Nettle
I am obsessed with nettle tea at the moment - In TCM, eating in season is massively promoted, and Nettle is very in season right now! Benefits include:
I suffer from terrible hay fever and Nettle is an amazing anti-histamine and helps me manage my symptoms.
It’s another anti-inflammatory, especially helpful for digestive inflammation and pain, for example with IBD (Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s)
It helps blood sugar regulation.
It even helps promote head hair growth.
It’s good for the liver (in both Western and TCM terms). In TCM spring is liver time, so all the more important to support your liver right now! A milk thistle, dandelion and nettle tea combo is a great one for the liver (but be careful as dandelion can cause diarrhoea in some).
Nettle is considered to be cooling energetically, so be cautious if you are a generally cold person not to overdo it.