15 useful tea additives
Almost everyone loves and uses tea. This drink tones up, contains tannins that can suppress the activity of pathogens. Recently, herbal teas have become very popular. The medicinal herbs, spices and fruits that are part of these mixtures enrich the drink with vitamins and microelements, increasing its nutritional value and providing an additional healing effect.
There are both ready-made tea mixtures and individual ingredients on sale. They can be used to diversify the taste of the drink and vary its therapeutic and prophylactic properties. Let's get acquainted with the most famous of these supplements.
Rosehip
The fruits of this shrub are extremely rich in vitamins. Rosehip berries, added to tea leaves, provide a beneficial effect of the drink on digestion, stimulate the processes of blood circulation and blood formation, strengthen the body's defenses. The fruits contain a large amount of fructose, which is well absorbed and makes the tea taste good.
It should be noted that the rosehip contains substances that increase blood clotting. Therefore, such an additive should not be too carried away by people suffering from thrombophlebitis, varicose veins, thrombosis and circulatory failure.
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Cinnamon
Cinnamon tea has a unique aroma and sweet taste. It warms wonderfully, improves mood, and helps to normalize digestion. Drinks containing cinnamon extract are believed to increase libido.
It is usually not ground spice that is added to the tea leaves, but pieces of cinnamon bark. To avoid health problems, this should not be done with high blood pressure or elevated body temperature.
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Cardamom
The spice is actively used in oriental folk medicine for the treatment of diseases of the throat and lungs, inflammatory processes of the oral cavity, indigestion and tuberculosis.
Cardamom gives tea a pleasant exotic taste and is widely used in sweets, pastries and oriental delicacies.
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Anise
It is an ideal addition to tea leaves when a person experiences a sore throat, which is a sign of the onset of a cold. Anise tea has an expectorant, antipyretic and diuretic effect. The drink is useful for nursing mothers: it enhances lactation.
Anise is a potent remedy. People with chronic diseases should consult a doctor before using it.
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Jasmine
Jasmine flower petals in combination with tea leaves (especially green ones) provide toning of the body. This drink relieves fatigue, adds strength, increases appetite and creates a great mood.
Regular consumption of jasmine tea helps break down fat, reduce subcutaneous deposits and reduce weight. In the countries of the East, jasmine is considered an effective remedy for maintaining health and prolonging youth.
The fragrant petals contain substances that increase blood pressure. That is why jasmine tea should not be drunk by people suffering from hypertension.
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Ginger
Fresh root (grated or finely chopped) is added to the tea leaves. Tea with ginger invigorates, activates cerebral circulation, improves memory, helps to concentrate, successfully endure intellectual and emotional stress.
The product improves blood composition, helps to reduce blood coagulability, therefore it is not recommended for bleeding tendencies. According to some reports, ginger tea has anti-tumor activity.
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Lavender
Tea with lavender flowers and herbs is an excellent soothing agent. It relieves insomnia, improves the condition of patients suffering from neuroses.
Lavender also has an antispasmodic property: you can drink tea with it with discomfort in the intestines, increased gas formation. To get rid of digestive problems, this drink should be consumed without sugar.
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Calendula
Both flowers and seeds of this common plant are added to tea. The drink is good for colds and sore throats. It relieves fatigue, has a bactericidal effect.
Eastern healers believe that calendula tea stabilizes blood pressure and improves the well-being of patients suffering from meteorological addiction.
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White chrysanthemum
The additive is made from dried flowers. It is found on sale under the name "Ju Hua". In combination with green tea, chrysanthemum has an antipyretic and calming effect, cleanses the blood, activates the liver, and helps to remove toxins from the body.
When cold, the drink refreshes, tones, helps to endure the heat more easily.
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Chinese rose
To make the additive, the flower buds and petals of the Chinese (Sudanese) rose, also known as hibiscus, are used. The infusion of this plant contains many anthocyanins, which give it a red color and a pleasant sour taste.
Tea with hibiscus removes harmful substances from the body, normalizes blood pressure, improves the condition of the walls of blood vessels, optimizes the functioning of the liver and biliary tract, and enhances immunity. In addition, the freshly brewed drink works as a bactericidal and antiparasitic agent.
The Chinese rose buds used for making tea retain many useful components (in particular, irreplaceable amino acids), and they are not thrown away, but consumed.
Hibiscus has a laxative effect, therefore, the factor of its individual tolerance should be taken into account.
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Fireweed
Narrow-leaved fireweed (Ivan tea) has been used since ancient times to get rid of gastrointestinal problems, increase vitality, and treat poisoning. Tea with fireweed perfectly helps with chronic fatigue, decreased immunity, increased nervousness. Ivan tea has a positive effect on blood vessels, improves blood flow, and helps to optimize the functioning of the kidneys and urinary system. There is evidence of the antitumor effect of the plant.
Tea with the addition of fireweed refreshes well, soothes and has a slight diuretic effect.
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Honeysuckle
As an additive to the tea leaves, honeysuckle flowers are used, which are rich in vitamins and essential trace elements. The drink provides an extremely strong healing and rejuvenating effect, improves the condition of the skin, hair and nails, stabilizes metabolic processes, relieves the body of “bad” cholesterol, prevents the development of angina pectoris and coronary heart disease.
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Clover
Red clover flowers contain substances that normalize hormonal levels in women (especially during menopause). Tea with this additive soothes, restores strength, tones, enhances lactation in nursing mothers. In oriental medicine, the drink is used to relieve symptoms of intoxication, activate the liver, and improve blood composition.
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Bamboo
Dried bamboo leaves and young shoots can be used as an additive to tea leaves or as a base for making a stand-alone drink. They contain many useful components that have a beneficial effect on the functioning of the heart, kidneys and lungs. The infusion prevents the development of kidney stones, improves the condition of the respiratory tract, has antimicrobial and antiseptic properties.
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Stevia
Stevia leaves are a natural, low-calorie sweetener. They contain a unique set of glycosides, flavonoids, trace elements, vitamins and amino acids. Stevia tea is useful for diabetes mellitus, thyroid disorders, cardiovascular disorders and many other problems. Adding this herb to tea leaves is the best option for people who dream of losing excess pounds.
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The use of herbal supplements for tea allows you to diversify your diet, improve your well-being, and prevent the development of certain diseases. The raw materials themselves are quite affordable: most herbs are easy not only to purchase in a store, in the market or in a pharmacy, but also to grow at their summer cottage. In addition, you can independently combine the ingredients of the brew mixtures to create drinks with a variety of flavors and healing qualities.
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Education: First Moscow State Medical University named after I. M. Sechenov, specialty "General Medicine".
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