Tea as a Hot drink, as a Preventive, and as a Medicine.

Journal/Book: Natur- und Ganzheitsmedizin Wissenschaft und Praxis. 1992; 5/7: 185-192.

Abstract: »Real« black or green tea (Theae folium, Camellia sinensis) has various effects an the cardiovascular system and an the excretory system and the metabolic organs. The author gives a survey an indications, side-effects and interactions, as well as counter-indications of tea and its various components such as coffein, theanin, and tannins. With the example of a purpose-oriented and appropriate scheme of application of tea in everyday life and in the medical practice it is shown that in putting simple pharmacological basic insights into effect, the efficiency of phytopharmaca can be optimized.

Keyword(s): Camellia sinensis

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