The Home Remedy — Healthful Tisane
Evening Verbena and Linden Infusion
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A clear, fragrant infusion of verbena leaves and linden flowers, lightly sweetened with honey. An evening drink, calming and digestive, as prepared in every 19th-century home.
The Home Remedy — Healthful Tisane
A clear, fragrant infusion of verbena leaves and linden flowers, lightly sweetened with honey. An evening drink, calming and digestive, as prepared in every 19th-century home.
They think I'm all anger and outburst — the Tiger, they say! But the doctor I once was knows that an overworked body no longer serves the Republic. In the evening, rather than your liqueurs that cloud the mind, I would take an infusion from garden plants: verbena for digestion, linden for sleep, a touch of honey and nothing more. Trust an old practitioner: he who wants to endure and fight must first know how to rest.
Ingredients
- •Dried verbena leaves — a pinch (digestive and flavor)
- •Dried linden flowers — a pinch (soothing)
- •Honey — a spoonful (sweetness)
- •Spring water — a bowl (base)
How it was made : In the 19th century, every family garden had its medicinal plant corner: verbena, linden, mint, chamomile. Summer harvests were dried for winter, and the evening tisane was both pleasure and gentle medicine, recommended by country doctors before the rise of industrial pharmacy.