Has anyone tried to make tea from fig leaves?

I've never heard this before.

I used to sweep all these leaves and toss them in the garbage can. Now I'm wondering if they really have any health benefits.

Thanks to another forum member, I also saw the following listed on landofenfigment website : and I quote

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Information on Fig Leaf Tea:

While the use of fresh or dried leaf, stem, branch and fruit all have several folk medicine uses around the world this is what my customers have been using fig leaf tea for: blood sugar balancing, cholesterol reduction, improving blood circulation, for easy menopause, reduction of menstrual cramping, easing arthritis, weight loss, and treatments for cancer. Even though I have been an herbalist for 4 decades I had never known anything about the use of fig leaves until 2 years ago when people started to ask for it. I am not prescribing here, I am merely reciting how my customers are using this delicious chamomile like tasting beverage.

Fig Leaf Tea Process:

I mix as many as 10 different varieties for my fig leaf tea. Each variety differs in taste and is grown with about 350 days of sunshine at 5000 feet elevation. It is a labor of love with hand picking and only a few leaves can be taken from each tree in this micro pruning process.They are hand washed in filtered water, stems are removed, they are dried at low temperatures so not to kill enzymes. They loose up to 70% of their weight when dried. The tea is , just fig leaves with a flavor like
chamomile, and a hint of mint and toasted coconut ."

You can find it here: http://www.landofenfigment.com/faq.html

Geez he wants $20 for one fig tea bag, lol that's pretty "steep". I do like the name  Land of Enfigment though.  I haven't tried tea but several other members have and report it as being very good. Just do a search of the sight for fig tea. I will get around to trying it one of these days.

@ $20 per tea bag, we're all going to be rich!