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Herbal Digestive Support

Natural, plant-based herbal remedies designed to support digestive comfort and inner balance. Formulated by qualified medical herbalists for purposeful, everyday support.

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Zen Maitri Digestion herbal tea in a matte black cylindrical tin with a matching lid, set against a clean white background with a subtle reflection.

Digestion Tea

£14.99

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Loose Leaf Tea - 80g - £14.99

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Loose Leaf Tea - 95g - £14.99

A bottle of Zen Maitri Peppermint Mouthwash Oil, 200ml, with a label indicating it is for enhanced oral health.

Peppermint Mouthwash Oil – Ayurvedic Oil Pulling for Fresh Breath & Everyday Oral Care

£16.99

360° Detox Mix

£24.99

Indigestion & Heartburn Essentials

£42.50

360° Detox Essentials

£54.00

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Which Herbs Are Traditionally Used After a Meal?

Herbalists sort digestive plants into three working groups, and almost every traditional formula draws on all three. Carminatives are the aromatic seeds and spices, taken after eating. Demulcents are the mucilaginous plants, used where the lining needs coating rather than stimulating. Bitters are taken before a meal, and the bitterness is the active part.

Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) is the carminative everyone has met without knowing it — the seeds handed out after a meal across India as saunf, and the same reason fennel appears in so many spice mixes. Roman soldiers chewed it on the march. It is in Digestion Tea.

Cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum) is used the same way across Ayurvedic and Middle Eastern practice, chewed or brewed after eating, and traditionally added to coffee for that purpose. It is the third most expensive spice in the world after saffron and vanilla, because the pods ripen unevenly and must be hand-picked over several passes.

Marshmallow root (Althaea officinalis) is the classic demulcent. Its root is rich in mucilage, which becomes slippery in water, and herbalists have used it for centuries where the approach called for coating and settling rather than stimulating. The confection was originally made from it. It is the base of Acid Calm.

Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria) is unusual in being both aromatic and gently astringent, which is why European herbalists have long used it where warmth and acidity occur together. Salicin was first isolated from it, and the word aspirin derives from Spiraea, its old botanical name.

Chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla) is the European household remedy after a heavy meal, and one of the oldest recorded medicinal plants on the continent. It sits in both the demulcent and the calming groups, which is why it appears so often in digestive formulas.

Dandelion root (Taraxacum officinale) is the bitter of the collection, roasted and brewed across Europe for generations. Bitters are traditionally taken before eating rather than after, and root and leaf are used quite differently — the French name pissenlit describes the leaf's use with some directness.

Before the Meal or After? How Herbalists Choose

Timing matters more here than in most of our collections. Aromatic blends are taken after eating, which is the pattern across nearly every culture that uses them. Bitter blends are taken before, because the bitterness is doing the work. Demulcents can be taken either side, or between meals.

After a meal. Digestion Tea is cardamom, chamomile, meadowsweet, cinnamon, dandelion root and fennel — warm, lightly spiced, and made to be drunk at the end of a meal rather than at the start of a day. Digestion Tincture covers the same ground as drops in water, for the evenings when nobody is putting a kettle on.

Where something gentler is wanted. Acid Calm keeps to three European hedgerow plants: marshmallow root, chamomile flower and meadowsweet. It is the simplest formula we make, and the one that follows the demulcent tradition most closely — coating and settling rather than stimulating. Two capsules, no taste, which suits people who would rather not drink anything at all.

Before a meal, and properly bitter. Detox Tea is dandelion root, barberry, burdock, sarsaparilla and nettle leaf. It is not a pleasant drink and it is not meant to be — bitters have been taken across European, Chinese and Ayurvedic practice precisely for that quality, and the taste is the point rather than a flaw to be masked. The 360° Detox Mix brings the same botanicals to a powder you can stir into a drink if the tea is a step too far.

Many of the same plants appear across our teas, tinctures and capsules.

Meadowsweet is a natural source of salicylates and is not suitable if you are sensitive to aspirin. Barberry is not suitable in pregnancy. Read the cautions on each product page. Any persistent or changed digestive symptom — a change in bowel habit lasting more than a few weeks, unexplained weight loss, blood, or difficulty swallowing — should be seen by your GP rather than managed at home.

Where to start. Digestion Tea and Acid Calm both sit in our bestsellers. For a steer, book a consultation with one of our Medical Herbalists.

FAQs

Marshmallow root is the root of Althaea officinalis, a plant of salt marshes and damp ground across southern England and Europe. It's rich in mucilage, a gel-like substance that becomes slippery in water. The sweet was originally made from it — the modern confection kept the name and dropped the plant.

From Spiraea, the old botanical name for meadowsweet. Salicin was first isolated from the plant in the nineteenth century, and Bayer built the trade name aspirin around the genus. Meadowsweet is now classified as Filipendula ulmaria, but the drug name kept the older reference.

Bitters are plants with a pronounced bitter taste — dandelion root, gentian, barberry and burdock among them. Bitter tonics before or after meals appear across European, Chinese and Ayurvedic traditions. The bitterness is the point, which is why they're taken as a tea or drops rather than in a capsule that bypasses the tongue.

Fennel the vegetable is the swollen bulb of Foeniculum vulgare var. azoricum, eaten as a food. Fennel seed comes from the same species and is the aromatic seed used in herbal preparations and spice mixes. They taste related but aren't interchangeable — the seed is far more concentrated.

Salicylates are plant compounds chemically related to aspirin. Meadowsweet and willow bark are the best-known natural sources. Anyone sensitive to aspirin should avoid them. If you're unsure, ask your GP or pharmacist rather than relying on a product page.

After a meal is the traditional pattern for aromatic digestive herbs, which is how fennel and cardamom are used across India and the Mediterranean. Bitter blends are sometimes taken before eating instead. Each product page states what suits it.

Any persistent change is worth raising — a change in bowel habit lasting more than a few weeks, unexplained weight loss, blood, difficulty swallowing, or pain that keeps recurring. Herbal preparations sit alongside medical care rather than in place of it.