The wonder of Fennel!
#197374 - 07/19/05 01:38 PM
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Linz
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I've been feeling really cack all evening (fibro flare and then eating CHEESE  for lunch as my brain couldn't cope with anything else  ) and I finally went and made some herbal tea (chamomile & vanilla, lavender and Heather's fennel)...WELL. After only 1/2 a cup some FOUL gas starting coming out (and still is ) and now I feel tons better.  No wonder I felt awful with that trapped in me. 
Thank the Lord for Fennel. And for Heather and these boards fo convincing me it was worth braving the flavour! 
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Cheese!? Mmm...describe it, please...It's been so long.  I hope you don't have an attack. Do you think the gas is related to this?
I have some pretty fast "results" with fennel as well. I'm excited that Heather now sells the tea in individual bags. When I get paid, I'm hoping to order some and maybe those CDs as well. I keep saying I want to do it--I just need to do it!
Do you make your herbal mix tea with loose teas or do you put a bag of each in the mug. Wait, that would be a lot of bags! Anyway, it sounds delicious, and I've never tried lavendar tea before.
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I am the biggest fan of fennel.
I had gotten away from drinking much tea in the past few weeks and hadn't been doing so well. Then a few days ago, I started making a pot of tea every morning and making myself drink it and BAM! away went the bloating and pain! I'm enjoying my flat tummy again!
Glad to see it made you feel better again, too, dear!
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all those years it wasn't IBS - it was celiac!
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Yeah, it's alot of tea so I make it in a cafeteia (sp?). It's 1 teabag of chamomile and vanilla, one scoop (1.5T?) fennel and two scoops dried lavender.
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I agree, I detest the taste, but I can live through it for the reward.........I've mixed mine with my chamomile and honey.
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Fennel is indeed an acquired taste! Mixing/blending makes a huge difference.
I'm glad the tea is doing it's magick, Linz. Fennel is notorious for dispelling/evicting GASES. The lavender with fennel sounds delicious. It's not bad with fruity herbal teas as well as blended with the Rooibos.
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Yum. Thanks Linz. I feel like tossing some juniper berries in and maybe some lemongrass or blackberry leaves. That sounds so perfect with the vanilla. Great recipe/blend.
Kate, IBS-D.
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Lavendar ?
#197586 - 07/20/05 05:35 AM
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tierny
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I hate to be dense, but I've read alot about people eating Lavender and using it in tea, but I have no information on it. Where do you buy something like dried Lavender? Does anyone make a Lavender tea in a bag? What is that "cafeteia" you said you use to make your tea in? And do you put your 2 scoops of dried lavender in somekind of tea ball thing or just throw it into the water? Thanks for any answers---I would sure like to try lavender and maybe with your help I can figure it out! 
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When I ordered my peppermint tea & Stomach Ease tea from Yogi Teas, they sent me a free sample bag of their Chamomile Lavender tea, and it was really good! I've got to reorder some tea from them, and I think I'm gonna order a box of that. Here's a link for you to see it.
Yogi's Chamomile/Lavender Tea
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I get dried lavender from Provence as my in-laws have a house there, but if you check out this thread you'll see some sources for in the States.
And as for the cafeteair (spelling unknown and confusing! ) this is what I've got.
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Quote:
And as for the cafeteair (spelling unknown and confusing! ) this is what I've got.
Ah, in the US we call it a French press. I've learned never to make tea in one that's been used for coffee...
--AC
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Thanks AC!
#197595 - 07/20/05 06:21 AM
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Linz
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Didn't help at all that I didn't even know how to spell what we call it over here.
I use mine for tea and coffee (for visitors) w/out a problem. But then the coffee is pretty infrequent.
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What exactly does it tsste like? Speaking of tasting bad.
I saw some IBS info that said it was essential to take
Alfalfa supplement for vitatim K. I got some yesterday,
and the stuff tastes like lawn grass, yuk!
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I use one bag of fennel tea and 1 bag of Bigelow Orange & Spice herb tea. Pretty good!
Barb in FL
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Fennel has a licorice/aniseed flavour.
Never heard of taking alfafa for IBS! Wouldn't that be high in IF too? 
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You're welcome!
Maybe you're not as sensitive as I am to coffee. I'm one of the few people I know who has never tried coffee and turns her nose up coffee ice cream and candies. So obviously that part of Heather's diet was real easy to follow...
I can taste those dang coffee acids in tiny amounts. There are some thermoses we have that I refuse to drink out of because I can still taste the coffee in them even after two trips through the dishwasher!
--AC, obviously high-maintenance in this department....
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Ohhhh bite your tongue. Caffeine is my drug of choice (along w/ miralax and Nu-Lev). It doesn't seem to bother me although I drink it by the cup now and not the pot.
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Carol
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Thank goodness, now I can tell my husband I'm not nuts. As a life-long tea drinker, I can taste coffee in restaurant urns that have ever served coffee, always in hot water that runs through a Mr. Coffee, and sometimes even in hot water dispensed from a coffee machine above the brewing point (fumes, I guess). I prefer to think of it as senstive, rather than high-maintenance.
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Oh ho! That's right. I didn't even think of that. Yesterday
I started feeling pretty crappy with an upset stomach and
gas pain. I had made a variation of Heather's cinnamon zuc
bread by substituting cocoa for the cinnamon, and thought
maybe that was the culprit since it's like chocolate. I
also put in three tablespoons of it instead of one because
I had'nt had anything chocolatey in a long while. Now
I realize it was the darn alfalfa! Not only is it IF
, as you point out, additionally they tell you to take
it three times a day when your stomach is *empty*! I
realized today that I started feeling crappy right
after I had taken that stuff. In addition to being IF
and tasting horrible, it also makes your urine light green
due to the concentration of chlorophyll. This reference
*claims* it's necessary build intestinal flora for
proper digestion. My guess is it's way exaggerated,
if not even false as far as it's being necessary.
No more for me, that's for sure! Thanks very much
for pointing that out, you'ved saved me from getting
sick from it today. -Bob
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