Choose one of the nutritive herbs (nettle, oatstraw, red clover, linden flower, violet leaf, horsetail, passionflower, cleavers, chickweed, lemon balm, or mullein leaf).  You may add a little of one of the mints or others for flavour, but choose one of the primary nutritives.  Place one full ounce, by weight, into a quart jar.  Canning jars work splendidly for this.  Fill the jar to the top with boiling water.  Stir and add until the herbs are saturated and the jar is as full as you can make it.  Screw on a tight lid, and steep for four to twelve hours.  Strain the liquid, and refrigerate.  Drink at least one cup a day, up to four cups a day.  Rotate the nutritive chosen every few weeks.

You can also do similar with another set of herbs, sometimes called “longevity” herbs.  These also fall into the nutritive category, but the ways in which they improve the body directly effect the impact of aging on the body.  They are:  dandelion, nettle, burdock, and oats.  Oddly enough, some of our most pernicious weeds are also some of our most potent allies in herbal medicine and nutrition.