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All about Headache Relief, Herbal Tea
What it’s like, and how to make it
CaffeineCaffeine free
What’s in itrooibos, spearmint, lemongrass, nettle, lavender, passionflowers, lemon verbena, rose petals, willow bark, plum petals, mallow petals
How to brew it
- 212°F / 100°C
- Steep 5–7 minutes COVERED
- Use 1–2 tsp per 8oz
- Covering traps the volatile oils that carry most of the flavour
Beyond the cup
The tension headache formula. Willow bark — the original aspirin — combines with spearmint, lavender, and passionflower to address headaches from multiple angles: the pain, the tension, and the stress underneath. Not a quick fix like a pill, but a whole-system approach. Traditionally used for tension headaches, stress headaches, and the kind of head pressure that comes from carrying everything on your shoulders. Steep 10–15 minutes covered for maximum willow bark extraction.
What’s in it
Every herb in the blend, and where to read about it on its own.
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Herb · Caffeine-free
Passionflower
Passiflora incarnata
The fast-acting calming herb. Unlike valerian (which needs 2–4 weeks to build), passionflower works from the first cup — it increases synaptic GABA concentration through reuptake inhibition and contributes its own endogenous GABA. Critically, passionflower tea was tested directly in an RCT and demonstrated significant...
Mild, slightly grassy, earthy, gentle — blends easily with other herbs
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Herb · Caffeine-free
Rose Petals
Rosa gallica
The honest assessment: rose petal tea's primary value is cultural, sensory, and ritualistic rather than pharmacological. Essential oil content in petals is vanishingly small (4,000 kg of flowers yields 1 kg of oil), so virtually all volatile terpenoids are lost in tea preparation. What the...
Delicate, floral, slightly sweet, fragrant, subtle
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Herb · Caffeine-free
Spearmint
Mentha spicata
Peppermint's gentler parent. Where peppermint delivers a sharp menthol punch, spearmint leads with carvone — a softer, sweeter, rounder mint. It is the everyday mint: easy, approachable, and the one to reach for if peppermint is too cold or too strong. It is also the...
Sweet, cool, mild mint, softer than peppermint, refreshing
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Herb · Caffeine-free
Lavender
Lavandula angustifolia
Lavender's linalool is an extraordinarily potent GABA modulator — at IC50 of ~37 nM in synaptosomes, it's comparable to pharmaceutical calcium channel blockers. Standardized lavender oil capsules demonstrated anxiolytic efficacy equivalent to paroxetine (an SSRI) and lorazepam (a benzodiazepine) in clinical trials. The catch for...
Floral, slightly sweet, herbaceous, perfumed, distinctive
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Herb · Caffeine-free
Nettle
Urtica dioica
The nutritive powerhouse that stings you on the way in and nourishes you once it's in the cup. Nettle leaf is one of the most mineral-dense herbal teas available — rich in iron, calcium, magnesium, and silica. Its quercetin content provides mast-cell stabilizing activity (the...
Earthy, green, slightly grassy, mineral-rich — similar to a mild green tea
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Herb · Caffeine-free
Lemon Verbena
Aloysia citriodora
The most intensely lemon-scented herb that exists — its citral content runs higher even than lemongrass. A South American plant brought to Europe by Spanish explorers, where it became a beloved garden herb and an evening tisane. Recent research is interesting: a 2019 trial reported...
Intensely lemony, clean, bright, sweet-citrus, refreshing
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Herb · Caffeine-free
Willow Bark
Salix alba
Nature's original aspirin — willow bark contains salicin, which the body converts to salicylic acid (the precursor of aspirin/acetylsalicylic acid). Bayer synthesized aspirin from salicylic acid in 1897, but humans had been using willow bark for pain relief for at least 3,500 years before that....
Bitter, astringent, woody — distinctly medicinal
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Herb · Caffeine-free
Lemongrass
Cymbopogon citratus
A tropical grass with bright citrus flavor that hides genuine pharmacological activity. Citral — lemongrass's primary compound — relaxes smooth muscle through calcium channel antagonism, addressing the spastic component of digestive discomfort. The surprise: the tea's real bioactives are water-soluble polyphenols (caffeic acid at 20.81...
Bright, lemony, clean, slightly grassy, refreshing
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Tea · Caffeine-free
Rooibos
Aspalathus linearis
Not tea. Rooibos is a needle-leaved shrub of the pea family that grows in one mountain range in the Western Cape and nowhere else, and since 2021 the name has been legally reserved for it. It is the base of thirty-three products here for one...
Honey, dried fruit and vanilla with a little wood; smooth, naturally sweet, never bitter. Green rooibos is malty and slightly grassy
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Flower · Caffeine-free
Blue Mallow
Malva sylvestris
Reddish-purple petals with dark stripes that do something no other ingredient in this shop does: brewed on their own they give a blue-violet cup, and the colour shifts when you add something acid. That is not a trick — the flowers' pigment is pH-sensitive enough...
Very mild and faintly sweet, with a soft, slightly slippery body from the plant's mucilage
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Fruit · Caffeine-free
Plum
Prunus spp.
Deep, winey and dark, with a tartness in the skin that a peach does not have. Three products carry it, as pieces or petals. Plums are likely to have been one of the first fruits domesticated by humans, which puts them alongside the fig and...
Deep and winey with a tart skin; dried, it turns caramel and raisin-like
Good for
When you're achy
- Feverfew, traditionally used in herbal medicine to help relieve headache
- Peppermint and lavender, traditionally used to help relieve tension and nervousness
- Cool, green and naturally caffeine-free
- The cup for a tight head at the end of the day
These teas are foods, sold as such. Nothing on this page is intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
What it goes with
Boost the anti-inflammatory side. Our Turmeric Ground adds curcumin's powerful inflammation pathway — and a pinch of our Black Pepper Ground makes it absorb dramatically better. Our Ginger Ground stacks a third anti-inflammatory mechanism on top.
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Pepper, Black
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Lavender Flower - Organic
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Fennel Seed
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Reviews
What the time-travelers say
206 of the shop’s 213 reviews are five stars — left by people who actually bought the tea
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Great products and great service
I had a slight mix up on my order, they were quick to reply and correct my order with no issues. Amazing service and great…
I had a slight mix up on my order, they were quick to reply and correct my order with no issues. Amazing service and great products.
— Nick C. Verified
Great tea
A lovely, delicate tea. The peach is strong without being overwhelming or cloying, and the calendula is a nice addition. Very…
A lovely, delicate tea. The peach is strong without being overwhelming or cloying, and the calendula is a nice addition. Very tasty!
— Zoe R. Verified
Maple Peach
The maple peach is delicious. What a beautiful combination. I will most definitely order it again, and a higher quantity of it.
— Gerda S. Verified
Always handy
I use dillweed often. This dill is fresh and has a nice aroma. I use it in marinades, salad dressings, and on fish. Good stuff.
— Jennifer D. Verified
Great stuff
This has helped my household a lot with circulation and alertness when we had it everyday. Will be ordering again soon. Thanks
— Dave G. Verified
Love this tea. Hands down my fav rooibos. This store is our one-stop-shop for tea and spice. Great service, top notch product.…
Love this tea. Hands down my fav rooibos. This store is our one-stop-shop for tea and spice. Great service, top notch product. 10/10!!
— Erin Poeta P. Verified
Delicious
I love this black tea, it has a really nice smooth flavour and love how it’s Swiss water method decaf. Will be buying again!
— Jessica A. Verified
Great flavorful tea
Toffee Ole is one of our favorite teas to share with friends in the evening, when we want something non-caffeinated but quite…
Toffee Ole is one of our favorite teas to share with friends in the evening, when we want something non-caffeinated but quite flavorful.
— Joel R. Verified
Another full bodied ‘real tea’ . ie It is not a flavoured tea. However, we do very much enjoy the Cafe Latte tea which is a…
Another full bodied ‘real tea’ . ie It is not a flavoured tea. However, we do very much enjoy the Cafe Latte tea which is a flavoured tea!!!
— Ted H. Verified
teas
love , love, love and they shipping is very fast. the headache tea works great, the throat coat tea works great as well
— Miranda A. Verified
4 stars
It worked beautifully; perhaps if I add a little more honey, it would make it better… It is a wellness tea, after all!
— Merrilee B. Verified
Bancha with a splash of lemon
A wonderful Green Tea. Smooth in taste. Also suitable as a summer tea with a splash of lemon. A second infusion makes an…
A wonderful Green Tea. Smooth in taste. Also suitable as a summer tea with a splash of lemon. A second infusion makes an enjoyable second cup!
— Monika F. Verified
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