Chicory Drinks
The chicory in botanically called as Cichorium intybus and belongs to the composite family. It is close related to endive and is sometimes called French endive.
It is very rich source of vitamins A, B, C and G. It also contains minerals.
Its drinks as coffee are stimulant and invigorating. It increases stamina and vigor, vitality and strength.
According to Pliny (AD) 23-79), chicory juice was mixed with rose oil and vinegar as a remedy for headache.
Currently, its main application is as a mild bitter tonic for liver and digestive tract as a mild laxative and for cleansing the urinary tract.
One of the commissions in German recognized the herbs efficacy in the following areas
Loss of appetite
Dyspeptic complaints
Liver and gallbladder complaints
Wherever deep fried of fatty meals are consumed, a cup or two of chicory root beer is recommended.
A cup of cold root brew is given for settling an upset stomach or correcting acid indigestion and heartburn.
Chicory Drinks
Monday, July 20, 2009
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Does Alcohol Lower Blood Pressure?
Does Alcohol Lower Blood Pressure?
Alcohol actually has two effects on blood pressure. One of these effects was initially hidden from earlier researchers, because they often performed blood pressure measurements 12 to 15 hour after the original alcohol intake.
It turns out that this point coincides with the maximal effect that alcohol has increasing blood pressure.
However, when researches attached a monitor that took study participants’ blood pressures multiple times each hour and measured their blood pressure responses during the time immediately following alcohol ingestion, and then continued on to take their blood pressure measurements 12 to 15 hours or more after alcohol intake, a different picture emerged.
Shortly after alcohol ingestion, there is actually a decline in blood pressure. After a few hours, blood pressure returns to its baseline values. As some of the metabolites (the breakdown products of alcohol) the n enter into the circulation, there is actually an increase in blood pressure that is evident about 12 to 15 hours after the original alcohol ingestion.
Overall, the net effect of alcohol is an increase in blood pressure of about two points, or 2 mm Hg.
If you look at the blood pressure 12 to 15 hours after ingestion, this effect appears to be more like 6 mm Hg.
Because a 4 mm Hg decrease in blood pressure occurs after ingestion, however, the net increase from alcohol is actually about 2 mm Hg.
Does Alcohol Lower Blood Pressure?
Alcohol actually has two effects on blood pressure. One of these effects was initially hidden from earlier researchers, because they often performed blood pressure measurements 12 to 15 hour after the original alcohol intake.
It turns out that this point coincides with the maximal effect that alcohol has increasing blood pressure.
However, when researches attached a monitor that took study participants’ blood pressures multiple times each hour and measured their blood pressure responses during the time immediately following alcohol ingestion, and then continued on to take their blood pressure measurements 12 to 15 hours or more after alcohol intake, a different picture emerged.
Shortly after alcohol ingestion, there is actually a decline in blood pressure. After a few hours, blood pressure returns to its baseline values. As some of the metabolites (the breakdown products of alcohol) the n enter into the circulation, there is actually an increase in blood pressure that is evident about 12 to 15 hours after the original alcohol ingestion.
Overall, the net effect of alcohol is an increase in blood pressure of about two points, or 2 mm Hg.
If you look at the blood pressure 12 to 15 hours after ingestion, this effect appears to be more like 6 mm Hg.
Because a 4 mm Hg decrease in blood pressure occurs after ingestion, however, the net increase from alcohol is actually about 2 mm Hg.
Does Alcohol Lower Blood Pressure?
Monday, July 06, 2009
The Art of Tea
The Art of Tea
Nothing warms the body and soul like holding a fragrant, steaming cup of herbal tea, inhaling its subtle scents as you slowly sip.
Tea is among the most ancient, basin and simple methods of healing and nourishing body, mind and spirit.
As science has proven time and again, plants are endowed with important nutrients and potent healing compounds.
Some of those elements come from the raw earth: for example, a plant grown in calcium - or iron-rich soil draws those elements into its own body.
When you brew plants in water, the resulting beverage – herbal tea – is imbued with those constituent, carrying them into the body, where they are quickly absorbed.
Even better, teas are very easy to prepare, inexpensive and delicious.
Plant constituents that release their properties into water include carbohydrate protein, enzymes, mucilage, pectins, saponins and polysaccharides.
Essential oils are soluble but evaporate easily gums and tannins are partially soluble. All can play a role in improving and supporting human health.
Even though there is a wide array of medicinal herbal preparations, including capsules, tablets and tincture, drinking herbal tea offers unique benefits that should not be overlooked.
Teas are rapidly absorbed in the body, Also teas, are flavorful and aromatic. When we drink herbal tea the brain is soothed and nourished by aromas inhaled though the nose and the tasty sensory messages received by the tongue.
Another important benefit of drinking herbal tea is that it gives us an opportunity in our busy day to take a bit of time out for ourselves.
Taking tome out to taste and savor herbal teas provides an opportunity for reflection. Rather than swallowing a couple tasteless capsules with a gulp of water as we run out the door, we can use our time drinking herbal tea to think about intention - nourishing nervous sytem strengthening nervous system.
The Art of Tea
Nothing warms the body and soul like holding a fragrant, steaming cup of herbal tea, inhaling its subtle scents as you slowly sip.
Tea is among the most ancient, basin and simple methods of healing and nourishing body, mind and spirit.
As science has proven time and again, plants are endowed with important nutrients and potent healing compounds.
Some of those elements come from the raw earth: for example, a plant grown in calcium - or iron-rich soil draws those elements into its own body.
When you brew plants in water, the resulting beverage – herbal tea – is imbued with those constituent, carrying them into the body, where they are quickly absorbed.
Even better, teas are very easy to prepare, inexpensive and delicious.
Plant constituents that release their properties into water include carbohydrate protein, enzymes, mucilage, pectins, saponins and polysaccharides.
Essential oils are soluble but evaporate easily gums and tannins are partially soluble. All can play a role in improving and supporting human health.
Even though there is a wide array of medicinal herbal preparations, including capsules, tablets and tincture, drinking herbal tea offers unique benefits that should not be overlooked.
Teas are rapidly absorbed in the body, Also teas, are flavorful and aromatic. When we drink herbal tea the brain is soothed and nourished by aromas inhaled though the nose and the tasty sensory messages received by the tongue.
Another important benefit of drinking herbal tea is that it gives us an opportunity in our busy day to take a bit of time out for ourselves.
Taking tome out to taste and savor herbal teas provides an opportunity for reflection. Rather than swallowing a couple tasteless capsules with a gulp of water as we run out the door, we can use our time drinking herbal tea to think about intention - nourishing nervous sytem strengthening nervous system.
The Art of Tea
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