Village Tea Mineral Infusion

Village Tea is for everyone - the whole village!

It does, however, contain specifically beneficial herbs for women's health. In particular, red raspberry leaf tea benefits female- or uterus-specific hormonal and reproductive needs. European and Native American women have been using raspberry leaf tea for menstrual cramps and in pregnancy to prepare the uterus for labor for centuries.

Having said this, the health benefits of stinging nettles, raspberry leaf tea, oat tops and horsetail, make them great herbs for men, too.

An herbal infusion is a liquid preparation made by soaking plant material in water to extract medicinal and nutritional content. The difference between tea and infusions is generally the extent to which the herbs are extracted—via either time or heat. A cup of raspberry leaf and nettle tea, steeped for a few minutes, will have some medicinal content, but the same herbs steeped overnight will have fully penetrated the nettle and raspberry leaves and the overnight infusion will be much stronger.

For this reason, we recommend that you steep half an ounce of this herbal tea per quart of hot water for at least four hours, preferably overnight or up to 24 hours.

The safety of herbal tea during pregnancy depends on the specific herbs used. Some herbs are considered safe and beneficial, while others should be avoided. Safe herbs for pregnancy include ginger, peppermint, and red raspberry leaf.

Because there is some lack of information around the safety of horsetail (one of the main ingredients in our Village Tea) during pregnancy, we offer Village Tea either with or without this herb.