A spring tea built from four powders. About a teaspoon of Moringa. A teaspoon of Punarnava. A quarter teaspoon of cardamom powder. A quarter teaspoon of ginger powder. Hot water poured on top, mixed so the water reaches every herb. As Vaidya Jay says, it is better to drink the powders as well. A little bit of powder has fiber and the goodness of the herbs. So instead of straining everything, have some powder with it. Part of the tea is drinking the tea, but also smelling the aroma. The earth element and the water element get stimulated by this. The herbs are aromatic, intriguing, and like matcha they are slightly astringent, slightly bitter. A tea that moves your fluids and gives you 100 healthy springs.

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Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon Moringa powder
• 1 teaspoon Punarnava powder
• ¼ teaspoon Cardamom powder
• ¼ teaspoon Ginger powder
• Hot water · enough to fill the kettle

Method. Add the powders to the kettle. Pour hot water over. Shake and mix so the water reaches every herb. Smell the aroma. Drink with the powders. Do not strain.

"Moringa is a superfood. Moringa can help us to open up the head and neck channels. It supports the brain function, eye function. And it is also a great heart tonic, reduces inflammation. Number of actions from our Moringa, the star herb in this tea."

Clinical Notes

Classified as a srotoshodhaka (channel-cleansing) herb with action on the urdhva srotas, the upper channels of the head and neck. Rasa: katu (pungent), tikta (bitter). Virya: ushna (warming). Used in formulas for sinus, eye, and circulatory clearance.

"Punarnava, less heat, but also equally good to mobilize the fluids. Because when it comes to spring, we want to get rid of the fluids as quickly as possible, either urinate or sweat."

Clinical Notes

The classical Ayurvedic mutrala (diuretic) and shothahara (anti-inflammatory). Rasa: tikta (bitter), kashaya (astringent). Specific affinity for the udaka and mutra vaha srotas, the water and urine channels. Carries the rare property of nourishing the kidneys while moving fluid out of the tissues.

"The ginger and the cardamom, these two are helpful for diaphoreses, means getting the sweat out, and then for diuretic, for having the urine to move."

Clinical Notes

Tridoshic with a sweet-pungent rasa (madhura-katu). Warming, aromatic, and a classical opener of the urdhva srotas, similar in head-and-chest action to Moringa. The volatile oil 1,8-cineole carries its respiratory and diaphoretic action.

"The ginger that I added... helpful for diaphoreses, means getting the sweat out, and then for diuretic, for having the urine to move."

Clinical Notes

Called Vishwabhesaja in classical Ayurveda, the universal medicine. Rasa: katu (pungent). Virya: ushna (warming). Ignites agni, opens srotas, supports both diaphoresis and the metabolism of fluids. The dried form is what goes in this tea, milder and more sustained than fresh.

Why drink the powders, not strain?

"It is better to drink the powders as well. A little bit of powder has fiber and the goodness of the herbs. So instead of straining everything, have some powder with it."

Why does the aroma matter?

"Any tea, when you are pouring in, you need to have the aroma come in. Part of the tea is drinking the tea, but also smelling the aroma. The two elements, the earth element and the water element, get stimulated by this."

When is this tea for?

"When it comes to spring, we want to get rid of the fluids as quickly as possible, either urinate or sweat. So Moringa and the Punarnava are doing this. The cardamom and ginger are for diaphoresis and diuretic action. So this tea is a great tea to have."

What is this tea, in one line?

"A tea that moves your fluids and gives you 100 healthy springs. Herbs for metabolizing and moving. Metabolism, digestion."