Pu-erh tea health benefits prove to be viable in recent studies. In
China, that casserole that has been in the back of your refrigerator
for ages might be valuable. They tend to have a penchant for aged food.
The 1000 year old egg, normally only aged 100 days is one example and
Pu-erth tea, often aged as long as a 100 years, is another. The
difference is the egg is a gourmet treat and the tea has health
benefits, but your casserole's moving green fuzz is only scary, not
necessarily beneficial.
Pu-erh tea use dates back
thousands of years to the Han Dynasty. The tea comes from a wild tree
that grows in Southwest China and along the border near Vietnam and
Burma.
There's a special process used once the workers
pick the tea. It's aging. They either dry the leaves in cakes, called
moachas, or create aged pu-erth tea by allowing it to ferment. In
earlier years, they pressed the tea into cake and stored it to ferment
for up to 100 years. Now, they use a faster method. The newer
fermentation process requires that they moisten the leaves and turn them
for up to 40 days. After that, they press the leaves into a maocha.
The fermentation that takes place comes from bacteria and fungus
performing their magic on the tealeaves. Similar to the casserole in
your refrigerator, a variety of bacteria and fungi are on the pu-erth
tea at this stage. If the factory has good quality control, you get
excellent pu-erth tea. If however, there's minimum attention paid to
details like humidity and the growth of aspergillus spp in the
fermenting pile of leaves, you might as well put that casserole in a bag
and soak it for tea.
The most amazing results occur
when the tea is properly aged. The result is not just a flavorful tea
but also one that has health benefits. The early Chinese practitioners
of medicine knew of the benefits long before modern science even had a
microscope. They used it to increase the blood circulation, cure poor
eyesight, aid in weight loss, cure dysentery and remove toxins from the
body. One other important use was as a hangover remedy.
Recent
studies show that lab rats developed higher good cholesterol while
lowering the bad cholesterol with pu-erth tea. If rats don't convince
you, consider the study done at Kunming Medical College in China. They
compared a cholesterol-lowering drug to the effects of three cups of
pu-erth tea each day. While the drug did reduce the cholesterol by a few
percentage points more, 66.67 percent compared to 64.29 percent, the
results are still amazing. This non-prescription drink could eliminate
the necessity for any cholesterol drugs if consumed over a lifetime.
Another study also showed its antioxidant action protected the body from
cancer and damage to the connective tissue. Damaged connective tissue
does all types of harm, one of which is wrinkles.
Go buy a box of pu-erh tea, get a new hair-do to match your wrinkle free face and celebrate with a bottle or two of wine. Don't worry about the hangover; you have the tea available as a remedy. This ancient Chinese remedy does have remarkable benefits but even Pu-erh tea health benefits won't work if you live unhealthy in other ways.
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