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Part of my fondest recollections as a child growing up on the Navajo Reservation is drinking Navajo Tea. My Grandmother Yanabah would always have a pot of it on her wood burning cook stove, especially in the colder months. During the summer, I would accompany her to a relatives house, situated in the Chuska Mountains, not too far from Wheatfields Lake. Close to the house was a field that usually had an abundance of the Navajo Tea plants growing there. We harvested the plants by cutting the stems a few inches above the ground and placing them on a blanket to be carried back to the house. After harvesting, we made traditional tea bundles and took them home to be hung up and dried. At the end of the day, even though we were very tired, Grandmother always appreciated the bounty of Mother Earth.
Navajo Tea is made from the plant Thelesperma Megapotamicum, a member of the sunflower family and more commonly known as Greenthread. It is found growing from Arizona to Montana and has been used by various Native American tribes for many years. T. Megapotamicum contains the flavonoid, Luteolin, a naturally occurring anti-inflammatory. Navajos would drink the tea to calm an upset stomach, or just as a relaxing beverage.
My family and I have been growing and gathering Navajo Tea so that we can have it professionally processed, packaged, and ready to ship to our new friends.
May you come to enjoy the goodness of Yanabah?s Traditional Navajo Tea.
Yellow Bird
(Navajo)
www.yanabahtea.com
