Know Your Benefits Tea

Tea (Camellia sinensis [L.] Kuntze) is generally grown on plantations, harvested manually, and can grow at an altitude of 200 to 2300 m above sea level. These plants originated from the northern Indian region and South China. There are two groups of well-known varieties, namely var.

assamica from Assam and var. sinensis from China. Variety assamica rather large leaves with a pointed tip, whereas the varieties sinensis leaves are smaller and somewhat blunt ends.

The small tree form, because it often looks like trimming the bushes. If not trimmed, little will grow tall slender 5 to 10 m, with a headline like the cone shape.

Stems erect, woody, branching, tip of the young twigs and leaves hair smooth. Leaves single, short-stemmed, where the turns, leaves a thin stiff skin, elongated elliptical shape, a pointed tip and base, finely serrated edge, pertulangan pinnate, length from 6 to 18 cm, width of 2 to 6 cm, color green, shiny surface.

Flowers in axillary leaf, a single or a few flowers combine into a single, androgynous, midline 3 to 4 cm, bright white color with a yellow sari head, fragrant. The fruit boxes, thick-walled, split according to the space, young green after dark blackish brown. Hard seeds, 1 - 3. Shoots and young leaves are used for making tea. Reproduction of this plant by seed, cuttings, or transplanted connection.

Part of the tea used is the leaves, which is useful to overcome:

- Headache,

- Diarrhea,

- Fertilizer and blacken the hair,

- Cholesterol and high blood triglycerides,

- Diabetes mellitus (diabetes mellitus),

- Reduce the formation of tartar (dental plaque),

- Gastrointestinal infections.

How to use the dried tea leaves brewed as much as 4-7 grams of hot water, drink while warm or when cold. External use, fresh leaves, washed and finely milled. Applied to the bleeding wound, and bandaged.

Here are some examples of the use of tea for the treatment of:

Diarrhea

Young leaves and fresh as much as 20 g of washed and boiled in 3 cups water for 15 minutes. After chilling filtered and drink at once.

Fertilising and blacken hair

Seduhan condensed water 1 cup condensed as much as overnight. The next morning the water is ready to be used to moisten the scalp and hair with a massage. Perform 1 time every day, until visible results.

Reducing the formation of tartar

Gargle-gargle with water after a meal of tea.

Headache

Water seduhan thick 3 / 4 cup lemon juice was given as much as 1 teaspoon and 1 tablespoon honey. Stir until evenly distributed, then dinminum well. Apply 2 - 3 times a day.

Gastrointestinal infections, high blood cholesterol

Dried plant leaves (green tea) as much as 7 g of brewed with hot water. Let stand for 10 minutes. Drink while warm.

For information, chronic caffeine intoxication can occur when drinking 5 cups of tea every day which is equivalent to 600 mg kafeia, over time will show signs and symptoms such as food indigestion (dyspepsia), Phase weak, nervous, tremors, difficulty sleeping, no appetite , headache, dizziness (vertigo), confusion, pounding, shortness of breath, and sometimes difficult bowel movements.


By: AsianBrain.com Content Team