Acne and Green Tea

But does it provide an effective herbal alternative to modern medication? Green tea is used by the Chinese as a traditional medicine to treat many ailments including acne and to improve general well-being.
There are only two herbal treatments that are known to be effective in treating acne and green tea is one of them. The answer seems to be ‘Yes'.
The results from this research study showed that green tea was just as good in treating acne as the benzoyl peroxide. a green tea cream was trailed against a 4% benzoyl peroxide solution on people suffering with moderate to severe acne. In a recent study by Jennifer Gan-Wong, M.D.
But benzoyl peroxide dries out skin causing itching or allergic reactions. Unlike green tea that has the added advantages of natural anti-bacterial properties and antioxidants, particularly epigallocatechin gallate which is 200 times more powerful than vitamin E at fighting free radicals.
Green tea also helps to reduce inflammation, hormonal activity and aids in detoxification - which is all good news for acne sufferers.
Green tea extract is an extremely versatile herbal supplement - it can be administered topically, often being used in creams, taken as a in the form of a pill or incorporated into your diet and drunk as a tea.
Tip: don't drink it with sugar, this will neutralize the worthwhile effects of the tea. This last method is very popular (Green Tea with Honeysuckle is often known as ‘Pimple Tea' in many Chinatowns) when drunk after a meal it aids digestion and helps to detoxify your system, getting rid of the toxins that can cause acne.
It seems that taking green tea for acne is a win-win situation… It has many beneficial properties which promote good all-round health with little or no known side effects and for the price, green tea it's definitely a herbal treatment that's worth trying.

The Health Benefits of Tea

I don't even know if there was much talk of doing what was good for us, in terms of eating and drinking. There was never any talk, at least in our household, of the benefits of tea or coffee, for that matter. With the instant coffee, one only had to add hot water in a cup, and then let the tea steep from the bag into the hot water for a few moments.

My mother drank instant coffee that one purchased in supermarkets. When I was a child, many years ago, very few people who I knew of, were aware of natural substances that were good for a person's health.
Unlike other sweeteners, honey has vitamins, minerals and amino acids as well as antioxidants." Research has shown that teas (not just green tea, but all teas) have antioxidants that can inhibit the growth of cancer cells and support cardiovascular health. While more research is needed, this information provides promising evidence of the beneficial properties of tea." Also, according to Globe Trends, Inc., "...tea sweetened with honey. No.1/2005, "Researchers of the American Heart Association of New Orleans found that black tea may help to relax and expand artieries, therefore increasing blood flow to the heart.

According to GlobeTrends, Inc., Vol. We are being informed that there are many benefits of tea. Now, we are kind of going back to nature, with all the research that has been done in the last several years.
Now that research has proven that tea is a good thing to drink--good for you, and so tasty with honey, which is also so good for you, we will continue and should continue to drink tea to better our health! In my youth, we never knew that some of which we were doing were the right things to do. There has been much research, and researchers will continue in their quest to find more benefits of all types of teas.