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However, this tea still has chamomile, lemongrass, as well as other potentially harmful herbs and therefore should be avoided. Sleepytime Honey: Despite much concern from pregnant women, honey is recognized as safe during pregnancy.Sleepytime Echinacea Immune Boost: This blend contains peppermint, which is safe in normal amounts during pregnancy (Source: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine).Sleepytime Detox: Detox products can potentially cause a laxative effect, which is not recommended during pregnancy.Sleepytime Decaf Lemon Jasmine: This product contains lemongrass and chamomile and should be avoided in pregnancy.Instead, choose a safe herbal tea as a caffeine-free nighttime beverage. Therefore, primarily due to the chamomile and lemongrass, it is best to avoid consuming Celestial Seasonings’ Sleepytime Tea during pregnancy. Rosebuds: Rosebuds and pregnancy have not been extensively studied, and therefore, should also be avoided during pregnancy.Hawthorn: Little is known about the safety of hawthorn consumption during pregnancy, and it should be avoided.Blackberry Leaves: Blackberry leaves have been classified as “Use with Caution” during pregnancy due to their potential blood-sugar-lowering effects (source: Medeniyet Medical Journal).Tilia Flowers: There is insufficient evidence to support safety therefore, consuming tea made from tilia flowers (commonly Linden tea) should be avoided.Therefore, avoid consuming lemongrass during pregnancy. However, human evidence is lacking (source: Journal of Ethnopharmacology). Lemongrass: Lemongrass has been studied in pregnant rats.Spearmint: Spearmint is safe in average amounts during pregnancy (source: National Library of Medicine).It is categorized as having insufficient information available and therefore should be avoided (source: American Pregnancy Association). However, some studies suggest that it can possibly cause menstruation and abortion (source: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology). Chamomile: Chamomile has not been heavily studied in pregnancy.If it soothes the throat noticeably next time mine is sore, I'll report back. I'm chugging this because it's pretty good (rather unusual for a "wellness tea"), regardless of any medicinal properties. I shouldn't presume what this blend will or won't due for an irritated throat, since my throat has been fine every time I've had a cup so far. By contrast, the CS blenders paid good attention to tongue-friendliness here! Many "wellness" herbals taste like a randomized assortment of plant matter, shredded, dried, and blasted through a salad shooter into the packaging machines, with too little regard to drinkability. This tea also takes sweetener very well indeed, sweetening smooths out most (not all) of the grassy, yard-clippings element that the dry-bag aroma exudes. It has an identity unto itself, which is uncommon in many herbal blends that are designed to taste like something else. The entire pile seems to balance out the spearmint better than in Sleepytime, and renders a whole that tastes much unlike most of its individual parts, in a positive way. It also has the deep, secret, mystery ingredient you'll often see in food products, commonly known as "other natural flavors". The common components between the two blends are chamomile, spearmint and lemongrass, but this formulation also includes licorice, ginger, tilia flowers, and some part of a native American elm tree called slippery elm. That's probably because it has more stuff that is flavorful and aromatic on the ingredients list. Strangely, I found this much more aromatic, flavorful and overall pleasant to drink than the seemingly similar "just" Sleepytime. Link to This Review 79 Aroma: 6/10 Flavor: 5/5 Value: 4/5
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