How to make tea from cowslip - enhance your wilderness survival skills by learning to make teas from nature.
Making tea from cowslip, has been a tradition in many regions of the world for a long time because they contain a lot of vitamins, minerals and other ingredients that are good for your health.
Primula veris, the cowslip, common cowslip, or cowslip primrose is a variable evergreen or semi-evergreen perennial plant. Cowslip leaves have been traditionally used in cooking as a salad green and flowers to flavor country wine and vinegars. But the flowers can be used for tea as well as the plant has a very long history of medicinal use and has been particularly useful in treating conditions involving spasms, cramps, paralysis and rheumatic pains. Cowslip tea is also effective against colds.
Cowslip tea is made from a spoonful of dried (or a small handful of fresh) flowers over which a cup of boiling water is poured. It is then left to infuse for 10 minutes after which it is consumed. Still, it may be wise not to consume the tea too often for a longer period of time.
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