From the kitchen
Recipes
Soups, teas and dishes in which herbs play the leading role, with ingredients, steps and points of attention. Each recipe links to the herbs it contains.
These are traditional dishes, not treatments. Also read the safety information for each herb, especially during pregnancy, when taking medication, or for children.
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Recipes for: Fever
Central America and the Caribbean · Herbal knowledge of the CaribbeanFever grass, lemongrass teaA decoction of lemongrass, in Jamaica the tea for colds and fever for two centuries.ColdsFeverHeadacheLemongrass3 cups · 15 minutes
North America · Haudenosaunee medicineCold catnip tea for headacheCatnip steeped cold and drunk, or laid on the forehead: how the Haudenosaunee used it for headache and fever.HeadacheFeverCatnip2 glasses · 10 minutes, plus 4–8 hours steeping
Oceania · Mānuka as taongaMānuka leaf for fever and coldsA decoction of mānuka leaves for fever, and its steam for a head cold.FeverColdsManuka and kanuka2 cups and 1 steam session · 20 minutes
South America · Kallawaya healing knowledgeElderflower tea from the AndesTea of the flowers of the Andean elder, to sweat out a fever and for coughs.FeverCough and lungsPeruvian elder1 cup · 15 minutes
Oceania · Lāʻau lapaʻau in HawaiʻiCool ti leaves for a feverLarge, smooth ti leaves dipped in cold water and laid on the body: a lāʻau lapaʻau remedy for fever.FeverKī (ti plant)1 time · 10 minutes