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What is Jiaogulan?
What are the benefits of Jiaogulan?
How should I prepare jiaogulan tea
I don't care for hot tea during warm weather. Can I prepare
Jiaogulan as an iced tea?
Are there any side effects from Jiaogulan?
What is an adaptogen?
How much Jiaogulan should I consume?
Are there any drug interactions I should be concerned about?
Where can I sample Jiaogulan tea?
Where can I buy Jiaogulan ?
Jiaogulan, scientific name Gynostemma Pentaphyllum, is a member
of the cucumber family. As the name implies, it grows in characteristic
five leaf clusters and is a low lying vine or ground cover.
Jiaogulan leaves has been used for centuries in China and is a
refreshing and healthy tea.
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What are the benefits of
Jiaogulan?
Click here to see the Drug Digest entry
on the benefits of Jiaogulan.
The book "Jiaogulan: China's
Immortality Herb" by Michael Blumert and Dr. Jialiu Liu is
is also a place to find all the benefits of Jiaogulan summarized in
one place.
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Click here to visit our page
on brewing our teas.
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I don't care for hot tea in the warm weather.
Can I prepare Jiaogulan as an iced tea?
Jiaogulan is a refreshing iced tea. Just prepare the tea as
normal and then chill or try preparing it as a sun tea,
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Jiaogulan has very few known side effects.
Click
here to see the official list of contraindications courtesy of
Drug Digest.
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Are there any drug interactions I should be concerned about?
Click here to see a detailed list of potential drug and herb
interactions courtesy of Drug Digest.
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Where can I sample jiaogulan tea?
Click here
to see our list of tea shops offering our fine teas.
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Brewing Tip: |
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Jiaogulan is a delicate tea. Be careful not to over brew. Keep
the temperature between 140º F and 160º F and monitor the brewing time closely. |
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Freshness: |
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If stored in a sealed container your jiaogulan will keep for up
to 1 year but connoisseurs will notice a difference in taste. Best taste and health
benefits are within 3 months of the harvest. |
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Rinsing: |
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All teas are ruined if in contact with moisture between the
times of harvest and brewing. So your tea arrives to you without ever having
been washed. Our teas are cultivated organically and heated three separate
times, effectively sterilizing any contaminates. Nonetheless, we recommend for
our teas (and all teas) a rinse with the hot water before brewing. In our case
it doesn't make a difference from a health perspective but you will notice the
difference in the taste. |
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Tea Bags: |
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Tea bags are a great way to brew tea there just a bad way to
store tea. Crushing the leaves in order to force them into a tea bag during
processing ruins the taste and greatly decreases shelf life. If you like brewing
in bags, consider buying good quality natural fiber empty bags and loosely spoon
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Russian scientist N. V. Lazarev coined the term adaptogen in
1947 to describe herbs that have "a normalizing action on various bodily
functions regardless of the direction of the pathological condition." In other
words, an adaptogen is an herb that helps the body self- regulate. If something
is out of balance, either too much of something or too little of something, an
adaptogen helps the body return to the ideal state.
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How much Jiaogulan should I consume?
The simple answer is, "as much as you want". We recommend 4
to 8 cups per day of tea. If taking jiaogulan in capsule form the
recommendation is usually 2 to 6 capsules twice daily.
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Where can I buy jiaogulan?
Here of course! Visit our catalog
for
a full list of options.
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