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What is oolong tea?
Green tea is made from the dried leaves of Camellia sinensis , a perennial evergreen shrub. Green tea has a long history of use, dating back to China approximately 5,000 years ago. Green tea, black tea, and oolong tea are all derived from the same plant.
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Jun 1, 2006 ... When fermentation time is long, the leaves darken and become "black" tea. Somewhere in between these two extremes, "oolong" tea is created. ... Read more on
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Tea Benefits - Can Tea Benefits Extend to Lowering Cholesterol
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Black tea
Black tea is made from the dried leaves of Camellia sinensis , a perennial evergreen shrub. Black tea has a long history of use dating back to China approximately 5,000 years ago. Green tea, black tea, and oolong tea are all derived from the same plant.
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Tea
Tea is a drink used to prevent cancer and heart disease. It may also be used to treat type 2 diabetes, tooth cavities, and high cholesterol (ko-LES-ter-all). Tea will be called "medicine" in other parts of this leaflet.
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Tea Tree Oil
Tea tree oil is obtained by steam distillation of the leaves of Melaleuca alternifolia . Tea tree oil is purported to have antiseptic properties and has been used traditionally to prevent and treat infections. While numerous laboratory studies have demonstrated antimicrobial properties of tea tree oil (likely due to the compound terpinen-4-ol), only a small number of high-quality trials have been published. Human studies have focused on the use of topical tea tree oil for fungal infections (including fungal infections of the nails and athlete's foot), acne, and vaginal infections. However, there is a lack of definitive available evidence for the use of tea tree oil in any of these conditions, and further study is warranted.
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Oswego tea
Bergamot is an American perennial, it is 2-5 feet tall, very erect leafy, tubular stalk topped by a fuzzy flower cluster, brilliant scarlet. The paired leaves are dark green, growing 4-6 inches long. It has a dense, rather shallow root system, with any runners. The plant sets seed which are light brown ovals. Flowers June to September. Other varieties: Orange mint (M. citrata) is also called bergamot, it is notable for its distinctive, citrus-like fragrance. Its rounded, broad leaves are dark green with a hint of purple. The undersides of the leaves often have a reddish hue, and in spring the entire plant is distinctly reddish-purple. Wild bergamot or Purple bee-balm (M. fistulosa) is perennial, 2-3 feet tall, with narrow lavender flowers crowned in a terminal head. The leaves make a pleasant-flavored tea. Flowers May to September. Used similarly to M. didyma. Lemon bergamot or lemon mint (M. citriodora) has purple pink flowers that grow in whorls up the flowering stalk. The strongly lemon-scented leaves are excellent in teas and cooking, the flowers are edible.
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Jesuit tea
Wormseed is an annual or perennial stout aromatic plant 3-5 feet tall. Its erect stem is strongly branched from the base. Oblong or lanceolate with lacerate-pinnatifid margins, its alternate, yellowish-green leaves are marked beneath with small resinous particles. Blooming from July to September, the numerous green flowers grow on almost leafless spikes and are followed by small, green bladdery fruits with solitary, lenticular seeds. Seeds glandular-spotted.
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Java Tea
Java Tea is an herbal medicine used to increase urinary flow in patients with kidney stones or urinary tract infection.
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Redberry tea
Wintergreen is a native North American evergreen shrub, the creeping stems send up erect branches, 2-6 inches high, which bear alternate, oval, leathery leaves with serrate (and sometimes bristly) margins. Both the leaves and the solitary, nodding, white, bell-shaped, flowers grow in the axils of the leaves near the tops of the branches. Flowering time is from May to September. The edible fruit following the flowers is a dry, scarlet, berrylike capsule about 1/3 inch across. The whole plant is pungent in taste the spiciness being due to the volatile oil. Wintergreen is a name applied to several plants of the family Ericaceae which retain their foliage during winter. The Chinese use a plant they call wintergreen (Pyrola rotundifolia), Chinese name is Lu-ti-ts'ao. Used to staunch bloody wounds, applied to dog bites, snakebites, and insect bites.
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Paraguay tea
Yerba mate` is an evergreen shrub or small tree up to 20 feet high, its alternate, elliptic-obovate leaves have a narrowed base and a rounded or bluntly pointed tip, their margins are crenate-serrate. The axillary flowers are whitish and inconspicuous. The fruit is a rounded, reddish berry-like drupe up to 1/4 inch in diameter.
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Mountain tea
Wintergreen is a native North American evergreen shrub, the creeping stems send up erect branches, 2-6 inches high, which bear alternate, oval, leathery leaves with serrate (and sometimes bristly) margins. Both the leaves and the solitary, nodding, white, bell-shaped, flowers grow in the axils of the leaves near the tops of the branches. Flowering time is from May to September. The edible fruit following the flowers is a dry, scarlet, berrylike capsule about 1/3 inch across. The whole plant is pungent in taste the spiciness being due to the volatile oil. Wintergreen is a name applied to several plants of the family Ericaceae which retain their foliage during winter. The Chinese use a plant they call wintergreen (Pyrola rotundifolia), Chinese name is Lu-ti-ts'ao. Used to staunch bloody wounds, applied to dog bites, snakebites, and insect bites.
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Mexican tea
Wormseed is an annual or perennial stout aromatic plant 3-5 feet tall. Its erect stem is strongly branched from the base. Oblong or lanceolate with lacerate-pinnatifid margins, its alternate, yellowish-green leaves are marked beneath with small resinous particles. Blooming from July to September, the numerous green flowers grow on almost leafless spikes and are followed by small, green bladdery fruits with solitary, lenticular seeds. Seeds glandular-spotted.
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Canada tea
Wintergreen is a native North American evergreen shrub, the creeping stems send up erect branches, 2-6 inches high, which bear alternate, oval, leathery leaves with serrate (and sometimes bristly) margins. Both the leaves and the solitary, nodding, white, bell-shaped, flowers grow in the axils of the leaves near the tops of the branches. Flowering time is from May to September. The edible fruit following the flowers is a dry, scarlet, berrylike capsule about 1/3 inch across. The whole plant is pungent in taste the spiciness being due to the volatile oil. Wintergreen is a name applied to several plants of the family Ericaceae which retain their foliage during winter. The Chinese use a plant they call wintergreen (Pyrola rotundifolia), Chinese name is Lu-ti-ts'ao. Used to staunch bloody wounds, applied to dog bites, snakebites, and insect bites.
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www.emedicinal.com