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Linden Flower

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A fragrant blossom tea, traditionally sipped to calm the nerves, encourage restful sleep, and ease colds and fevers.

A fresh linden flower cluster beside a dish of dried linden blossom.⤢
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🌱 What it is

Linden flower comes from the blossoms of the linden (lime) tree, gathered in early summer and dried for a mild, floral tea.

✨ Why it's good for you

  • May help support restful sleep and a calm evening
  • May help support comfort during colds and fevers
  • May help support relaxation after a stressful day
  • May help support a soothing bedtime routine

🥗 Nutrition

Per 1 cup brewed tea (240ml) · about 2 calories

  • Flavonoids
  • Mucilage
  • Negligible macronutrients

Source: Nutrition estimate (per typical serving)

🥄 How to use it

Steep 1 teaspoon of dried linden flowers in hot water for 10 minutes and sip in the evening or at the start of a cold; it encourages a gentle, warming sweat with a fever.

How much: As teaA warm drink made by steeping herbs in hot water. How to make a tea →, 1 teaspoon dried flowers per cup, in the evening or during a cold.

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Linden flower — the blossom of the lime or linden tree — makes a fragrant, honey-sweet teaA warm drink made by steeping herbs in hot water. How to make a tea → that has comforted Europe for generations. It's a gentle calmer of frazzled nerves and a friend at bedtime, and a classic remedy at the start of a cold, where its warming nature encourages a healing sweat to break a fever.

A simple infusionA tea made by steeping soft leaves or flowers in hot water. How to make an infusion → of the dried flowers, sipped warm in the evening, is the traditional way to enjoy it. It's gentle enough for most, though anyone with a heart condition should keep to ordinary teaA warm drink made by steeping herbs in hot water. How to make a tea → amounts.

Ways to prepare it

Calming or cold tea: Steep 1 teaspoon dried linden flowers in a cup of hot water for 10 minutes; sip warm in the evening, or at the first sign of a cold.

🧺 Other forms of Linden Flower

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A gentle diaphoretic teaA warm drink made by steeping herbs in hot water. How to make a tea → traditionally used to help break a fever through sweating.

How this form is used: Steep dried linden flowers in hot water for 10 minutes and drink warm to help encourage sweating during a fever.

Cautions for this form
  • Consult a doctor for fevers in infants, or fevers that are high or persistent
  • Rare allergic reactions can occur
  • Not a substitute for medical evaluation of the underlying cause of fever

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⚠️ Cautions

  • Gentle and well tolerated as a tea.
  • Very heavy, long-term use has been associated with heart strain in rare reports — keep to ordinary amounts.
  • Heart conditions or heart medication call for keeping to ordinary tea amounts, and large medicinal doses are best avoided in pregnancy.

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