The clinic has a variety herbal medicines available for our clients. It is a pay what you can system, with a suggested donation of $5.
525 Dundas Street East
Toronto, ON, M5A 2B6
(416)530-7468
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Medicines Available at Clinic
Early pregnancy nausea tea
Contains: ginger root, peppermint, red raspberry leaf, spearmint, stevia leaf
Directions:
add one heaping teaspoon to 2-3 cups of boiled water and steep for 30 minutes.
Strain and sweeten with honey if desired.
Pregnancy relaxation/stress tea
Contains: lemon balm, oatstraw, chamomile and passionflower.
Directions:
boil 5 cups of water and take off heat for 5 minutes.
Combine 2 heaping teaspoons of tea with boiled water.
Steep for 20 minutes to 2 hours.
Sweeten with honey if desired.
Late pregnancy/early labour tea
Contains: birth root, slippery elm, red raspberry leaf, squawvine, motherwort, oatstraw, nettles, alfalfa, and lemon balm.
Directions:
boil one cup of water and steep 2 tablespoons of tea for 20-40 minutes.
Strain tea and sweeten with honey if desired. Enjoy 2-3 cups a day.
Blood building herbal formula
(For iron deficiency anemia or following a hemorrhage at birth)
Contains: yellow dock root, nettle leaf, alfalfa leaf
Directions:
Steep 1 part herb mixture to 8 parts water just off a boil.
Cover for 4-6 hours.
Strain and drink 2-3 cups a day. If bitter add honey to taste.
Drink daily for 2-4 weeks. Take with vitamin C and avoid calcium supplements or calcium-rich foods for one hour before and after drinking.
Yeast/candida tea
Contains: lady’s mantle, lavender, oak bark, goldenrod, and may contain common mallow flower.
Directions:
add one heaping teaspoon to 2-3 cups of boiled water and steep for 30 minutes.
Strain and sweeten if desired.
Strained tea can also be added to the bath for soothing of any external irritation.
Milk production tea
Contains: fennel, anise, goat’s rue, blessed thistle, alfalfa, lemon verbena, and malva flower.
Directions:
boil 5 cups of water and take off heat for 5 minutes.
Combine 2 heaping teaspoons of tea with boiled water.
Steep for 20 minutes to 2 hours.
Sweeten with honey if desired. Enjoy!
UTI/bladder & kidney health tea
Contains: cranberry, nettle, common mallow, elder, horsetail, rosehip, hibiscus, chamomile, cornsilk, goldenrod.
Directions:
boil 4 cups of water and take off heat for 5 minutes.
Pour over 2 heaping tablespoons of tea.
Steep for 20 minutes and strain tea.
Sweeten with honey if desired.
Drink 2 cups at a time, twice a day, for up to 7 days.
Hypertension tea
Contains: passionflower, ginger root, dandelion leaf and linden blossom.
Directions:
boil 5 cups of water and take off heat for 5 minutes.
Combine 2 heaping teaspoons of tea with boiled water.
Steep for 30 minutes. Sweeten with honey if desired.
Postpartum bath herbs for perineal healing
Contains: calendula flowers, comfrey lead, corn silk, shepherd’s purse, St. John’s wort, yarrow, lavender, chamomile.
Preparation:
steep 1 part herb mixture to 8 parts water just off a boil. Cover for a minimum of 4 hours or overnight.
Strain 1-2 cups into the bath and add 1-2 cups of epsom salts.
Keep the rest covered in the back of the refrigerator for up to 3-4 days using as needed.
Recommendation is 2 or more baths a day.
525 Dundas Street East, Toronto ON, M4A 2B6
Tel: 416.530.7468
Fax: 416.530.7478
