“Green Tea is made from unfermented leaves and reportedly contains the highest concentration of powerful antioxidants called polyphenols. Antioxidants are substances that scavenge free radicals—damaging compounds in the body that alter cells, tamper with DNA, and even cause cell death. Free radicals occur naturally in the body, but environmental toxins ( UV rays from the sun, radiation, cigarette smoke, and air pollution) also give rise to these damaging particles. Scientists believe that free radicals contribute to the aging process as well as the development of a number of health problems including cancer and heart disease. Antioxidants such as polyphenols in green tea can neutralize free radicals and may reduce or even help prevent some of the damage they cause… …In traditional Chinese and Indian medicine, practitioners used green tea as a stimulant, diuretic, astringent, and to improve heart health…and mental processes.”
–University of Maryland Medical Center. www.umm.edu/altmed/articles.htm
“ ‘Very mild with an aromatic taste’ and appears to be matching – and possibly besting- the health benefits claimed for other more established teas. A favorite among South Africans for years, the beverage is said by some to have 50% more antioxidants than are found in green tea. Antioxidants are the organic substances believed to scavenge ‘free radicals’, the toxic by-product of natural biological processes that can damage cells and lead to cancer.”
–WebMD www.webmd.com/diet/features/tao-of-tea
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“A very fragrant herb with a sweet apple scent. It is recognized by the orthodox medical professions as a valuable medicine for the young… …The most popular use is as a tea for its soothing, cleansing, tonic properties.(Used) as a cure for insomnia and depression.”
–Juliette de Bairacli Levy “Common Herbs For Natural Health”
“Pungent and warming, cinnamon is good for all sorts of ‘cold’ conditions, from the common cold and stomach chills to arthritis and rheumatism…Research has highlighted hypoglycemic properties, useful in diabetes. (Cinnamon is a) potent antibacterial, antifungal, and uterine stimulant.”
–Penelopy Ody “The Complete Medicinal Herbal”
“Most stimulating of all aromatics: given in powder or infusion (tea) for nausea, flatulence, slow digestion… chiefly used to assist the action of other medicines.”
–M. Grieve “A Modern Herbal”
“As well as being a valued and popular condiment, ginger is highly medicinal. Its properties are stimulating, warming, aromatic, and digestive… a general tonic for nerves and digestive organs. Stimulates digestive juices… cures nausea.”
–Juliette de Bairacli Levy “Common Herbs for Natural Health”
“Jasmine sedates the nervous system, so it is good for jangled nerves, headaches, insomnia, depression and for taking the emotional edge off of PMS and menopause… (it also has) an age-old reputation as an aphrodisiac.”
–Kathy Keville , Director of the American Herb Association Quarterly http://health.howstuffworks.com/aromatherapy-jasmine.htm
“As with most strongly scented flowers –especially blue ones- Lavender is highly nervine. Esteemed as a tea and for flavoring. (Use) as a nerve tonic, treatment of fainting, (for) headache, sunstroke, vomiting… as an asthma inhalation and tea.”
–Juliette de Bairacli Levy “Common Herbs for Natural Health”
“This herb cleanses and strengthens the entire body. Good to take after shock… and for a feeling of faintness… especially good (tonic) for the digestive and nervous system. For gas in stomach, stomach pains, cramps, indigestion, and headache… and to banish mental depression.”
–Juliette de Bairacli Levy “Common Herbs for Natural Health”
Drinking spearmint tea may spur an hormonal shift that helps women curb unwanted hair (hirsutism), a Turkish study shows.
If confirmed in other studies, spearmint may become an alternative to hormonal treatments for the condition, write the researchers at Suleyman Demirel University’s medical school in Isparta, Turkey.
Mehmet Akdogan and colleagues studied 21 hirsute women seen at their endocrinology clinic.
Twelve of the women had polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a hormonal condition that often involves hirsutism. The cause of the hirsutism was unclear in the other nine women.
The researchers asked the women to drink spearmint tea twice a day for five days. The tea was brewed by pouring boiling water over a heaping teaspoon of dried spearmint leaves.
Blood tests showed that the women’s levels of androgens — hormones that include testosterone — dipped after drinking the spearmint tea for the five days.
It’s normal for women to have androgens, but having high androgen levels and hair follicles that are sensitive to androgen can lead to hirsutism, Akdogan’s team notes.
The hormonal shift the women experienced after drinking spearmint tea might reduce hirsutism, the researchers say.
–http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/news/20070222/
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