Ginger Garrett

I’ve spent time over the holidays recharging my creative batteries and thinking about how I can use this blog to serve you, my readers. Any comments you may have, please email them to me!

I just turned in book two of the Chronicles of the Scribe series, and in this book I take you into the world of medieval healers. Surprisingly, many of the medieval healing secrets are quite effective even today. I’ll be posting some of these, but I wanted to share this one with you today:

If you suffer with digestive disorders or discomfort, try making a tea out of fennel seeds. You can crush them or add them whole using a metal tea strainer. I add mine into my usual green tea-pear flavor. Fennel has a sweet licorice smell.

Once used to freshen breath, it was also an official drug here in the US used to treat disgestive disorders. It acts as a gentle anti-spasmodic, which “quiets” down the digestive system and relieves bloat.

I’ll be working on trying some fennel teas available at the store, and writing a longer report for CALLED magazine.

Happy New Year!