18 Sep, 2008
Lemon Grass Tea
Posted by teacherjulie @ 3:30 pm
Shelved under Health, Interesting tidbits, My Family, On the Road, Parenting, Snapshots

A cup of warm lemon grass tea can do wonders. Julian had a bad attack of asthma last weekend and had cough and wheezes last Friday night till Saturday night. Sunday morning he was a bit better so we went to Tagaytay to bring something to friends living there.

Tita C gave Julian a cup of warm fresh lemon grass tea with honey after we had our lunch. Julian drank it slowly. After lunch he and Tania explored the different nooks and crannies of their home. Even if the weather was a bit cold, Julian was sweating profusely.

But what surprised us was he did not need the nebulizer.

In fact the machine has been untouched till now since the last time he used it, on our way to Tagaytay around 11am last Sunday.

Tania is running a fever now and I have given her half a cup to drink because it has been proven to reduce fever/body temperature. And now we wait for the fever to subside.

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UPDATE:

Tania’s fever was gone last night.

To those who want to know to make the fresh lemon grass tea, click this post I have written. Thank you.

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18 Sep, 2008 @ 3:53 pm
Kittymama said:

I pray that Julian and Tani are both fine, Teacher Julie! Please give them our hugs!

18 Sep, 2008 @ 3:54 pm
Kittymama said:

Oops, Tania, I mean. Trigger finger again. Sorry.

18 Sep, 2008 @ 5:05 pm
Rach (Heart of Rachel) said:

I don’t think we’ve tried lemon grass tea before. It sounds like an effective way to keep asthma at bay. I’m glad that Julian felt better after that.

I hope Tania will get well soon.

18 Sep, 2008 @ 5:27 pm
lady cess said:

wow, i must learn that. how do you make fresh lemon grass tea?

19 Sep, 2008 @ 3:50 am
pearl said:

Naku! Kawawa naman mga kids. I hope they will feel better soon.
Natikman ko na rin ang lemon grass tea. Ito ang tea nila sa Sonia’s Garden. Ok naman but i prefer lemon tea. I never realized it’s good for astma though.

19 Sep, 2008 @ 11:31 am
Gina said:

hello! i came accross FMB’s blog earlier this month and been reading it and it’s members own websites. i’m interested in the lemon grass tea since my son also has symptoms of asthma. can you share how we can do that? lemon grass plants abound in our area.

thanks & your blog is inspiring & informative.

19 Sep, 2008 @ 3:42 pm
julie said:

Thanks, KittyMama, Julian hasn’t had a wheeze since Sunday. Tania’s fever has gone down before the night was over.

Thank you :)

19 Sep, 2008 @ 3:44 pm
julie said:

Rachel, Julian hadn’t had any asthma bouts since Sunday and Tania’s fever was gone before the night was over.

Thanks :)

19 Sep, 2008 @ 3:48 pm
julie said:

Its here Cess:

http://treasurejar.info/2008/09/19/fresh-lemon-grass-tea/

19 Sep, 2008 @ 3:51 pm
julie said:

Pearl, i am not sure nga if it was the tea or the honey. I read about this tea and all I read was it was for lowering the fever, for fighting cancer cells and other illnesses but i was not able to read about asthma.

Gumaling agad si Tania. I wrote about it here:
http://treasurejar.info/2008/09/19/fresh-lemon-grass-tea/

Yeah,new blog.

19 Sep, 2008 @ 3:55 pm
julie said:

Thanks for the visit Gina.

I am not really sure if it was the scent of the lemon grass tea or the honey but really, till now, Julian still hasn’t used the neb :)

Here are the easy steps to make the tea:
http://treasurejar.info/2008/09/19/fresh-lemon-grass-tea/

22 Sep, 2008 @ 8:45 am
Jo Ann said:

paano ginagawa ang lemon grass tea? my son kasi is also asthmatic.

23 Sep, 2008 @ 9:57 am
Gina said:

thanks Julie for information. God bless

23 Sep, 2008 @ 10:12 am
Gina said:

i mean for the information. Sorry…

24 Sep, 2008 @ 6:21 am
julie said:

Jo Ann, here is how:

http://treasurejar.info/2008/09/19/fresh-lemon-grass-tea/

24 Sep, 2008 @ 6:24 am
julie said:

No problem Gina. Please give me feedback when you have time.

29 Sep, 2008 @ 9:38 am
annamanila said:

I have heard so much of the wonders of tea — especially green tea. I think I should begin to drink it again. Lemon grass tea seems wonderful too. That’s not pandan, no? Lemon grass is tanglad? Will look at your other blog asap. One never knows when it would come in handy.

1 Oct, 2008 @ 10:50 am
julie said:

Yes,lemon grass is tanglad. This is good too with other food like when we had tahong with sabaw, instead of putting in Sprite, I used the tanglad.Some of those who cooked inasal and fish use this too and I have heard about tinola made with lemon grass. Interesting.

I think it is easy to grow. We have this in our mini-garden.

13 Jan, 2009 @ 7:05 am
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