| The Use of Flowers and Herbs in Eastern and Early | | | | the disease-causing organisms. |
| Western Medicine: | | | | Compounds in white tea have also been found to be |
| Eastern medicine and even early Western medicine | | | | effective in enhancing skin cells' immune functions and |
| utilized the various benefits experienced through the | | | | in protecting the skin from harmful effects of the sun. |
| use of herbs and flowers. Today, many of these | | | | Green tea offers many health benefits for those who |
| benefits are combined in blooming tea, a tea brewed | | | | drink it regularly. Besides offering antioxidant benefits, |
| from tea balls or tea flowers. | | | | green tea is believed by many to be excellent as a |
| What is a Tea Flower? | | | | weight loss supplement Regular use of green tea is an |
| A tea flower is the same as a tea ball, hand sewn | | | | accepted, healthy habit.. |
| leaves of usually green or white tea that surround a | | | | Flowers in Blooming Tea: |
| colorful flower that blooms when you drop it in hot | | | | There are a number of flowers and flower |
| water. Thus the name blooming tea. Both flowers and | | | | combinations used in tea flowers. Their flavors and |
| tea are healthy and tasty. | | | | aromas vary and enhance the experience through |
| What kinds of Flowering Tea are there? | | | | color and beauty thus accommodating your mood. |
| There are a variety of these tea balls made from | | | | Benefits include the presence of antioxidants that, as in |
| different tea leaves and containing different flowers, | | | | green and white tea, reduce levels of damaging free |
| each with a distinct and beautiful effect. The flowers | | | | radicals that in turn help prevent aging and aid in a |
| that bloom within the tea balls enhance the benefits of | | | | number of other areas of health. Flowers are caffeine |
| drinking tea while providing aroma that is therapeutic as | | | | free whereas green and white tea contain caffeine. |
| well. Each variety of flower has its own special | | | | A few of the types of flowers used in blooming tea |
| benefits that include many antioxidant qualities. | | | | include osmanthus, lily, jasmine, rose, chrysanthemum, |
| Herbal versus "True" Tea: | | | | magnolia, globe amaranth, peony, carnation and others. |
| All types of "true" tea (as opposed to herbal tea) | | | | To understand more about the health benefits of tea |
| come from the same plant - Camellia sinensis. Herbal | | | | flowers and where to obtain them, visit A Tea Flower |
| teas come from various herbs that may be brewed | | | | Moment. |
| like tea, but are not from the same plant as real tea. | | | | Mindfulness and taking tea: |
| The major difference between black tea, green tea, | | | | In today's hustle, bustle world, where each day we |
| and oolong tea is how the leaves are processed after | | | | must deal with a damaged economy and violence |
| they are picked. | | | | whether in the media, on the street or at home, stress |
| Green and White Tea: | | | | has become a major factor in our deteriorating health. |
| Both Green and White tea contain polyphenols. | | | | Stress reduction is important due to the damaging |
| Phenols (a chemical compound containing an aromatic | | | | effects it has on our bodies. |
| benzene ring with a hydroxyl group (OH) attached) are | | | | Stress causes the inappropriate release of adrenaline |
| potent antioxidants that attach to free radicals in your | | | | which in turn causes the heart to beat faster and |
| body helping to neutralize the free radical negative | | | | harder, shunts blood to certain organs and muscles at |
| effects. | | | | the expense of other organs, and changes hormones, |
| White tea seems to have more polyphenols and is | | | | specifically cortisol, a hormone that is important in fat, |
| considered a cancer-fighting antioxidant. Research at | | | | sugar and protein metabolism. A simple habit started |
| Pace University has shown that white tea extract | | | | hundreds of years ago in England and thousands of |
| may actually help retard the growth of bacteria that | | | | years ago in Asia, combined with making the most of |
| cause staphylococcus infections, pneumonia and dental | | | | the moment through mindfulness exercises can |
| cavities. Researchers say that white tea may destroy | | | | combat the effects of stress. |