Description

Lemongrass tea benefits center on a caffeine-free citrus cup people use for digestion, mild diuretic support, and period bloating. This guide covers citral research, human tea studies, safety notes, and how lemongrass sits beside orange peel, ginger, and spearmint in a daily blend.

Lemongrass Tea Benefits: Digestion, Period Comfort, and a Daily Caffeine-Free Cup

TLDR

Lemongrass tea is an herbal infusion of Cymbopogon citratus. It is caffeine-free. Reviews of the plant point to citral and related oils as the main aroma compounds, with lab data on antioxidant, antimicrobial, and anti-inflammatory activity (Shah et al., JAPTR). Human tea studies are smaller. One randomized trial found lemongrass tea increased urine output versus other drinks (Ekpenyong et al., Journal of Renal Nutrition). Folk use covers stomach comfort and menstrual cramps, but tea is not a hormone reset or a cure. A blended cup that also includes ginger, orange peel, spearmint, raspberry leaf, and milk thistle covers more of a cycle-day routine than lemongrass alone. You can get Hormone Bliss Tea here.

• What is lemongrass tea?
• What does the research actually cover?
• Digestion and bloating
• Period comfort
• Caffeine, brewing, and how much to drink
• Safety
• How it fits a hormone blend
• FAQ

What is lemongrass tea?

Lemongrass tea is water steeped with the stalks or leaves of Cymbopogon citratus, the same grass used in Thai cooking. It tastes citrusy and slightly grassy. It is a true herbal tea, so it does not come from Camellia sinensis leaves.

A 2011 review in the Journal of Advanced Pharmaceutical Technology & Research lists citral (neral and geranial), geraniol, citronellal, and flavonoids such as luteolin and quercetin among the plant’s reported constituents (Shah et al.). That chemistry explains the lemon scent. It does not mean a grocery-store tea bag matches an essential-oil study.

Hormone Bliss Tea uses lemongrass as one of six organic herbs: raspberry leaf, spearmint, orange peel, ginger, milk thistle, and lemongrass. Orange peel adds extra citrus brightness and digestive comfort. Lemongrass is the grassy, lemony note. Together they make a cup you can drink in the morning or at night without caffeine.

What does the research actually cover?

Most lemongrass papers study essential oil, extracts, or animal models. Tea is a weaker, water-based extract. Keep that gap in mind when you read headlines.

The Shah review summarizes anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antimicrobial, and digestive-related lab findings, then says the plant still needs more clinical work (Shah et al.). Healthline’s 2024 overview of lemongrass tea benefits makes the same point: folk use is long, human tea data is thin.

Two tea-adjacent human papers are worth naming:

• Diuretic effect. Ekpenyong and colleagues studied lemongrass tea and kidney-related measures in adults. The trial is indexed on PubMed as a randomized study in the Journal of Renal Nutrition (2015). Healthline summarizes it as 55 men and 50 women, with higher urine output than other beverages (PubMed record; Healthline). Extra urine can ease water-retention puffiness. It is not a fat-loss protocol, and people on prescription diuretics should skip extra diuretic herbs unless a clinician agrees.

• Blood pressure and heart rate. Healthline describes a 2011 study of 72 men given lemongrass tea or green tea: moderate drop in systolic pressure, mild rise in diastolic pressure, and a lower heart rate (Healthline). A 2022 review on lemongrass and hypertension notes that tea effects in hypertensive patients remain under-studied (PMC review). If you already have low heart rate or blood-pressure medication, treat lemongrass as a food, not a treatment.

None of this is a license to drop prescribed care.

If you want a citrus-forward cup that already includes lemongrass plus orange peel and ginger, you can get Hormone Bliss Tea here.

Digestion and bloating

Period bloating and everyday gas often mix: slower gut motility, extra water, and prostaglandin-related cramping. Herbal teas show up in that conversation because they are warm, hydrating, and easy to repeat.

Healthline’s bloating-tea roundup notes that bloating affects about 14% of people in the United States and lists peppermint, lemon balm, ginger, fennel, and chamomile as traditional options. Human trials on each tea as a standalone drink are still limited. Ginger has the strongest clinical story for nausea and dyspepsia supplements, not always for tea.

Lemongrass sits in the same folk category. Healthline reports rodent data that lemongrass leaf oil helped protect the stomach lining against aspirin and alcohol damage (Healthline). That is oil in animals, not a teabag in your kitchen. Still, a warm, mildly bitter-citrus cup is a reasonable swap for sugary drinks when your midsection feels tight.

Orange peel in the same blend adds citrus oils without pretending to be a laxative. Ginger in the blend is the herb with the clearer human pain data for menstrual cramps (see next section). Lemongrass is the flavor that makes daily cups easier to keep.

A practical approach: one cup after a heavy meal or in the luteal week, plus water across the day. If bloating is sudden, severe, or one-sided, see a clinician.

Period comfort

Lemongrass tea is used in folk practice for menstrual cramps, bloating, and hot flashes (Healthline). That is tradition, not a large RCT on lemongrass tea and dysmenorrhea.

The herb in this space with stronger trial data is ginger. A 2015 systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials found ginger reduced primary dysmenorrhea pain versus placebo (Daily et al., PubMed). A 2024 meta-analysis summarized on Healthline reported ginger reduced intensity and duration of period pain versus placebo, with effectiveness comparable to NSAIDs in those analyses, typically 500-2,000 mg ginger powder for the first three bleed days (Healthline on teas for cramps). Powder is not the same as tea, but it explains why a ginger-forward blend is a smarter period cup than lemongrass alone.

Spearmint has a different job: androgen-related PCOS symptoms. Grant (2010) found spearmint tea had anti-androgen effects in women with hirsutism (PubMed). Raspberry leaf is the traditional uterine herb with thin clinical data. Orange peel and lemongrass handle citrus and digestion. Milk thistle is in the cup for the liver-support tradition, not as a hormone drug.

Hormone Bliss Tea is built for that stack, not for a single miracle leaf.

Caffeine, brewing, and how much to drink

Herbal lemongrass tea does not contain caffeine. Brands such as McCormick and Harney sell it as a caffeine-free infusion, which matches how herbalists classify Cymbopogon drinks.

There is no standard medical dose for lemongrass tea. Healthline suggests starting with one cup a day and increasing only if you tolerate it (Healthline). A common home method is 1-3 teaspoons fresh or dried lemongrass in a cup of boiling water, steeped at least five minutes, then strained.

In a blend, follow the bag: typically one serving in freshly boiled water, covered, 5-10 minutes. Covering the mug keeps more of the citrus aroma in the cup.

Drink it hot on cramp days. Ice it in luteal-week afternoons if heat makes you nauseous. Skip it as an all-day exclusive beverage. Rotate with water.

Safety

Food amounts of lemongrass in tea are generally treated as safe for most adults. Reported side effects include extra urination, dry mouth, dizziness, tiredness, and increased hunger (Healthline).

Skip or get medical advice first if you:

• Are pregnant (Healthline advises against lemongrass tea in pregnancy)
• Take prescription diuretics
• Have a low heart rate or concerning blood-pressure pattern
• Have low potassium
• Have a known grass or citrus herb allergy

Essential oil is not tea. Do not ingest lemongrass essential oil. Tea studies and oil studies are not interchangeable.

This article is education, not medical advice. Tea does not diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent disease.

How it fits a hormone blend

A single-note lemongrass bag is pleasant. A cycle-aware cup needs more than citrus.

| Herb | Role in the cup | | Raspberry leaf | Traditional uterine and period-prep herb | | Spearmint | The PCOS tea with human anti-androgen trials | | Orange peel | Citrus brightness and digestive comfort | | Ginger | Strongest herbal evidence for period pain | | Milk thistle | Traditional liver-support herb in the blend | | Lemongrass | Caffeine-free lemon aroma, folk digestive and diuretic use |

That is the Hormone Bliss Tea formula. No nettle. Orange peel replaced that slot so the citrus side of the cup is intentional.

If you already drink loose lemongrass and want the rest of the stack in one organic bag, you can get Hormone Bliss Tea here. One bag is 30 servings. Use it daily through the luteal week and bleed days, then keep the habit if the cup agrees with you.

Related reading on this blog: orange peel tea for digestion, ginger tea for period cramps, and tea for hormone imbalance.

FAQ

Does lemongrass tea have caffeine?

No. It is an herbal infusion, not a true tea from Camellia sinensis, so a plain lemongrass cup is caffeine-free.

Can lemongrass tea help period bloating?

It may help as a warm, mildly diuretic, citrus drink. One human tea trial reported higher urine output (Ekpenyong et al.). Ginger in a blend has stronger cramp-pain data. For a ready blend with lemongrass, orange peel, and ginger, you can get Hormone Bliss Tea here.

Is lemongrass tea the same as citronella oil?

No. The plant family overlaps in common names, but cooking and tea use Cymbopogon citratus. Bug-spray oils are a different product and are not for drinking.

How many cups a day?

Start with one. Many people land at one to two cups. More is not automatically better, especially if you already take diuretics.

Can I drink it at night?

Yes. It is caffeine-free, so it fits an evening wind-down beside raspberry leaf and spearmint in Hormone Bliss Tea.

Conclusion

Lemongrass tea benefits are real in the narrow sense: a caffeine-free citrus herb with lab support for citral-related activity, a human tea trial on diuresis, and a long folk record for stomach and period comfort. They are not a hormone cure. Pair lemongrass with orange peel, ginger, spearmint, raspberry leaf, and milk thistle if you want one daily cup that matches how cycles actually feel.

You can get Hormone Bliss Tea here.