"What kind of herbal tea would be healthy to drink after lunch?"

If you want something hot and soothing, there's camomile, mint, etc.  There's also fruit flavored teas that are herbal also, like rasberry, pear, etc.  I find the best teas here in the states by going to a health food stores where they generally have large assortments.

Yogi Ginseng is a great tea for lunch time.  I tend to get lethargic in the afternoons and this really helped.

Discovering for myself, ginger tea has been comforting and at the same time brightens me.  It comforts your stomach.  It has a certain 'zip' to your tongue and mouth that is delightful. 

Ginger tea comes as plain ginger and also there are several inhancers such as lemon, peach, and the list is only limited by where you shop.

 

Now my friend told me it can be made simply enough with a bit of fresh ginger and anything else you might want to add...just let it steep a little I guess as with any tea.

 

My current favorite is a tea packaged by STASH.  It is a lemon/ginger...but it has other enhancers in it too.

 

If I make a pot, and don't finish it until tomorrow..it is especially good then!!

I do cheat I guess, I usually sweeten.)

My time is up.  Always love to pass along something I'm truly enjoying.

 

May you enjoy,

cuzmare

I mostly drink Green tea, but since you don't want to hear about that... Here are some good teas for digestion.

Chamomile - Chamomile has a reputation for soothing the digestion. This is through its action as a muscle relaxant - it lessens tension in the gastro-intestinal tract. So, Chamomile tea is a good one to use after a meal. It is safe for children - certainly as young as 2 years (give an amount relative to body weight as compared to an adult).

Peppermint - Peppermint can be a stronger muscle relaxant than Chamomile, so again it is useful to drink after a meal. It is also 'anti-emetic', which means that if you have nausea for any reason, it tends to calm this. If you find the taste too strong, then make it very, very weak - and you may then find it pleasant.

Meadowsweet - Meadowsweet does not have much taste, but it is great for helping the stomach to digest food. Drink it half an hour before or after a meal. It has the reputation of balancing stomach acid. The feeling we interpret as 'too much acid' may, in fact, be caused by 'not enough acid - at the right time'. So Meadowsweet is a good tea to help here, as it is 'amphoteric' - it increases where there is too little, and decreases where there is too much. If you find it bland - add a little Peppermint or Chamomile.

Licorice - Licorice is soothing and healing for the lining of the stomach and intestines. It is a good tea if you have a tendency to get ulcers in these places; it is not a complete treatment, though - see a natural healthcare practitioner for this. (The cause is usually related to stress. I know antibiotics are being used for treatment recently - but, in my view, these do not get to the underlying cause.)

Slippery Elm - Another great soothing herb for the gut (gastro-intestinal tract). If you have wounds (ulcers), spasm or inflammation anywhere in the gut, drink lots of Slippery Elm Tea (actually - it's more of a 'gruel' - like thin porridge). Slippery Elm is very benign - that is, very safe. You can even make your 'porridge' thick - and use it externally to help healing. Slippery Elm has a reputation for being nourishing and easy to digest - hence its use to assist recovery from a long illness, and for the elderly.

Aniseed, Caraway, Fennel - These teas are similar in that they are 'carminative' - they settle ('calm') the stomach after a meal. So, simmer a teaspoon of any of these, or a mixture, in a cup or two of water for a couple of minutes - and sip away! In the East, the raw seeds are often given in restaurants where - in the UK anyway - we get 'mint imperials'. The seeds are healthier!

Ginger - Ginger Tea is usually made by simmering a few slices of fresh ginger for a couple of minutes in water. Ginger, again, relaxes spasms, with the added property that it has an affinity for the abdominal area. So use it if you want to influence the abdomen.

I drink Wu-long tea..it’s supposed to be really healthy for you.

 

Here’s some info on it:

There are three main types of tea made from the tea bush. These are black teas, which are fully oxidised before drying; green teas, which are unoxidised; and Oolongs, which are somewhere in the middle and combine the best qualities of both.

A good Oolong is both refreshing and delicious; the Oolong spectrum has a range of aromas and tastes quite distinct from anything you get with green or black tea - from the delicate, nearly-green Pouchong through rich and subtle mid-range Oolongs like Ti Kuan Yin and on to teas which border on black.

The average cup of Oolong has around half as much caffeine as a cup of black tea, and about half again as much as a cup of green tea.

Although they combine features of black and green teas, their flavour has little in common with either. Unless over-brewed, most Oolongs show almost no trace of bitterness, and generally have a stronger aroma than almost any green or black tea. 

Like other tea, Oolong is rich in antioxidants called polyphenols. These help prevent cancer, keep the heart healthy and aid general well-being.

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 i found the cheapest place to get it was Ebay, and even then it was sent straight  from China.  I believe though you can find it in any Chinatown parts of cities....

Hope this little info helps!