Green Tea Monograph

So why do people drink green tea? Well personally the main reason that I would brew myself a cup of green tea would be for the caffeine, I am always looking for a little more energy. I actually wish that I could get myself to drink green tea instead of coffee, just because I know it`s so healthy. Now I am pretty sure that the health benefits of green tea are what motivate most people to drink it. But truth be told the taste is very pleasant as well. Whatever the reasons are tea is the second most consumed beverage on the planet. The first most consumed beverage is water.

Well no matter if you drink your green tea for pleasure, power or health. Here you have a green tea monograph, so that you can know what its good for.

Common Name – Green Tea

Botanical Name – Camellia sinensis

Active Ingredients -  caffeine (formerly called theine), tannin (flavonols), theophylline, theobromine, fat, wax, saponins, essential oils, polyphenols particularly catechins, carotene, vitamin C, vitamins A, B1, B12, K and P, flouride, iron, magnesium, calcium, strontium, copper, nickel, and zinc.

So what are the health benefits of green tea?

Properties – anti-oxidant, anti-bacterial, anti-cancer, helps to lower high blood pressure, help to balance cholesterol levels, reduces blood clotting and acts as a immune stimulant.

Dosage – studies that have shown health benefits stated above were with people who were drinking three cups of green tea a day.

How to make a cup of green tea? Add one teaspoon of dry green tea leaf to one cup of boiling water and let it steep for five minutes in a covered glass. Then stain out the used leaves and enjoy.

Green tea capsules are also available that contain active ingredients that are equivalent to three cups of tea and even more.

Green tea is extremely safe. The most common adverse effects reported are caused by the caffeine content in the herb. Adverse effects caused by consuming large amounts of caffeine are insomnia and anxiety.