Coexistence Blend
A Tummy Tea derived from the Seminole Nation

Accept, Integrate, and Harmonize Life's Offerings!

Ingredients:  Chamomile, Catnip, Fennel Seed, Peppermint, Dill, Papaya, Ginger Root, Slippery Elm Bark, Cloves

When to use:  Anytime, as a delightful and soothing beverage.  Before or after meals to assist the digestive process.  With stomach or intestinal irritations, upsets or cramps.  With gas, ulcers or excess acid. 

How much to use:  One cup anytime or 15 minutes before or after meals.

Preparation:  Steep 1 teaspoon per cup of hot water (preferably distilled, spring, or filtered water) for 20 minutes.  Strain herbs and sip (don't gulp) tea.

Notes from Lee Nelson White Deer about this blend:

• Chamomile is the sunshine herb.  The stomach and intestines are all dark tunnels so we need some light down in the intestinal area.
• Catnip  has a tendency to expand the digestive tract making things easier to pass.
• Fennel sweetens the material and syphons off the gas.
• Peppermint gives us penetrating qualities, gets rid of gases, and breaks up the material itself.
• Dill is a sweetener, it sweetens anything.
• Papaya gives us papain, a digestive enzymes that helps the stomach to digest.
• Ginger is not used as a stimulant or heat factor.  It's used here to soothe the stomach.
• Slippery elm is used for coating the stomach, for calming and soothing irritations, for coating ulcers and little tears.
• Cloves is added for taste.

• Coexistence & Vitality are two blends for assimilation and digestion.