Soothe the Body and Mind

A hot cup of tea may do more than relax you. Research shows tea consumption may help prevent a wide range of ailments.
Herbal teas have long held an important place in medicine. The Chinese have used herbs for thousands of years, long before science was able to diagnose and treat with antibiotics. Herbal teas have been used extensively to cure diseases and promote good health and prevent illness.
Those who had knowledge of herbs and how to make herbal teas were highly respected because their teas were able to greatly assist those who suffered from various ailments.
Herbal teas are still very useful!
Just as massage aids digestion, sleep, chronic inflammation and mental alertness, so too does ginger, chamomile, cinnamon and ginseng herbal teas.
Herbal tea looks very similar to black tea and is brewed in the same way, but it is not actually tea at all. Herbal teas are actually infusions and more accurately called tisanes. Tisanes are made from mixtures of dried leaves, seeds, grasses, nuts, barks, fruits, flowers, or other botanical elements that give them their taste and provide the benefits of herbal teas.
When prepared either with a tea bag or loose leaves in a tea pot, tea contains no calories and contributes to your daily fluid consumption and is great for those who want to limit their consumption of caffeine. It can also be served hot or cold so is a perfect year round beverage.
In general herbal teas are great for calming the nerves as well as soothing the body and the mind.
Further benefits include;
• Relief of menstrual pain,
• Aiding body detoxification,
• Helps with clearing the mind,
• A great source of antioxidants,
• Has a positive effect on your bones, skin, nails and hair,
• Can reduce bloating and water retention,
• Can help calm an upset stomach,
• Promotes relaxation which can support sleep.
Tea ceremonies are the ritual of making tea which is still popular throughout the globe. At a basic level, tea ceremonies are a formalized way of making a hot drink, in a process which has been refined to yield the best taste.
In Iran and Afghanistan, tea is the national beverage and drinkers sit cross-legged on floor mats to sip their tea from glasses or stylish porcelain bowls.
In Japan, the traditional Green Tea Ceremony is still an important social ritual and the ability to perform it is considered an essential skill for well-educated ladies.
Moroccans consider the tea ceremony an important part of any social or business occasion. Their tea-drinking ceremony includes lighting incense and all those taking part wash their hands in orange blossom water and watch while the host prepares the tea.
Since the 1980s, many British-style tea-rooms have opened in which traditional afternoon tea is served with sandwiches, scones and clotted cream and little cakes and pastries.
You will find some spas offer herbal tea following their massage treatment not only to rehydrate and help flush out toxins, but also to add to the experience. During massage you rest your eyes, receive touch, hear soft music and smell the aromatherapy oils. A herbal tea is a beautiful way to conclude the 5 senses experience. How lovely to participate in a private tea ceremony before re-emerging into our bustling world!
Do not be afraid to experiment and you will uncover an entire new world inside your cup!

As quoted: http://www.studymassage.com.au/news/sip-on-herbal-tea

Herbs through Time

Thinking today about the relationship between herbs and health.

In our own way through the use of prescribed medication we have long been giving a quiet nod to herbs for health. Drug companies have long understood the need to utilize the historical data of so many who have gone before, in order to produce drugs offered to modern man with the blessing of mainstream doctors.

Roman luminaries waxed lyrical of the healing properties of garlic, fennel, silphium and sage. Egyptian physicians long believed in diet as a form of preventative medicine, and prescribed cassia, sycamore, henna and juniper amongst others. In Indonesia, the Jamu have long prescribed ginger, tumeric, galingale and many other leaves, flowers, barks, fruits and spices. When Otzi the Iceman was found on the Austrian/Italian border he had herbal medicine amongst his personal effects. He had been lying buried by ice for 5,300 years, but we know he used herbs to medicate himself. The Passion Flower, Valerian, and Rosemary have been used in Europe for time immemorial. No matter whether the advice required the herbs be eaten, brewed into tea, steeped into bath water, or carried on the person, their obvious value is significant.

Like those of old, we at Isis are driven to concentrate on prevention. A cup of valerian tea containing all the wonderful additional medicinal herbs required to promote peaceful sleep, cannot be drunk once only with the expectation of a lifetime cure from insomnia. Our mission is to produce teas that are so inviting, so magically enticing, that repetitive drinking will secure in you, the result you require. Your act of consistency, our encouragement of repitition, Isis' precise scientific targetting of specific herbs, all combine to produce for you the nicest, most effective way to help your body recover and fight its way to great health.

It is a team effort!

The Facts Are Indisputable !

There are wonderful health benefits to be gained from herbs. The value and benefit of herbs on the human body are so well-documented that there is eons of data substantiating their positive effects.

As a company, Isis Herbs & Teas are clearly not inventing herbs, but we are unapologetically on a powerful mission to target more effective use of herbs amongst the wider community. Herbs, once the hallmark of a fringe community, have now become part of the mainstream. In fact they are no longer considered the product of last resort... no longer considered the last desperate hope of a miracle cure when all else has failed. 

Herbs have now reached the happy point of becoming universally accepted as a reliable and effective way to prevent degradation and poor health, and to encourage biological balance.

Unsurprisingly, ancient practices continue to this day, successfully dispensing herbs as a ‘first point of enquiry’, and at times as the only resource available. The ‘Jamu’ in Indonesia have a history of dispensing ‘medical plants’ in the form of spices, barks, leaves, fruits, and flowers with great effect. This history dates back before 1775 AD when a botanist first recorded the practice.

To this end, our research department headed by Teodora Dzhambazova (Ph.D) have specifically concentrated their efforts on understanding the value and synergy of combining herbs to best effect. Research is always ongoing as we strive towards excellence and more comprehensive combinations. We are honouring traditional herbal practices by adding a scientific perspective.

The value of combining

Best explained with the proverbial motor vehicle analogy again, it is pointless spending ever increasing sums of money on small mechanical adjustments to a vehicle that has rust throughout, or a blocked fuel pump. If the vehicle has rust throughout its body, fresh oil will be ineffective no matter how expensive. Sometimes more wide-ranging measures are a necessity for the greater good. The human body is no different. In order to promote successful healing it would seem sensible to combine herbs to condition the blood, or herbs to help kidney function, with herbs to help a particular ailment.

In the same manner that one respects their beautiful car by caring and nurturing the engine, we are now understanding that our complex human bodies also need care and ongoing attention in order to optimize our quality of life.

The Chinese say that for successful healing we must start with the blood so Dong Quai (the female equivalent of Ginseng) becomes an obvious herbal inclusion in most preventative care.

Elderberry – widely considered an excellent anti-viral agent, is another powerful preventative which when combined with selected herbs can have, not just positive health benefits, but an amazing taste sensation.

ISIS Herbs & Teas is as much about flavour as it is about health. Our ongoing research is fiercely driven to capturing sensational taste in addition to the indisputable health benefits of herbs. Making herbs an enjoyable experience by concentrating on taste, as well as the clear health benefits, is undoubtedly for the common good. If sipping flavoursome tea becomes a delight, then the associated healing becomes a side effect of drinking it. What could be more magical  than consuming and savouring beautiful teas whilst contributing to your own well-being.

Herbs to the Householder

It goes without saying that trekking Tibet, or hiking the Amazon rainforests to find rare and exotic herbs, would be a firm disruption to daily life for the average family.  Happily, although our herbs are sourced from the ‘global garden’ (and at times from very obscure environs) we ensure that they are  easily available to the consumer in a variety of clearly labelled combinations.

A word of warning:

Despite herbs as homeopathics being common to most cultures, validated by scientific research at an increasingly phenomenal rate, and having manifested themselves throughout history with glowing reports of success, they need to be treated with respect. Herbs are powerful agents, and as such require dialogue with your doctor if you are combining them with medications of any sort.

The use of preventative herbs for greatest effect, requires the building of a healthy habit of participation. Some herbs work surprisingly fast and others take perseverance and diligence. Nonetheless, you will be rewarded significantly by becoming proactive about your own health.