Last Updated on June 1, 2025 by Nico
These simple herbal bath tea recipes can help with relaxation and are nourishing to your skin. Ready in under 10 minutes, these make great handmade gifts for friends, family, and yourself.
Herbal tea baths are a slow way to wind down at the end of the day. Healing herbs like peppermint and nettle are combined with epsom salt to nourish your skin and relax your muscles. For more relaxation, you can also try making eucalyptus linen spray or lavender pillow spray.
FAQ
Tea baths are like brewing a giant mug of tea. But the nourishment from the herbs or flowers in your tea bag are absorbed through your skin rather than through a hot beverage.
Tea baths are simple to make. You fill a small muslin bag with a variety of herbs, flowers, and epsom salt, and then steep the bag in the bath. You can allow them to steep freely in the bath or hang them under the facet as you fill the bath.
The benefits depend on which herbs and flowers are in your tea blend. Beyond smelling wonderful and providing relaxation, tea baths can help with your skin looking refreshed and to heal. This is due to the antioxidant nutrients in many herbs.
Other benefits can include:
– Stress relief
– Providing relief to inflamed skin
– Reducing the appearance of scars
– Relaxing tight muscles
It’s up to you. I like to leave mine under the tap as I fill the bath and then leave them to steep about 5 more minutes.
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Tools
Small cotton muslin drawstring bags
Bowl
Wooden Spoon
Herbal Tea Bath Recipes To Try
1. Unwind From the Day
The relaxing effects of lavender and chamomile are combined with the deep cleansing power of epsom salt and pink Himalayan sea salt to create a bath tea blend that’s perfect for nighttime.
Epsom Salt
Dried Lavender
Dried Chamomile Flowers
Pink Himalayan Salt
2. Refresh The Mind
Cognition-boosting herbs rosemary and peppermint are combined with epsom salt and pink Himalayan sea salt to create a cleansing and refreshing tea bath blend.
Rosemary
Epsom Salt
Peppermint
Pink Himalayan Salt
3. Nourishment
Nettle and oat straw provide robust nourishment to your skin and can help to reduce redness and irritation. Combined with the cleansing power of epsom salt and pink Himalayan sea salt, this is a wonderful calming and detoxifying blend.
Epsom Salt
Pink Himalayan Salt
Nettle
Oat Straw
For complete measurements, see the printable recipe card below.
Instructions
For each bath tea, combine the ingredients in a bowl. Use a wooden spoon to combine everything together.
Then fill a small muslin bag with the tea blend and pull the bag closed.
You can either allow the steep in the bath water or hang it on the tap while you fill your bath.
Each tea bath mixture will fill approximately one muslin bag.
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3 Simple Herbal Bath Tea Recipes
Equipment
- Bowl
- Wooden Spoon
Materials
- 3 x Small cotton muslin drawstring bags
- Epsom Salt
- Dried Lavender
- Dried Chamomile Flowers
- Pink Himalayan Salt
- Rosemary
- Peppermint
- Nettle
- Oat Straw
Instructions
- For each bath tea, combine the ingredients in a bowl. Use a wooden spoon to combine everything together.
- Then fill a small muslin bag with the tea blend and pull the bag closed.
- You can either allow the steep in the bath water or hang it on the tap while you fill your bath.
- Unwind From the Day
3 Teaspoons – Epsom Salt
2 Teaspoons – Dried Lavender
2 Teaspoons – Dried Chamomile Flowers
2 Teaspoons – Pink Himalayan Salt
Refresh The Mind
3 Teaspoons – Epsom Salt
2 Teaspoons – Rosemary
2 Teaspoons – Peppermint Tea
2 Teaspoons – Pink Himalayan Salt
Nourishment
3 Teaspoons – Epsom Salt
2 Teaspoons – Pink Himalayan Salt
2 Teapoons – Nettle
2 Teaspoons – Oat Straw
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