How to Bring Menses With Herbal Tea

Menstrual periods can be delayed due to stress, diet, exercise, and disruption of routine. There are several emmenagogue herbs that are used to stimulate menstruation by relieving congestion of the blood and activating the reproductive system. It is helpful to know why menses is delayed when choosing an herbal tea. For example, mugwort is more helpful if menstruation is blocked by nervous tension as it relives pain and opens the circulatory and nervous system. Alternatively, you can purchase an herbal blend that includes several emmenagogue herbs or start with a popular herbal tea remedy such as parsley.

Things You'll Need

• Water
• Herbal tea
• Cooking pot
• Teapot
• Tea ball

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Instructions

• 1

  Boil a pot of water on a heat source.

• 2

  Add the herbal tea bag and remove from heat. Let the tea steep for 5 minutes. If using fresh parsley leaves, add ¼ cup and allow them to boil for 5 minutes. Strain out the leaves and dispose of them.

• 3

  Place Ioose leaf herbal blends into a tea ball. Put the tea ball in a cup or tea pot and fill it with boiling water, about 8 ounces for a cup. Cover the cup or teapot and let steep for 5 minutes.

• 4

  Drink 3 or 4 cups of parsley tea to stimulate menstrual flow or as directed if using an herbal blend.