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a healthy delicious parsley tea with honey  & lemon

4/19/2015

 
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*Benefits of honey:
*Contains antioxidants
*Help ward off allergies
*Helps stabilize blood pressure and balance blood sugar levels
*boost immune system
*Helps heal skin condition
*Promotes digestive health

*Benefits of Lemons:
*Lemons are packed with
vitamins, calcium, magnesium,   potassium, and fiber.
*Gives your immune system a boost
*Helps flush out toxins in your body & stimulates your liver

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Benefits of Parsley Tea

  • This tea may help with the treatment of arthritis and rheumatism, by ridding the inflamed articulations of toxins.
  • It makes a wonderful cleansing tea because Parsley is rich in vitamins A, C and E and minerals, acting as an antioxidant.
·         It acts as a diuretic, fighting water retention. Remember that water retention may be an indication that you may have kidney problems. So if it has been a while since your last checkup, why not make a visit to the doctor just to make sure that your urinary system is ok?

·         It may help in cases of kidney insufficiency. This tea flushes out toxins in your body, cleansing and purifying the blood.

  • Parsley tea may help reduce cholesterol.
  • Traditionally, it has been used to lower blood pressure.
  • It is great as a cure for cellulite and as a help if you searching for a weight loss tea.
  • As it is a uterine tonic, it helps you with irregular and painful menstruation. 
  • It may help with contracting the uterus after childbirth.
  • Its wonderful minerals and vitamins are of great help when you feel physically exhausted.
  • It is rich in iron, so it’s a natural way for you to fight anemia.
  • As a digestive aid, parsley herbal tea treats flatulence and helps to eliminate bad breath.
  • And it is said to inhibit cancerous tumor growth.

    Other external uses of Parsley Tea:
  • It is good to clean and heal light bruises, such as insect bites for example.
  • Parsley infusions can be used externally to treat skin ulcers.
  • This tea is a great way to flavor rice, potato and fish dishes, meat and vegetable stews. 
Ø  Fill a small pot with water and set on your stove. Turn the stove to medium-high heat.

Ø  Bring the water to a rolling boil.      

Ø  Measure out a quarter cup of fresh chopped parsley and place it in a mug. Do this while you wait for the water to boil.

Ø  Pour one cup of boiling water over the fresh parsley leaves you've put in the mug. Leave the water and parsley to steep for 10 minutes.

Ø  Remove the parsley leaves from the mug. Use a slotted spoon or dump the contents into a strainer placed over a small bowl. If you use a strainer, transfer the strained tea back into the mug. 

Ø  Discard the parsley leaves and enjoy your mug of tea immediately.

***Add a tbs of organic honey and a fresh squeezed lemon.
                  


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