herbal teas?

Hi everyone! I've been craving tea lately, what with it getting cooler & all. I know some of you drink green tea regularly, & I like it enough to have a cup now & then. I've been trying to find a tea for IBD, but can't find one ready made. I looked at Traditional Medicinals website but they don't have any teas for that. I've also heard that chamomile tea is good for inflammatory conditions. Does anyone have any recommendations for a good (tasting!) herbal tea? Or a green tea/chamomile mix? Thanks!

I swear by chamomile tea plain, decaffinated I have it first thing every morning with honey, it's great for menstral cramps, it's a natural anti-inflammatory and if you have troubles sleeping at night then drink some before bed to help you sleep.

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Peppermint tea gives me heartburn and an upset gut.

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Shows how we are all different!  Many say that bananas are good for digestion, etc, and ALWAYS make me upset and have heartburn. We just have to try some different things, I guess.

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chamomile is superb for easing stomach cramps.

Now if I could find a chamomile/peppermint blend, I'd be in tea heaven! Thanks for the replies everyone! I used to be a big fan of Celestial Seasonings SleepyTime tea, which I think does have both the mint & the chamomile, along with a bunch of other herbs. The kombucha tea makes me leery- anything that is "good" for the immune system sort of weirds me out. My thinking is, my immune system is already overactive & wacked out as it is, why take something into my body that supposedly strengthens the immune system? I know none of those claims have been proven though. I can't wait to hit the Stop & Shop tea aisle this week.

Kombucha is good for your immune system just as probiotics are, which I see you take. Kombucha is a fermented tea that contains many different cultures along with several organic acids, active enzymes, amino acids and polyphenols.

Green tea makes my tongue feel weird sometimes....almost like it's a little swollen or something. I still drink it though. The same thing happens when I eat baked potatoes.

No I haven't Red, I'm not much for Iced Tea...although on occassion back in the past I used to indulge in a long island ice tea LOL!

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Yes, ginger is known for doing that...when I was a kid and used to get a stomach bug drinking ginger ale always helped, of course I don't do that anymore because of the sugar and carbonation.

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Eating fresh ginger is a great option as well.

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I love ginger ale, & it does soothe your stomach if you can get by the carbonation. I personally can't- I recently bought some carbonated water, forgetting that the bubbles are the devil in my gut. God, the worst gas! And gas pains, not actual passing of gas! It sucked. The water is still in my fridge.... Whenever I go for sushi, I devour the pickled ginger. I also eat the ginger flavored altoids, & they seem to be somewhat soothing. That crystallized ginger in the tea idea sounds really, really good. Anytime I make an asian dish with tons of ginger, I have no problems digesting it, which is good because the dish usually contains a fair amount of veggies. I bet they have a ginger tea out there somewhere.

I think I've heard that the carbonation is bad for the bones too.

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