Herbal teas are different from the traditional teas of the Orient. When we enjoy tea, we generally enjoy the treated leaves of the Camilla Sinsensis plant, a drink discovered in Southeast Asia and cultivated for thousands of years. Herbal teas also have a ancient and interesting history.

Any student of medicine will point out that throughout the world, healers have gone into the wilderness to find plants that can ease the illnesses of mankind, or to create wonderful drinks for the sheer pleasure of their favors. What these healers found was a treasure trove of botanical materials that give us wonderful drinks and restorative medicinal brews.

To understand the role of herbal teas in medical history, you should know that modern science is still carefully evaluating its relationship with the ancient knowledge of Traditional Chinese Medicine, abbreviated as TCM. The thinking of healers in China is very well-documented and very different from Western scientific thought, but there have been numerous instances of Chinese medical practices being able to serve patients as well as and occasionally better than Western medicine.

While science has produce the best surgical practices in the world, Chinese practices of herbal tea healing often provide the better relief from lesser ailments!

As a simple beverage, herbal tea offers a sweetness that is hard to find in nature. The leaves of the Camilla plants have a certain delicate flavor unique in the world, though it often is improved with the addition of sugar.

The classic green tea is definitely astringent and occasionally bitter, although hints of floral and grassy sweetness remain vivid on the palate, not to mention the lift from the slight dose of caffeine that it contains! In contrast, herbal teas present a varied range of tastes, from mouth-puckering lemony to zesty raspberry!

Herbal teas are found all over the world, spanning the length and breadth of the continents. They are always used both medicinally and as simple beverages. The medical usage of herbs is called phytology or just herbology.

The use of herbs in cookery is well known, of course! Herbal teas often combine the two purposes, as in the case of chamomile tea, a tea made from a flowering daisy that has very grassy flavors over a nice sweet undertone, and recognized worldwide for a lightly sedative effect. Fruits generally are used for flavors only, and a hot drink of raspberry tea on a cold morning is a great way to start the day.

Many practitioners of herbal medicine consider herbal teas as a therapy applied in a general way, and not as a prescribed ingredient. For the herbal healer, the benefits of chamomile tea are evoked as much by the ceremonial sipping of the drink just before bedtime as much as by the simple ingestion of its ingredients.

There is a counterbalancing need to understand all the exact effects of various plants, of course, as anyone who has heard of hemlock understands! In the making of herbal teas, medicine, flavor and ceremony all come together, and the practice of herbology ensures that these wonderful brews always enhance our lives through their healthy and flavorful characteristics.

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