Tea as Medicine
「The tea-plant, a native of southern China, was known from very early times to Chinese botany and medicine. Its is alluded to in the classics under the various names of Tou, Tseh, Chung, Kha, and Ming, and was highly prized for possessing the virtues of relieving fatigue, delighting the soul, strengthening the will, and repairing the eye-sight. It was not only administered as an internal dose, but often appllied externally in form of paste to alleviate rheumatic pains.
The 'Γaoists claimed it as an important ingreadient of the elixir of
immortality.
The Buddists used it extensively to prevent drowsiness during their long hours of medication.」(From the Book of Tea-The Scool of Tea pp.21-22,Charles E. Tuttle Co.,Rutland,Vermont-Tokyo,Japan)
The preventive effect of drowsiness may be from caffeine in tea.
Now, the effect of tea chemicals are current discussions. The major components are cathekins and other polyphenol,named fravonoids. These are known as antioxidants. As other antioxidants, carotinoids are also big name of plant leaves. Tea-leaf slso contains czrotinoids such as carotines.
In its mean, Tea drinkings are good for suppling antioxidants.
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