 Hibiscus Tea and Hibiscus Mint Tea Yield Health Benefits
Did you know that herbal hibiscus tea is not only delicious, but also a very healthy beverage?
Studies have shown that drinking herbal hibiscus tea can effectively lower high blood pressure in many individuals!!
According to a 2004 study published in the journal Phytomedicine (2004;11:375–82), people suffering from hypertension can lower their blood pressure significantly by drinking hibiscus tea daily. The study included seventy people - half of whom drank 16 ounces of hibiscus tea before breakfast daily or ingested 25 mg of an anti-hypertensive medication (captopril) twice daily. After one month, the hibiscus tea drinkers’ diastolic blood pressure was reduced at least 10 points in 79% of the participants; blood pressure in the medicated group was reduced at least ten points in some 84% of the participants - a statistically insignificant difference.
The Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients (February-March, 2005 edition) reported the same results.
In a study entitled The Effect of Sour Tea (Hibiscus sabdariffa) on Essential Hypertension, the authors point out that "a heaping tablespoon of the dried hibiscus tea steeped in a quart of boiling water is sufficient to achieve this blood-pressure lowering effect (2-3 tea bags of hibiscus tea). Details of the study were summed up in the Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 65, Issue 3, pp. 231 - 236, June, 1999. For additional details, please email awad@nilevalleyherbs.com...
In a recent issue of Alternatives by Dr. David Williams, Dr. Williams reaffirms the above study stating simply that "After centuries of traditional use around the world, hibiscus tea (Hibiscus sabdariffa) has been officially proven in clinical research to be yet another effective method of lowering high blood pressure."
It is also noteworthy that scientists in Taiwan reported in The Journal of the Science of Food Agriculture that tea made from the hibiscus flower (Hibiscus sabdariffa) possibly helps to control cholesterol, and thereby reduce the risk of heart disease. Scientists concluded that the plant’s extract significantly lowered the cholesterol content in blood serum, and successfully prevented oxidation of low-density lipoprotein in lab animals. The extract has been used in folk medicine to treat high blood pressure and liver disorder for some time now.
Why not become acquainted with a totally different kind of healthful tea - herbal hibiscus tea and hibiscus mint tea. Unlike green tea, hibiscus tea comes from the genus Hibiscus, in the mallow family (Malvaceae), and is native to warm, temperate and tropical regions - such as the Nile Valley.
There are many health and other benefits associated with hibiscus tea. This healthful, herbal, hibiscus beverage has several characteristics that make it much more valuable than conventional teas...
- Hibiscus tea is totally caffeine free
- Hibiscus tea is also rich in Vitamin C
- Hibiscus tea has a unique, delicious taste
- Hibiscus tea has a smooth, pleasant fragrance
- Hibiscus tea has a distinctive, vibrant, natural color
- Hibiscus tea is great served hot or cold
- Hibiscus tea has long been known to act as a natural body refrigerant in North Africa.
Try some today!! You’ll be delighted you did!
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