
Directions: add one heaping teaspoon to 2-3 cups of boiled water and steep for 30 minutes. Strain and sweeten with honey if desired.
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Pregnancy Stress/Relaxation Tea
Contains: lemon balm, oatstraw, chamomile and passionflower.
Directions: boil 5 cups of water and take off heat for 5 minutes. Combine 2 heaping teaspoons of tea with boiled water. Steep for 20 minutes to 2 hours. Sweeten with honey if desired.
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Late Pregnancy/Early Labour Tea
Contains: birth root, slippery elm, red raspberry leaf, squawvine, motherwort, oatstraw, nettles, alfalfa, and lemon balm.
Directions: boil one cup of water and steep 2 tablespoons of tea for 20-40 minutes. Strain tea and sweeten with honey if desired. Enjoy 2-3 cups a day.
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Blood Building Herbal Formula
(For iron deficiency anemia or following a hemorrhage at birth)
Contains: yellow dock root, nettle leaf, alfalfa leaf
Directions: Steep 1 part herb mixture to 8 parts water just off a boil. Cover for 4-6 hours. Strain and drink 2-3 cups a day. If bitter add honey to taste. Drink daily for 2-4 weeks. Take with vitamin C and avoid calcium supplements or calcium-rich foods for one hour before and after drinking.
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Yeast/Candida Tea
Contains: lady’s mantle, lavender, oak bark, goldenrod, and may contain common mallow flower.
Directions: add one heaping teaspoon to 2-3 cups of boiled water and steep for 30 minutes. Strain and sweeten if desired. Strained tea can also be added to the bath for soothing of any external irritation.
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Milk Production Tea
Contains: fennel, anise, goat’s rue, blessed thistle, alfalfa, lemon verbena, and malva flower.
Directions: boil 5 cups of water and take off heat for 5 minutes. Combine 2 heaping teaspoons of tea with boiled water. Steep for 20 minutes to 2 hours. Sweeten with honey if desired. Enjoy!
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UTI/Bladder and Kidney Health Tea
Contains: cranberry, nettle, common mallow, elder, horsetail, rosehip, hibiscus, chamomile, cornsilk, goldenrod.
Directions: boil 4 cups of water and take off heat for 5 minutes. Pour over 2 heaping tablespoons of tea. Steep for 20 minutes and strain tea. Sweeten with honey if desired. Drink 2 cups at a time, twice a day, for up to 7 days.
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Hypertension Tea
Contains: passionflower, ginger root, dandelion leaf and linden blossom.
Directions: boil 5 cups of water and take off heat for 5 minutes. Combine 2 heaping teaspoons of tea with boiled water. Steep for 30 minutes. Sweeten with honey if desired.
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Postpartum Bath Herbs for Perineal Healing
Contains: calendula flowers, comfrey lead, corn silk, shepherd’s purse, St. John’s wort, yarrow, lavender, chamomile.
Preparation: steep 1 part herb mixture to 8 parts water just off a boil. Cover for a minimum of 4 hours or overnight. Strain 1-2 cups into the bath and add 1-2 cups of epsom salts. Keep the rest covered in the back of the refrigerator for up to 3-4 days using as needed. Recommendation is 2 or more baths a day.