Take a few sips of this snooze aid to sleep like a BABY
When you were younger, staying up all night meant sleeping all the next day.
Nowadays, you’re lucky to get your 40 winks ANYTIME your head hits the pillow!
You’re dead on your feet…
But if insomnia has got you in its clutches… you could spend all night STARING at the ceiling.
There are SO many potential culprits behind sleep troubles… it’s crucial to put your mind at ease AND figure out a way for your body to SIMMER DOWN.
Fortunately, there’s a natural way to kill those two birds with one stone.
It’s a folk cure that leverages the healing properties of a sacred tree – one with CENTURIES of traditional use backing it up.
Saw logs with this ‘tree trick’
The wood of the linden tree (Tilia cordata, a.k.a. the “winter linden”) was once considered SO sacred…. it was used in the construction of church and cathedral altars!
And folk medicine has used nearly ALL parts of linden… including the heart-shaped leaves of this so-called “Tree of Lovers”… for centuries.
Turns out, it not only SOOTHES digestion… but also CALMS your mood and EASES your spirit.
So, it’s no surprise that it can also help ENSURE restful sleep…
By RELAXING nearly every part of your mind and body!
From BANISHING anxiety and LOWERING blood pressure… to RELIEVING pain (including headaches)…
Linden’s sedative qualities make it practically an all-purpose, natural sleep aid.
Researchers have attributed its powers to its content of a flavonoid called tiliroside…
Which may, in part, work because it seems to mimic GABA — a sleep-promoting neurotransmitter.
Regardless of how EXACTLY it works, linden has been acknowledged as an OFFICIAL herbal medicine in Great Britain… Germany… Hungary… and other parts of Europe.
In this country, linden tea is Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) as a food product.
The FDA may not recognize its medicinal value… but you can still REAP its benefits…
Just by DRINKING it!
Linden leaves, flowers, and bark are ALL potential ingredients in linden tea (a.k.a. tilleul tea).
They might come from other species of linden trees, too – like Tilia americana L. var. mexicana or Tilia tomentosa.
You can find raw ingredients… like dried linden leaves and flowers… to make your own tea…
Or look for packaged teabags from a quality brand you trust.
Just keep in mind that linden might make you drowsy… so only drink it when you’re ready to settle in and settle down!
To turning in with a cup of tea,
Melissa Young
P.S. There’s an herb of antiquity that was used as a calming tonic as early as 5th-century France… as it can REVERSE both anxiety and insomnia.
