Yarrow Tea Recipes Collection

Rosemary Gladstar has a Fever Reducing Tea based on a famous old Gypsy recipe that’s been passed around for centuries. It’s hard to improve on it, it’s so good as it is.

1 part elderflower
1 part peppermint leaf
1 part yarrow flower and leaf

To make the tea:

1. Prepare a strong infusion of the herbs by putting 4 to 6 tablespoons of dried herb into a glass quart jar.
2. Pour boiling water over the herbs, filling the jar. Let steep for 30 to 45 minutes.
3. Strain.

To use:

Drink 1/2 cup every 30 minutes to bring on a good sweat. Once you begin to sweat, reduce the amount of tea to 1/2 cup every hour and continue until fever subsides.

Gladstar, Rosemary (2012) Medicinal Herbs: A Beginner’s Guide. Massachusetts: Storey Publishing

The Simple Guide to Natural Health contains a Yarrow and Peppermint Tea that stops a “hot” cold in its early stages. Avoid during pregnancy.

A “hot” cold is one that includes some or all of the following symptoms: sudden onset of symptoms, feeling warm, running a fever, strong thirst with a desire for cold beverages, and a yellow coating on a bright red tongue. If you catch it in the earliest stage and use a cooling diaphoretic formula like this one, you can sometimes stop the cold in its tracks. Drink as much of this tea as possible during the first 24 hours of your cold while wrapped in warm clothes and blankets to encourage sweating.

St. Ours, Melanie (2018) The Simple Guide to Natural Health. Massachusetts: Adams Media

The Licorice, Ginger, and Yarrow Tea from Mother Earth Living is a good all around tonic for gray days.

Makes 1 cup
This delicious tea will create an inner warmth to help you survive cold, gloomy winter days. It is a good all-round tonic. Licorice is particularly helpful for treating upper and lower respiratory conditions. Ginger is warming and soothing to the chest and stomach. Yarrow, like ginger, acts as a diaphoretic (brings on a sweat) and is a decongestant with strong anti-allergenic properties.

• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh yarrow leaves and/or flowers
• ½ teaspoon ground licorice root
• ½ teaspoon peeled and grated fresh ginger
• 1 cup boiling water

1. Combine yarrow, licorice and ginger in a warmed small ceramic or glass teapot or cup.
2. Add boiling water, cover and let steep for 3 to 5 minutes. Strain and drink.Caution: Licorice should be avoided if you have high blood pressure. Yarrow should be avoided during pregnancy.

https://www.motherearthliving.com/health-and-wellness/spring-to-life-with-tea-licorice-ginger

This Yarrow and Mint Tea Recipe from Azure Standard is supposed to be fantastic for nausea, boasting to be better than even peppermint tea! They also suggest drinking one cup a day for an entire month to reset and regulate your menstrual cycle.

Yarrow-Mint Tea Recipe

INGREDIENTS

1 sprig of yarrow, dried or fresh
1 tsp peppermint or spearmint, dried or several leaves of fresh
½ tsp licorice root, optional

DIRECTIONS

1. Bring 1 cup of water to a boil with optional licorice root.
2. Add yarrow and mint.
3. Remove from heat and steep for 20 minutes.
4. Have patient sip slowly on the tea until relief is obtained.

https://www.azurestandard.com/healthy-living/how-to-make-yarrow-tea-home-remedies/

The Simple Guide to Natural Health also has a recipe for Cool Raspberry Leaf and Yarrow Tea which is used for firming up loose stools. Avoid if you are taking diuretics or blood thinners.

Yields: 1 serving

2 teaspoons dried raspberry leaf
1 teaspoon dried yarrow
3/4 cup hot water
3 grains sea salt
1/2 cup ice cubes

1. Place raspberry and yarrow into a tea strainer, tea ball, paper tea filter, or other vessel for brewing and straining loose-leaf tea. Cover with hot water and let steep 15 minutes.
2. Strain the liquid from the spent leaves into a heat-safe cup or mug. Add salt and ice cubes and stir until the ice is dissolved. The liquid should be room temperature or cooler.
3. Sip the tea very slowly, as needed, to help firm up loose stools.

Raspberry leaf helps to tone and strengthen tissues that have become boggy, lax, or loose. It’s gentle in its astringent action and a cooling, nourishing tonic at the same time. Yarrow echoes the uplifting, tonifying, and astringent properties of raspberry but has a more “warming” nature that brings balance to this formula. For use during pregnancy, omit the yarrow since it may trigger uterine contractions.

St. Ours, Melanie (2018) The Simple Guide to Natural Health. Massachusetts: Adams Media