Inhale the crisp, cool essence of a desert morning, and sip the clairvoyant qualities of white sage with Folk Tea’s Desert Spirit. Take a breath, and let hints of cinnamon, lavender, and peppermint round out your sipping experience. 
 
Brew for a minimum of 4 minutes
Use 1 tbsp of tea per 8 ounces of 212°F water

 
Want to know more about the ingredients? Here’s how some of them are traditionally used around the world:
 
White Sage has been used by many native tribes of the Americas for a very long time. It has been used for food (the seeds), basket weaving, postpartum healing, cold-fighting and cleansing (read more from Natural Resources Conservation Service). It is a sacred plant to a lot of folks, and the burning of sage as a cleansing act now exists both as a spiritual ceremony and - unfortunately - as a pop culture act of cultural appropriation. I try to be mindful about its use and its history. It is an incredible plant, and I always feel a sort of awe when handling it. I chose white sage for this tea, for its energetic purification and protection qualities, and (in another vernacular) the same, mirrored chemical constituents: it’s an antimicrobial disinfectant (hence the protectant), astringent, diuretic and diaphoretic (hence the cleansing), and antispasmodic (calming). Many of those qualities come from the high amount of terpenes and flavonoids - great for fighting inflammation and infection Read on about Salvia Apiana’s chemical properties in Dr. Pasqualle’s article The Many Faces of Salvia. Peppermint - a cross between watermint and spearmint - has menthol in it:  a component that has dry, cooling, antispasmodic components It’s said to have a relaxing effect on the muscles and digestive organs, and Dr. Marisa Marciano, ND, shares that it’s actually the volatile oil that acts as a mild anaesthetic to the stomach wall, helping with nausea. Another herb having a smooth-muscle-relaxing effect is cinnamon! Cinnamon balances peppermint with it’s own warming qualities, and according to the NCBI article Cinnamon: A Multifaceted Medicinal Plant, it has many “antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antidiabetic, antimicrobial, anticancer, lipid-lowering, and cardiovascular-disease-lowering compound(s)”. Finally there’s lavender: Dr. Marciano writes that lavender is effective against stress headaches, works as a gentle strengthening tonic of the nervous system, helps with nervous debility and exhaustion, and can be used to soothe and promote natural sleep.

 
***Sage is an emmenagogue which could influence breastfeeding. 
 
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