Blood Sugar-Lowering Tea

Cinnamon and fruit flavors infuse this healthful, balancing brew.

From: Amanda McQuade Crawford

Show: What a Relief!

Ingredients

2 ounces devil’s club bark (available in natural products stores and online)

1/4 to 1/2 ounce of cinnamon bark or chips

8 cups water

1/2 ounce gotu kola (available in natural products stores and online)

1/2 ounce bilberry leaf (available in natural products stores and online)

1/2 ounce bilberry fruit (available in natural products stores and online)

1/2 ounce citrus fruit (orange, lime, etc.)

2 fresh stevia leaves (available in natural products stores and online)

Preparation

Level: Easy

Servings: 2 s

Cook Time: 20 min

Ready In: 25 hr

Combine devil’s club and cinnamon, add water and simmer for 20 minutes. Steep overnight.

Add gotu kola, bilberries, bilberry leaves, citrus and stevia, swish around. Steep 20 minutes.

Dosage: 1 cup, 3 times daily, at least two hours apart from other blood-sugar drugs. Continue for 10 days. Repeat for another 10 days before visiting your doctor. After that, take a maintenance dose of 1 ounce of mixture to 1 pint of water daily, indefinitely.

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