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Cold and flu season is quickly approaching. You will need to prepare yourself to fight off the viruses and the effects they can have on your overall health. Along with the recommendations to get plenty of sleep and exercise regularly, there are a number of herbal remedies you can use, including herbal teas to help you prevent illness and also help you recover after you have experienced one. Here are some herbal tea remedies you can use to treat your cold, flu, or any related symptoms.

How to Properly Make Herbal Tea

Making a cup of herbal tea from a pre-packaged sachet is a basic process where you pour boiling water over the sachet and let it steep for anywhere from five to ten minutes. However, when you are using herbs to make your own teas for medicinal purposes and to improve your health and reduce your flu symptoms, you'll want to take some extra steps.

When you steep any herbs, you want to use an infusion process to draw out the vitamins, enzymes, and other beneficial oils from the herbs. An infusion process is important because you may not get these benefits if you use a regular tea steeping process. You can use a tea infuser, which holds and compresses the herbal leaves under the boiling water. Allow it to sit for up to an hour. If you want the tea to have a strong flavor, there are some herbal infusions you can let sit overnight which will deepen the flavor. Depending on your taste preference and the type of herbs you are using, the duration you infuse the leaves will affect the benefits and taste of your herbal tea.

Teas to Help You Feel Better

One of the first symptoms of cold and flu is often a sore throat and this is something you can treat with the help of an herbal tea. Look for an Iceland moss tea to relieve your sore throat. The effects of the warm tea along with the mucilage in the herb will combat the effects of your sore throat to help you feel better. 

Ginger is another helpful herb that will help reduce the cold and flu symptoms you experience while you are sick. Add in some chamomile tea to help with any congestion you have in your lungs and sinuses; chamomile can also provide antibacterial protection to fight off any infections. Peppermint is also a great herb to help reduce respiratory congestion and it smells and tastes great too.

To learn more about cold and flu herbal teas, visit a supplier near you.