Moontime Tea Blend for Painful Periods

The ebb and flow

The moon is rising huge and silver in the sky this evening, full and bright. We are pushed and pulled along by the moon just like the ocean is – we are seventy percent water, are we not? The whole of humanity in the fullness of its gender spectrum responds to this primal pull.

As someone with an active uterus, the pull of the moon can cause my period to start with a fanfare of pain and exhaustion. As I write this, I am having one hell of a moontime: pain, anxiety, bad moods, and a lack of vital energy. Whenever I find myself laying on a heating pad and sobbing for no reason into a pillow, I know it is time for a cup of tea and a little self-maintenance.

Moontime Tea Blend Recipe

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Grab a big bowl and mix the following herbs. You can scale the ingredients as you prefer:

• 1 cup dried red raspberry leaf
• 1/4 cup dried nettle leaf
• 1/4 cup dried oatstraw
• 1/4 cup dried chamomile flowers
• 1/8 cup dried motherwort
• 1/8 cup dried rose petals
• 1/8 cup dried hibiscus flowers
• 1/2 tsp of ground vitex seeds
• 1 sliver of fresh ginger (optional, but helps with pain and nausea)

Store your tea blend in a closed container, ideally something dark to protect it from the light.

How to Use the Moontime Tea Blend

A cup of tea:

If you need a cup right away, put a tablespoon of the tea blend per serving into a tea infuser (or an awesome teapot like the one pictured above with a strainer built-in). Cover the herbs with hot water from the kettle and cover your cup. Let it steep for ten minutes, and if you wish, you can add a little honey to it before you drink.

This method of tea brewing is known as an infusion, and the above method is a rather short infusion. The longer you let it steep, the more effective it will be for this blend, so it can be wise to plan ahead.

A pot of tea:

Every night of my moontime, get a quart mason jar with a lid and add 1/4 cup of these herbs to it. Pour the steaming water from the kettle over the herbs, cover the jar with the lid, and let the whole thing steep overnight on the counter. The next morning, simply strain the tea into a new jar to carry around and drink throughout the day. Add your preferred sweetener if you need it!

I find this tea blend to be quite helpful in helping to manage period pain, mood shifts, and the general strain of being on my moontime. But now, lovies, I’m spent. I’ve had wine, and chocolate, and now tea and bed are on the docket.

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