Tea Health Benefits

Tea is not only an ubiquitous beverage, but is also a potent home remedy for fever, tooth decay, fatigue, dysentery and eye inflammations.

Origin of Tea

Tea is one of the most popular beverages in the world. Tea leaves grow out of the Camellia Sinesis plant, an evergreen shrub with oily leaves and white fragrant flowers. The tea leaves are optionally subjected to a wilting and oxidization procedure to produce different kinds of tea. White tea, green tea, Oolong and Black tea are some of the popular types of tea.

Medicinal Properties of Tea

Tea is digestive, carminative, diuretic and a nerve tonic. Tea contain catechins(an antioxidant), flavonoids, theanine and caffeine.

Tea Home Remedies

It is used to treat the following conditions:

• Fatigue

  It banishes sleep and sluggishness, thereby infusing freshness in the mind and activity of the drinker.

• Heart Diseases

  It is a good cardiac tonic and drinking an infusion of tea everyday is beneficial to the heart. Tea contain flavonoids that make blood cells less prone to clotting and act as antioxidants.

• Cold

  Consume a mixture of tea and fresh ginger decoction.

• Dysentry

  Tea decoction mixed with a tsp of ghee is a good remedy for the inflammation in the intestines.

• Tonsilitis

  A gargle of tannin-rich tea is effective in healing sore throat and tonsillitis.

• Fevers

  Caffiene in tea acts as a diuretic and brings down temperature.

• Eye Inflammation

  Tea decoction can be used as an eye wash to bring down the inflammation.

• Eczema

  Wash the lesions twice a day with a solution of tea and rock salt. This can be followed by applying a paste of fenugreek seeds and red sandal wood.

• Tooth Decay

  Consume or gargle with tea to prevent tooth decay. It contains significant amount of fluoride and fights against the kind of bacteria that causes gum disease.

• Grey Hair

  Tea decoction makes a good hair dye and rinsing hair with concentrated tea decoction gradually darkens the hair colour.

Indian Language Glossary:

English	Latin	Sanskrit	Hindi	Marathi	Tamil	Telugu	Malayalam	Kannada
Tea	Camellia thea	Syamaparni, caha	Chay	Chaha	Teyilai	Teyaku	Teyila	Teyaku