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Mountain Tea

On Crete, the common name for Mountain Tea is "malotira" . The most common English name other than Mountain Tea is "Shepherd's Tea," because Greek shepherds would use the plants to make a brewed tea while tending their flocks high in the hills. Today we know that mountain tea is called also sideritis because it contains iron (FE) and also that its therapeutic use in ancient Greece was based on the principle of homeopathy (treating “like with like”). Due to its iron contents Hippocrates recommen