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      Chamomile: Chamomile is an herb from the daisy family, chamomile tea is made from dried flower buds. Chamomile contains the active ingredient bisabolol, which contains antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, and anti-irritant properties. Notable benefits are its natural sedative affect for insomnia, boosting of immune system, eliminating muscle cramps, helps cure depression, is a digestive aid, helps regulate blood sugar, great for healing cuts and sores and hemorrhoids, headache, eczema, sunburn, and rosacea.

           Ginger:  Ginger is grown as a root. For over 2000 years, Chinese medicine has recommended the use of ginger to help cure and prevent several health problems. It is known to promote energy circulation in the body and increase our body’s metabolic rate. Ginger has many benefits from making food taste great to preserving food. It has a natural soothing benefit on the stomach and helps maintain normal blood circulation. It helps prevent cold and flu, motion sickness, and stomach discomfort. It also helps in the absorption and stimulation of nutrients in the body. Ginger also helps prevent colon and ovarian cancer, reduces pain and inflamation, and fights common respiratory problems. Ginger will strengthen your immunity and can even combat morning sickness.

      Pomegranate: Throughout history, pomegranate has been revered as a fruit enjoyed by royalty, with exceptional healh, longevity, and fertility properties. As apowerful antioxidant you can expect healing of toxin damaged areas of the body as well as cancer fighting properties. Pomegranate is packed with healthy nutrients, aids in digestion, helps lower blood pressure and arthritis and joint pain, lowers risk of heart disease, fights bacterial and fungal infections, improves exercise performance, is anti-aging, mood enhancer, great for the skin, and is an anti-inflammatory.

          Papaya: The papaya is a tropical plant which was cultivated in Mexico. According to “Papaya the Medicine Tree”, the roots, fruit and leaves of papaya serves various medicinal value. The leaf of papaya tea has various health benefits. Papaya tea helps to break down the food and also detoxifies the body. The toxins are flush out by promoting urine. Some other benefits of papaya are as follows: Help prevent cancer, relieve indigestion, raise platelet levels to help deal with Thrombocytopenia for patients undergoing chemo, helps with vision and ulcer health, digestion, is anti-aging, and improves overall skin health.

       Dandelion Leaf: Known to many as that pesky weed that grows anywhere, the dandelion leaf has excellent health and digestive properties. Dandelion is a very rich source of beta-carotene which we convert into vitamin A. This flowering plant is also rich in vitamin C, fiber, potassium, iron, calcium, magnesium, zinc, and phosphorus. It's a good place to get B-complex vitamins, trace minerals, organic sodium, and even some vitamin D too. Dandelion also contains protein, more than spinach. It has been eaten for thousands of years as a food and as a medicine to treat anemia, scurvy, skin problems, blood disorders, and depression. Other great benefits include the cleansing and detoxifying of the liver and kidneys as well as reducing high blood pressure, helps fight cancer and diabetes, healthy gallbladder, control cholesterol and inflammation, and boosts the immune system.

          Stevia Leaves: Stevia is a herbal sweetener that is good for you, stevia leaf adds no calories, and has no harmful side effects. The sweet leaves of this plant are a pleasant and guilt free alternative to sugar. The active photochemical in stevia leaves, stevioside, is at least one hundred times sweeter than sugar, the exact amount varies from leaf to leaf and plant to plant. There have been some studies, mostly animal, that suggest that stevia may be able to lower blood sugar and has a place in the prevention and treatment of type II Diabetes. Stevia's value for anyone wishing to cut down on calories from sugar as part of ahealthy diet is unquestionable. It also helps with insulin secretion and weight loss. It can also lower blood pressure, and eliminate indegestion, heartburn, and upset stomach.

       Peppermint Leaf: Peppermint, a popular herb known for its distinct aroma and medicinal value. The compounds in the leaves are said to have therapeutic and medicinal properties and helps in weight loss. Peppermint can improve liver function, remedy cold and flu, treat respiratory problems, kill bad breath, fight cancer, treat seasonal fever, anti-bacterial, enhance memory, reduce nausea, fight headache,  aid in digestion, beneficial for breastfeeding, treat depression and stress, increase female fertility, and helps treat IBS.