Benefits of Herbal Tea

Herbal tea is hot or sometimes cold infusion of leaves, tender shoots and flowerings of herbal plants. The seeds, stem, fruit peels, and roots of certain plants or aromatic herbs can also be infused into healthy teas. The infusion obtained from herbal parts other than traditional tea leaves (Camellina sinensis) oftentimes called as tisanes.

Health Benefits 

 The health benefits of herbal tea includes the following.

• Herbal tea and infusions are pretty low in calories. Nonetheless, its extraction composed of antioxidants and other phytochemicals necessary for wellbeing.
• The dink is free from methylxanthine alkaloids such as caffeine, theobromine, theophylline, paraxanthine, etc. Unlike the brew from coffee beans, tea-leaves of C.sinensis, Kola nut, etc, which cause central nervous system stimulation, restlessness, anxiety, muscle twitching, gastric acid secretion and acidity and lack of sleep (insomnia).

     Herbal teas composes different antioxidant classes;

1. Polyphenols (eg. Apigenin in chamomile, tangeritinin in citrus peels, tannins in clove, etc).
2. Non-polyphenolic flavonoids (eg. Xanthones, eugenol) in several herbs,
3. Terpenoids (eg. citral, menthol, camphor, carotenoids, curcuminoids) in mint and ginger.

• Herbal teas boost immunity to fight against viral-flu, in addition to having anti-inflammatory effects.
• Many of these antioxidants possess anticancer, anti-aging properties. All together, they help to detoxify and revitalize body and regulate smooth metabolic activities in liver, bone marrow, kidney and spleen.
• They help maintain moisture levels in skin, and hair cells and prevent dryness, scaling, wrinkles and pigmentation.
• Herbal teas contain traces of antioxidant vitamins like vitamin-C and vitamin-A. The also carry small amounts of folate, pyridoxine, and minerals like iron, potassium and manganese.
• In many traditional medicines, the infusions advocated as remedies for fatigue, nervousness, headache, indigestion, liver disease, etc.