Limeflower tea to help with anxiety and stress
Yesterday, whilst on the phone with my mum, I said that I have been having daily migraines. She asked me if I have been stressed or anxious lately. I said “Not really” and she, in her motherly tone, just answer:
“In any case, go and do yourself a nice cup of limeflower tea.”
I haven’t heard, or anyone really, say this for a long time but when I heard these words I remembered how my grandma used to say this so often to anyone who would complain about being tired, stressed or anxious. She really believed it would help them calm down and relax a bit. So much so that she always stocked dried lime (linden) flowers at home to prepare a nice cup of tea whenever she, herself, felt worried about something.
From Portugal in the 1970s
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