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The green tea is from China, but has recently become widespread all
over the world, actually the most used drink, recognized by its natural
effects on the human spirit.
Description
The plant of which leaves and buds we make the famous green tea is called Camellia sinensis ("sinensis" means "Chinese"
in Latin) or Thea sinensis (the older name), an evergreen shrub or a
small tree that is usually trimmed to below 2 m when cultivated for its
leaves. It grows at 4000 m altitude in Himalaya. The Camellia sinensis
flowers are yellow-white, 3-4 cm in diameter and with 7-8 petals.
Camellia sinensis
Its popular name, green tea, comes from the procedure of making it. Its
leaves are speedy dried with hot draught, which gets to the chlorophyll
conservation. We may say that the younger light green leaves are
preferably harvested for tea producing.
Preparation methods
There are three methods for you to obtain the Camellia sinensis treatment: infusion, combined infusion and powder.
Infusion of green tea. Though it’s the most known practice to obtain
the tea, the infusion is less used in therapeutic system, because the
higher the quality of the tea, the lower the water temperature. To
obtain 250 ml of tea, steep 1-2 tea bags in hot water and let it there
7-8 minutes, for a light perfume and good taste and, for concentrated
green tea, 15-25 minutes. Preferably, the mug should be warmed
beforehand so that the tea does not immediately cool down. The
specialists advice you to consume more than 5 mugs of green tea/ day.
Combined infusion. You’ll obtain it following the next procedure. Put
one teaspoon in a mug of water (200 ml) and let it to macerate at
moderate temperature since evening till morning, when filter it. The
acquired juice is put apart and the green extract is scaled with
another 250 ml of hot water then let it infuse for 20 minutes and
finally filter. The both juices are combined, obtaining approximate 500
ml of green tea combined infusion. It is a better way to prepare the
green tea and with more intensive therapeutic effects. green tea powder
Green plant powder. It’s especially recommended to those persons who
are not allowed to drink liquids and it’s obtained by grinding the
leaves of Camellia sinensis. Medical effects
Firstly, the leaves contain alkaloid substances with a stimulating
effect on nervous system, similar to coffee’s effects, but not as
detrimental as the last one. The leaves of the Camellia sinensis have
been also used in traditional medicine to treat asthma, angina
pectoris, bronchodilator, peripheral vascular disease, coronary artery
disease. The green tea fights against the aging too, preventing the
texture degeneration. It contains also C and B vitamins and magnesium,
manganese and zinc.
Advices for you to get well:
- Drink at least one mug of green tea every day for health, good energy and longevity.
- Drink
4-5 mugs of hot tea /day if you want to loose weight, because the green
tea has antiadipose and diuretic effects. This treatment is used to
come down the cholesterol level.
- For curing the cancer, take one green tea powder spoon
twice in a day, for 90 days, then take a 2 weeks break and repeat the
treatment.
- If you have a migraine sufferance, drink a cup of
concentrated green tea made by infusion adding the juice from the half
of a lemon.
- The green tea combined with the black tea is good for the
diabetes treatment. We recommend you to take a spoon of green and black
tea powder three times in a day, for minimum three months.
- Rinse your mouth with green tea to prevent the dental caries.
- Make
yourselves a natural lukewarm mask with green tea and 2 spoon of honey
and lemon juice. Don’t consume green tea after 5 pm, because it may
produce sleeplessness.
Aura Surcel is a Romanian floral designer with many ideas of
natural decorations, freelance writer of nature, flowers and plants,
traditional treatments and of the flower shop business. She also loves
nature, flowers and to make floral arrangements.
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