This tea party won’t inflame anything. At least when it comes to your sinuses.
Posted Mar 15 2011 4:48pm
My office building’s kitchen has one of those fancy European coffee machines; the kind that’s hooked up to the water system and let’s you put in packets of coffee for single servings. You can choose from 30 different kinds of coffee. And, five different teas.
I use that machine a lot. Too much, probably. So after 4 or 5 cups of coffee, once in while I try something different, like tea. My favorite is green tea with chamomile.
Green Tea
Chamomile (or camomile) is a daisy-like flower used to make the tea, and is the national flower of Russia. Green tea, of course, made from the leaves of camellia sinensis, is purported to have many health benefits. One benefit may be clinically demonstrated reduction of seasonal allergy symptoms. Japanese lab studies have found green tea inhibits certain immune over-responses that trigger allergy symptoms. That’s immune balancing in action. Green tea containing a certain antioxidant (O-methylated catechin) was also shown to reduce allergy symptoms in human subjects compared to placebo.
The only potential issue is green tea does have caffeine. I probably could cut down on that. But, it also apparently has a compound–ECGC–that can increase metabolism without increasing heart rate. Gotta love that.
My office building’s kitchen has one of those fancy European coffee machines; the kind that’s hooked up to the water system and let’s you put in packets of coffee for single servings. You can choose from 30 different kinds of coffee. And, five different teas.
I use that machine a lot. Too much, probably. So after 4 or 5 cups of coffee, once in while I try something different, like tea. My favorite is green tea with chamomile.
Green Tea
Chamomile (or camomile) is a daisy-like flower used to make the tea, and is the national flower of Russia. Green tea, of course, made from the leaves of camellia sinensis, is purported to have many health benefits. One benefit may be clinically demonstrated reduction of seasonal allergy symptoms. Japanese lab studies have found green tea inhibits certain immune over-responses that trigger allergy symptoms. That’s immune balancing in action. Green tea containing a certain antioxidant (O-methylated catechin) was also shown to reduce allergy symptoms in human subjects compared to placebo.
The only potential issue is green tea does have caffeine. I probably could cut down on that. But, it also apparently has a compound–ECGC–that can increase metabolism without increasing heart rate. Gotta love that.
Chamomile