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• Supports the strength of the heart muscle

• Helps to maintain healthy blood pressure (addresses both high and low blood pressure)

• Calms the heart rhythm in tachycardia

• Supports a regular pulse

• Promotes good circulation

 

Directions
Suitable for adults and children. Enjoy 1-3 cups daily as a heart strengthening drink.
For full supportive benefit take 3 cups daily for 6-12 weeks.
Can be safely taken longer for maintenance of a healthy blood pressure and regular pulse.

Babies: 5ml (1 teaspoon) 3x daily
6-12 months: 10ml 3x daily
1-4 years: 20-40ml 3x daily
4-10 years: 50-100ml 3x daily

 

ARTEMIS Cardio Care Tea is rich in antioxidants needed for a healthy cardiovascular system. It is suitable for both adults and children. Like all ARTEMIS Therapeutic Herbal Teas it is certified organic and has no caffine, artificial flavours, colours or preservatives. Furthermore, it is a low allergy product and contains no lactose or gluten.

 

Ingredients
Organic and wildcrafted herbs of Motherwort, Hawthorn leaves and flowers, St John's Wort, Lemon Balm, Passionflower.
No caffine, artificial flavours, colours or preservatives. Lactose and gluten free.

Preparation
Take 1 level teaspoon (1g) per cup (175ml), place into infuser, plunger or china pot, pour over boiling water and leave to infuse for 5-10 minutes.

Advise
Use as directed. If you are on prescription medicines (re: St John's Wort) or if symptoms persist see your health professional. At the recommended dosage clinically relevant drug-herb interactions are not known. Clinical trials have shown that Hawthorn is safe to combine with conventional drugs.

Storage
Close can after use to avoid external contamination. Keep away from heat and moisture.

 

Content
30g net makes 30 cups of tea. Also available in 90g and 200g Value Bag for a therapeutic course.

Filled by weight. Volume varies between different teas. Content may settle after filling.

 

Herb Properties
Passionflower (Passiflora incarnata)
Passionflower is a classical herb used for cardiac insufficiency and has analgesic, anxiolyic, hypnotic, mild sedative and spasmolytic properties. Is one of the best herbs known for supporting an overworked nervous system by toning the sympathetic nerve centre, and improving circulation and nutrition to the nerves. It’s relaxing effects also calm and tone the heart. It has significant antispasmodic properties and helps with insomnia.

Hawthorne leaves and Flowers (Crataegus spp.)
Hawthorn has been traditionally used to prevent and treat heart problems, including hypertension with myocardial weakness, angina pectoris, tachycardia and circulatory disorders (atheriosclerosis, Buerger’s disease). It increases the force of myocardial contractions, increases coronary blood flow, reduces mycocardial oxygen demand and protects against mycocardial damage. Furthermore it is hypotensive, improves heart rate variability), is hypochoesterolaemic and acts as a peripheral vasodilator. It is high in antioxidant which is useful to improve positive health outcomes in heart disease.

St John’s Wort (Hypericum perforatum)
St. John’s Wort is one of Europe’s most sacred herbs and is a well known remedy both in traditional and modern medicine for the nervous system, relaxing tension and mild anxiety, uplifting the spirits and raising energy levels. It is effective in stabilising and nourishing the nervous system and lifting mild to moderate depression. Many heart problems are aggravated by nervous tension and St. John’s Wort is an ideal herb to de-stress.

Lemon Balm (Melissa officinalis)
Lemon Balm has analgesic, antioxidant, carminative, circulatory tonic, nervine and spasmolytic properties. Is an excellent herb for soothing the nerves, lifting the spirits and counter-acting mild depression. It is an effective herb when nervousness or depression affects the action of the heart, causing heart pain, palpitations or irregular beat. It has a relaxing effect on muscle spasms and its affinity to the digestive system and gentle toning effect on the liver and gallbladder help to soothe nausea, vomiting and poor appetite. Antique herbal books praise Lemon Balm in melancholy and bad dreams and St. Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) stated that the person who takes Lemon Balm will be rewarded with an ease to laugh.

Motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca)
Anti-arrhythmic, cardio tonic, hypotensive, spasmolytic, nerve tonic. In folkloristic description it is said to ‘cuddle a heart in need’. Furthermore it is also a great nerve soothing herb described as far back as Classical Greece. Its muscle-relaxing effect is helpful in general muscle tightness. Motherwort also eases menopausal symptoms that are caused by the rapid decline of endogenous oestrogen; namely anxiety, insomnia and heart palpitations.