Organic Herbal Teas
June 6, 2008
Organic herbal teas make a wonderful, relaxing treat at the end of a hectic day!
It’s a day like all the others in your workweek. You get jolted out of bed by a clanging alarm, and then you rush to jump in the shower, grab a bite to eat, then get backpacks, lunches and kids ready to go to school.
After getting kids on the school bus, you race to work, arriving a few minutes late. Your desk is piled high with overdue assignments, so you knock away at it for your eight hours. Afterward, you fight traffic to pick up the kids from after school activities, and get home to prepare dinner and help with homework.
Recent years have revealed worrying facts about the Organic herbal teas ingredients in conventional infant medicine. Standard baby remedies are proven to contain more harmful than helpful substances such as E122 or E120, which are known to cause severe allergic reactions. Whilst trying to get their baby’s condition under control, parents have to realize which chemicals are best to be avoided. As a result, an increasing number of worried parents decide to search for alternatives and return to old trusted and newly found herbal remedies in order to relieve their baby’s discomfort.
One of these Organic herbal teas is organic Rooibos tea, which has proven extremely helpful with baby ailments such as colic, stomach cramps, signs of food intolerance and restlessness. South African mother, Annique Theron, who stumbled across this plant’s natural healing properties, has rediscovered this natural herb in 1968. She learned quickly how this natural remedy could soothe and pacify her young child. We have since found out that Organic herbal teas such as organic Rooibos tea, with anti-spasmodic, anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic properties can soothe baby’s discomfort naturally and effectively. Baby colic, stomach cramps, nausea, restlessness, to name but a few can be relieved with organic Rooibos tea.
Organic herbal teas such as fresh leaves from the Camellia Sinensis plant are steamed to produce herbal green teas, and are usually brewed and drunk as a beverage, although it can be taken in capsule form, and is sometimes used in skin products.
Herbal organic tea is well known for its antioxidant properties, together with their anti inflammatory and anti cancer properties.
Organic herbal teas are extremely popular today, due to the very method of growing and processing them, which goes a long way to protect our natural resources, rather than depleting them.
To be classed as organic, herbal teas are grown on land that has been free from the use of synthetic fertilizers, growth regulators, insecticides or herbicides for at least three years, so methods such as composting, crop rotation, and inter planting to control weeds and pests, replenishing the soil, are all used by the farmers to maintain and sustain our planet’s health.
What distinguishes organic black tea from regular black tea is that it is free of pesticides and grown using the above methods.
Organic herbal teas are famous for its clear, red brilliant color, strong aroma and mellow taste, and is prepared with high quality teas from an ecological organic tea plantation on the mountains in South West China. It comes from the same Camellia Sinensis plant as green tea, but the only difference is in the fermentation process of the black teas, and is more oxidized than the green, oolong and white varieties.
Terminalia chebula has been used as an astringent and is the best bowel cleanser. The herb also possesses antibacterial and antioxidant properties.
Out of all, here are some of the prime indications where it gets you best results –
* It is best mild laxative so work in cleansing the bowels
* It is best adaptogenic agent and hence best general health tonic
* It is a safe astringent agent
Gymnema helps decreasing the craving for sugar and neutralizes excessive glucose that is present in the body. This property is beneficial to sufferers of diabetes as the herb is often used as anti-diabetic drug.
Uses of Gymnema
* Great sugar regulator and hence it is best as diabetic support.
* Restores appetite
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