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College of Naturopathic Medicine - The Most POWERFUL IMMUNE Boosting Tea (Medical Herbalist Guide & Recipe)

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Author: College of Naturopathic Medicine
Categories: Health
Tags: health
Views: 2 · Last viewed: 2026-10-16 20:51 UTC

Short Summary

Main recommendation: Make and drink a homemade immune-boosting herbal tea blended from elderflower, elderberry, echinacea root, thyme, mallow, and yarrow, taken as about three cups a day for a week from a 100-gram batch. The speaker presents this blend as especially effective for seasonal immune challenges, with each herb contributing a different action. The video is a step-by-step guide to blending and brewing it.

Key Points

  • The blend uses 25 g elderflower, 25 g elderberry, 15 g echinacea root, 10 g thyme herb, 10 g mallow herb (leaf and flower), and 15 g yarrow, totaling 100 g.
  • Elderflower is chosen as the pleasant-tasting base; the speaker describes it as a cooling diaphoretic that promotes sweating, which can help clear a cold quickly.
  • The speaker says elderberry is full of vitamin C and, in his view, helps the body deal with viruses.
  • Echinacea root (Echinacea purpurea, the easiest variety to get and grow in the UK) is said by the speaker to help the immune system's pathways work together rather than just stimulating it.
  • Thyme is included for its aromatic volatile oils, which the speaker says help move mucus and congestion from the lower respiratory tract, while mallow, in his view, soothes the mucous membranes of the ear, nose, and throat, and yarrow, he says, adds sweating, astringent, and relaxing effects.

Details Worth Noting

  • Concrete instructions: Weigh out 25 g elderflower, 25 g elderberry, 15 g echinacea root, 10 g thyme, 10 g mallow, and 15 g yarrow, then blend them thoroughly so they are evenly mixed.
  • Concrete instructions: Put two nicely heaped dessert spoons of the blend into an infusing teapot with a mesh holder for herbs.
  • Concrete instructions: Add freshly boiled water for about two good mugs, press the herbs down gently so they are fully submerged, and steep for ten minutes.
  • Concrete instructions: Drink about three cups a day, which the speaker says is roughly enough for one person for a week from this 100 g batch. For brewing the pot shown, the speaker says it's enough for about two people to share in that infusion, though the 100 g batch overall is meant to last one person a week.
  • The speaker notes that harvesting elderflower happens in spring, so herbs are stored for later use and added in season.
  • The video frames the tea as useful during seasonal changes (spring, high summer, autumn into winter) when immunity may be challenged. No health outcomes or evidence beyond the speaker's own experience are presented.

Bottom Line

A ready-to-follow, measured herbal tea blend with a specified brewing method, presented by the speaker as a practical seasonal immune support based on the herbs' traditional actions and personal use.