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Spearmint tea is also known as Mentha spicata, it is used to flavor toothpaste, sometimes added in shampoo and water. Spearmint can also be used for teas because of its health benefits. The good thing is, spearmint is caffeine free as well. Before people think of spearmint tea as a tool for curing stomach ache and then later on it became known for treating many diseases. Spearmint tea can be served hot or cold.

Here are the benefits of drinking spearmint tea

• Drinking spearmint tea reduces women’s blood hormonal level. Some women have problem with unwanted hair growth. It grows in the breasts, face, and body, that what you called hirsutism. Studies show that consuming two cups of spearmint tea per day for 5 days will help you in controlling hirsutism.
• Spearmint tea can be steamed and use a vapor for people who are suffering from sinuses and relieve the nerves.
• If you have sore throat you need to drink spearmint tea for fast relief. It can also diminish headaches, nausea and diarrhea.
• Hemorrhoids are so hard to have and to experience. You are always irritated with the feeling. You can use spearmint tea. Use it as your bathwater.
• When you are pregnant there is this thing they called morning sickness. But in real life it does not occur only in the morning, you are sick twenty four hours, seven days a week for 9 months. Drinking spearmint tea will help you fight the feeling of morning sickness.
• Because of the fact that it has no caffeine it is as healthy as Turkish tea. Unlike green tea it has caffeine mixture that is triggering nervousness.

How to Make Spearmint Tea

Here is a quick way on how to make spearmint tea

Things needed:

• Spearmint leaves
• 4 cups of water
• Saucepan
• Colander
• White or brown sugar
• Sweet cream or milk

Preparation

Bring 4 cups of water to a boil. Get spearmint leaves and wash with cold water. Remember to use cold water. Put the stove to low heat, and then put the leaves in the sauce pan. Put in mind that after you put in the leaves into the pan make sure that you will not bring the water to a boil, the longer the leaves steep, the stronger the taste will be. Get another saucepan, put the colander and pour water with spearmint leaves. Pour in the tea to the coffee cup; add cream and sugar the amount depends on your own personal choice. Mix well. Cool down the spearmint tea before serving and enjoy.

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Green tea is made from Camellia sinesis leaves. It originated in China and become popular in Asia, Japan South Korea and Middle East and now, the whole world because of its healthy benefits. Many types of teas are found in China it does differentiate with the process of conditioning, crop, and form. Green tea is used in china as a beverage and for medication.

Things you need to know before green tea facts:

• It has not been evaluated by the FDA for safety and effectiveness of the said tea. Everything that has been the teas health benefits have not been tested by the FDA however it was tested by people and told that the green tea is very effective to them.
• Consult your doctor first before drinking green tea. And make sure that you are purchasing the tea to a reliable distributor.
• Ask your doctor if you can drink coffee especially when you have heart disease, high blood pressure, kidney disease, thyroid, nervous disorder because the tea contains caffeine that can be bad for you. If you have blood clot disorder you need to talk to your physician first.
• Green tea contains a large amount of caffeine it may worsen your condition, in order for that not to happen have an appointment with your doctor.
• And if you are pregnant and you are breastfeeding ask your baby’s pediatrician if the combination of the tea is good for the baby, caffeine intake for the baby makes him low in birth weight and can be in a high risk of having disease when the baby is in the adult age.

Green tea side effects

• Green tea is healthy for us. However there are instance that people who drink green tea suffers from allergic reaction although there are unusual cases. Some people who experience it have trouble in breathing, their lips swell, sometimes your throat seems like closing, and there are some who experience hives. But there are rarely cases.
• There are minimal side effects such as heartburn, stomach ache, and loss of appetite, constipation, diarrhea, anxiety, and nervousness because of the high caffeine mixture, sleeplessness, headache, and irregular heartbeat. If you are experiencing these kinds of trouble do not waste your time and go to your doctor for consultation

There are different types of green tea:

1. Chinese Green Tea
2. Japanese Green Tea
3. Decaf Green Tea
4. Asian Green Tea
5. Herbal Green Tea