But I will say this much, the sudafed and aspirin did little to actually improve how I felt these past few days. But after 8 infusions of a 100 ml gaiwan that was packed after the leaves fully expanded, and doing extra long infusions. It did nothing to improve my cold, but I must say I did not care that I had a cold any more. Sadly the not caring did not last an extremely long time but it was great while it lasted.
I had forgotten the feeling of a good tea buzz, and I think the packed gaiwan of young puerh is definitely the most sure way to get there.
So anyone else have any good tea approaches to getting over a cold? I am not really that interested in black tea with honey and lemon.
4 comments:
Lapsang Souchong
In essence, when I have a cold I use things that are warm (yang) in nature. For teas that would be Chinese blacks, old puerh, oxidized oolongs. Teas that make you sweat.
I also eat spicy food , and introduce a lot of garlic and onion in my alimentation. Hot baths also helps.
I personally also use medicinal herbs, but i don't know what's good in your country. Perhaps you should ask your family.
I know you asked about a tea remedy only, but no medicine of this nature works alone. You should take care of all the aspects from your daily life.
Cosmin
I've been researching a lot of health-related topics, especially pertaining to herbal teas, and adding it to the pages on the various types of tea on RateTea.net. There are some things that come to mind that help you here.
If you want a painkiller and/or anti-inflammatory that also has a fairly strong relaxing effect, I would recommend looking at tulsi / holy basil. Not only is it delicious and available in tea form, but it blends very well with black teas. It has been historically used as a pain killer, and I have found it to be very effective...there is a growing body of evidence behind its health effects too.
There are some other herbal teas that I might suggest exploring too, for medicinal properties if you have a cold. If you have respiratory symptoms, rooibos improves breathing, with some science behind that. Thyme is traditionally used for coughing. And all the lemon-scented herbs, lemongrass, lemon balm, lemon myrtle, and lemon verbena, contain a family of chemicals that has, among other benefits, some evidence of anti-viral property...it can't hurt to drink those lemony things if you have a cold or other viral infection!
Feel better! =)
Thank you for the Advice, and I am feeling much better now, in fact I'm trying to get caught up on teas I need to try, as outside of the blog I also help write product descriptions for a Vendor.
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