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Babaocha - Eight Treasures Tea

 

Babaocha - Eight Treasures Tea  - is a special blend of eight of the following dry ingredients: Chrysanthemums, Green Tea, Jujube, Chinese Wolfberries, Dragoneye fruit, Rock Sugar, Raisin, and Tremella, which results in a mildly sweet and visually colorful beverage.


This combination of ingredients produces a mildly sweet tea liquor with a cooling and refreshing taste, believed in China to reduce cholesterol, aid blood circulation and strengthen the body's immune system.

 

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This lens is about a tea that I use and like. It is a collection of information that I have found concerning the ingredients of this tea. I am a reporter, not an expert. I am not a doctor or medical practitioner. I am not attempting to give medical advice.

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he 8 Treasures

1. Chrysanthemum 

As a refreshing beverage it clears the head and cools the lungs.

As a beverage, Chrysanthemum (Ju Hua) is very popular as a summertime tea in southern China because of it's "cooling" properties.

Chrysanthemum tea has many purported medicinal uses, including an aid in recovery from influenza and as a "cooling" herb. According to traditional Chinese medicine the tisane can aid in the prevention of sore throat and promote the reduction of fever.

In western herbal medicine, Chrysanthemum tea is drunk and used as a compress to treat circulatory disorders such as varicose veins and atherosclerosis.

Traditional Chinese uses - Resolve the exterior and dispel wind-heat, clear the liver and brighten the eyes

Traditional Chinese applications - Seasonal acute diseases, such as influenza, with fever, headache, and red eyes; congestion, swelling, and pain of the eyes due to liver fire or wind-heat; blurring of vision and dryness of the eyes due to deficiency of liver and kidney yin; vertigo due to wind-heat, liver fire, or preponderance of liver yang; boils caused by heat toxins.

2. Green Tea 

Green Tea for Health - Asia's Fountain of Youth
Green tea has been used in China for thousands of years for its health-preserving and revitalizing power. For years doctors have suspected that green tea possesses remarkable healing properties. The Japanese and Chinese have been drinking it for centuries and their cancer rate is among the lowest in

3. Jujube 

Red Date, or Chinese Date is sweet and warm.

The fruits are used in Chinese and Korean traditional medicine, where they are believed to alleviate stress.

Functions of the fruit are to:

1. To replenish qi in the middle jiao (spleen and stomach)
2. To nourish the blood and soothe the mind
3. To moderate the action of herbs

4. Chinese WolfBerry 

The fruit or wolfberry also known as goji berry, are neither warm nor cool.

Scientists in modern China have extensively studied wolfberry fruits, their nutrients and their medical benefits. They have further substantiated the ancient medical applications such as: maintain healthy immune system (including specific and non-specific immune response), improving eye conditions, support healthy liver function, maintain healthy blood pressure and blood sugar. Wolfberry is also an excellent herb for anti-oxidant and anti-aging.

5. Dragoneye Fruit (longans) 

One of the Stars of Chinese Medicine

Dragon Eye Fruit has a high content of iron, about 20 times that of grapes and 15 times that of spinach.

This fruit can treat a variety of ailments and conditions. "In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), these fruits are considered warm, sweet and astringent. Many parts of them are used medicinally including the fruit itself, which when dried, relieves anxiety."

Longan is a wonderful and delicious tonic fruit used by the Chinese as a blood tonic, to nurture the heart, and to add luster and beauty to the skin. It is believed among the Chinese people that Longan is not only a great tonic for the skin, but is also a fantastic sex tonic. For that reason, Longan is considered as a special tonic for women who wish to be both beautiful and sexually active-it has a 2000 year reputation as a love tonic.

Longan is equally beneficial to men. It is believed to have a calming effect and to add radiance to the eyes.

It may be consumed alone as an herb as well. However, it is usually combined with other tonic herbs:

6. Tremella 

Tremella is a great Yin tonic. It is a staple in Chinese health food cooking. It is not only used to treat the problems associated with Yin deficiency and unruly fire, but is used to beautify the skin. It is without question one of the premier beauty herbs of Asia. It has a special affinity to the skin. When consumed regularly, the skin becomes soft, moist and pliant. Tremella is probably the most widely used internal beauty supplement used in China.

The taste is sweet and bland.

Organ Meridian Systems it affects:
Lung, Stomach, Kidney

Part Used and Form
Fungus fruiting body

Primary Functions
Nourishes Yin of the Stomach, moistens Lungs, generates fluids.

7. Raisin 

The dried grape (raisin) is rich in iron.

8. Rock Sugar 

Sweet acts on the spleen and stomach helping digestion and neutralizing the toxic effects of other foods.

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ChrysanthemumTea Resources 

Chrysanthemums were cultivated in China as a flowering herb as far back as the 15th century BC. An ancient Chinese city was named Ju-Xian, meaning "chrysanthemum city".

The flower was introduced into Japan probably in the 8th century AD, and the Emperor adopted the flower as his official seal. There is a "Festival of Happiness" in Japan that celebrates the flower.
Chrysanthemum tea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chrysanthemum tea is a flower-based tisane made from chrysanthemum flowers of the species Chrysanthemum morifolium or Chrysanthemum indicum, which are most popular in East Asia. To prepare the tea, chrysanthemum flowers (usually dried) are steeped in boiling water in either a teapot, cup, or glass; often rock sugar is also added, and occasionally also wolfberries.

The resulting drink is transparent and ranges from pale to bright yellow in color, with a floral aroma.

In Chinese tradition, once a pot of chrysanthemum tea has been drunk, boiling water is typically added again to the flowers in the pot (producing a tea that is slightly less strong); this process is often repeated several times.
NCS - History of the Chrysanthemum
The chrysanthemum was first cultivated in China as a flowering herb and is described in writings as early as the 15th Century B.C. In fact, their pottery depicted the chrysanthemum much as we know it today.

As an herb, the chrysanthemum was believed to have the power of life. Legend has it that the boiled roots were used as a headache remedy; young sprouts and petals were eaten in salads; and leaves were brewed for a festive drink.

The ancient Chinese name for chrysanthemum is "Chu." The Chinese city of Chu-Hsien (which means Chrysanthemum City) was so named to honor the flower.
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Traditional Chinese medicine (tcm) : Chrysanthemum
chinese-medicine.suite101.com
Chrysanthemum Flower Chinese Tea: A Refreshing Drink to Help Clear the Head and Strengthen the Lungs.

 

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WendyKrick

I love tea! Another nice lens. 5 stars. ~Wendy

Posted September 17, 2008

johndilbeck

Good morning, Pat.

As you know, I'm not really a fan of tea and have never drunk any for medicinal purposes, but I'm seriously considering trying some of this Eight Treasure Tea.

Do you know where to get it?

All the best,

JD

Posted September 17, 2008

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