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Fig leaves for tea - fig leaves have an excellent flavor for herbal tea! Notes of green tea, coconut and vanilla. Also reported to have blood glucose and cholesterol lowering effects! https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/figs-benefits To dry leaves for tea, wash the leaves and place on a cookie sheet in the oven on the lowest setting. You can stack the leaves a bit. Fig leaves have low moisture and dry quickly compared to other herbs. Once they easily crumble, simply crush all the leaves into small particles. Remove pieces of stem and leaf veins that dont' easily crumble. Store in an airtight container. Use about 1 tsp of dried leaves per 8oz boiling water, and let steep 10 minutes.
Rumex (bitter dock) - often reported as having positive effects for digestive issues. If you like bitter greens, this is great to just use in salads or slightly wilted in soups and stews. Also has very high nutritional value. More information (opens a pdf) https://www.phillyorchards.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Sorrel-Info-Sheet.pdf
Solidago (goldenrods) - You won't ever think of this as a weed again! The flowers of the goldenrod plant can be made into tea, and is reported to have very strong anti-inflammatory properties. Being strongly anti-inflammatory, it is also implicated to be useful for many other issues https://chestnutherbs.com/medicinal-uses-and-benefits-of-goldenrod/ It is enjoyable even without the health benefits, the flavor is unique almost like licorice but not quite.