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Flos TiliaeLOT 24-0629
Wild-gathered
Batch
LOT 24-0629
Net
50 g
Unit price
€17.60 / 100 g
Origin
Bergisch Land, North Rhine-Westphalia
Sourcing
Wild-gathered
Plant part
Flos · Flower
HarvestJun · Jul

Loose tea

Linden Blossom

Tilia cordata Mill.

Honeyed and soft, with the faint green of the papery bract.

€8.8050 g
€17.60 / 100 g
1

In stock 22

Gathered with the pale bract still attached — that wing is part of the drug, not packaging. The window is about ten days in late June, and rain during it takes the whole year's harvest.

Traditional use

Traditionally taken hot at the onset of a cold, to encourage sweating.

Constituents

  • 01Mucilage
  • 02Flavonoids
  • 03Volatile oil

Drawer

Airways — Mucilage and volatile oils for the chest and throat. Also pulled for Sleep & Calm.

Preparation95 °C · 8 min

Preparation

The preparation is half the drug

This drug wants 95 °C and 8 min. Water hotter or a cup left standing gives you a different drink, made from the same herb.

The leaflet below is the one that goes in the box. Unfold it for the steps and the timer; the cautions stay in view either way.

Package InsertFlos Tiliae · Loose tea
Dose
2 tsp (≈ 2 g)
Frequency
2–3× daily
Water
95 °C
Steep
8 min

Steps

As printed on the box · 4 in sequence

  1. 01

    Measure

    Two teaspoons of flowers with bracts.

    2 tsp ≈ 2 g
  2. 02

    Pour

    Boiling water.

    200 ml · 95 °C
  3. 03

    Steep

    Eight minutes, covered.

    8 min
  4. 04

    Take

    Drink as hot as is comfortable, then stay warm.

Steep time

Live timer · 8 min · 95 °C

Ready

08:00

Cautions

Read before use

  • Drink plenty of fluids alongside if using it to encourage sweating.
From the same drawer

Kept beside it

Herbs shelved for Airways, ordered by how much of this one’s indication they share.