Herbal Tonic

A tonic tea to relieve stress and anexiety:

Ingredients:

         1 tablespoon each fress dandelion and nettle tops
 
        1 tablespoon each fresh blackcurrent and borage leaves
        600ml (1 pint) boiling water

Procedure:

       steep the greenery in the water for five minutes.
       strin and drink with lemon and honey.

Dock wine:

 Dock is one of the great tonic herbs because it is extremely high in iron.
 here is a recipe for an old-fashioned dock wine.

Ingredients:

        175g(7 oz)dock root
        15g(1/2 oz)liquorice wood
        7g(1/4 oz)juniper berries
        100g(4 oz)raw cane sugar
        2 litres(3 1/2 pints)organic red wine

Procedure:

      put all the ingredients together in a china container,cover and place either in a very slow oven or in a bain marie.
      continue to heat gently until the mixture is reduced by half
     strain,bottle and seal tightly
     drink a sherry glass of the dock wine every morning for two weeks.

Sage tonic:

Take 100g(4 oz) of fresh sage leaves and put them in a bottle of organic white wine for two weeks.
Sweeten to taste with honey and leaves for another day.
Press and strain through muslin.
bottle, and take 1 sherry glass before lunch and dinner.
You can also infuse sage leaves in boiling water, strain and sweeten with honey for an uplifting sage tea.