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Thea, Tea

Cha (China)
Chai (India)
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Atlas der officinellen pflanzen, Felix, 1899


Botanical name:
Thea chinensis
There are many varieties of tea; a primary difference is 'green' (green, white tea) or 'fermented' (black, hong cha)

Parts used:
leaf

Temperature & Taste:
Black (fermented) tea is warm, Green tea is Cool. Bitter, Sweet

Uses:
1. Clears Damp, Promotes Urine:

-promotes urine in edema and fluid retention
-diarrhea

2. Transforms Phlegm:
-helps clear Phlegm
-Catarrh

3. Generates Qi, Clears the Mind:
-Headache, Drowsiness, Lethargy
-'preserves the body in perfect Health, to the height of old age'. (Salmon)

4. Clears Toxins:
-helps clears Toxin from the Body
-good for those that drink, smoke, and eat an unhealthy diet


Main Combinations:

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Cautions:
1. Green tea and Green types of tea such as Raw (Sheng) Pu Erh are rough on the stomach, and may cause discomfort or nausea if had on an empty stomach by people with weak Stomachs. Black tea is more gentle on the Stomach.
2. Green tea may also cause nervousness in susceptible people.

Main Preparations used:
Fermented (black) tea

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