Ginger is a perennial herb native to China and India known as?Zingiber officinale. Interestingly, ginger is a stem that grows underground, although confused for a root. Indians have used ginger in their culinary preparations for generations. It is filled?with medicinal properties and health benefits. The magic ingredient has analgesic, sedative, antipyretic and antibacterial properties.
Having a glass of Ginger Tea everyday can bring tremendous health benefits you might have not heard of. Here are 11 reasons why the medicinal root has been popular for generations!
Helps Digestion: Ginger tea facilitates digestive processes.??It regulates high sugar levels post meals, soothes the stomach and maintains its regular rhythm. It contains a number of compounds that improve the absorption of nutrients and minerals from the food we eat. This is why ginger tea is frequently used as an appetizer or in soups. It prepares the digestive system for an influx of food.
Relieves Excess Gas: Ginger is a strong carminative, meaning that it induces excess?gas?elimination. Too much of gas built up in your stomach can put pressure on delicate organs in the body.?Chewing on a small piece of ginger can help force the gas out in a healthy way. Ginger Tea, in addition also helps with relief.
Stomach Ulcers: Consuming ginger tea regularly improves gut health.?It prevents the occurrence of ulcers, which are generally characterized by bleeding and acute gastric irritability.
Liver Protection: Ginger prevents hepato toxicity.It also protects against the liver-damaging cadmium poisoning due to its ingestion. The oil in ginger tea exerts a protective effect?against?the fatty liver disease.
Controls Obesity : It boosts metabolism and increases exercise enduring capacity.
Improves Memory: Ginger is known to delay the?onset?of neurodegenerative diseases. Therefore this magic ingredient in your Tea mitigates the risk of brain damage and keeps your memory intact.
Relieves Menstrual Cramps: Say goodbye to cranky days! Prepare the ginger tea and experience its magic and pain relief.
Boosts Heart Health: Ginger protects the cardiovascular health by lowering the LDL?cholesterol levels?and?increasing the HDL cholesterol levels.??
Detox: Remember sweating after drinking ginger tea? Well, that cleans out the pores and allows your body to eliminate toxins. It has been positively connected to decreased bacterial and viral infections too. Detox away!
Fights Infection: Ginger is known to inhibit bacterial, viral, and fungal infection, owing to the presence of gingerol in it. Ginger tea consumption thus helps maintain oral health by killing the pathogens in the mouth, in addition to antibacterial properties that help wards off pathogenic bacteria of urinary tract infection (UTI), bronchitis, and pneumonia.
Skin Care:?By adding ginger tea to your diet, you can easily bid goodbye to many chronic skin conditions like dermatitis, acne, and?psoriasis.
Turmeric has proved to have numerous health benefits, from improving cognitive abilities to building good immunity to fighting infections. Not to forget turmeric assists in weight loss and beauty treatments. This superfood can be consumed in various different (and interesting ways). Lets look at some :
Turmeric Tea Recipe: As a Weight Loss potion:??
What you need: Turmeric paste, Ginger Paste, Water
Method:
Pour water in a vessel. Bring to boil.
Add ginger paste and turmeric pastes.
Boil for 2 minutes and turn off the heat. Let it cool at room temperature.
Your weight loss Turmeric drink is ready.
Combine this with exercise and balanced diet and you are good to go !
Turmeric Infusion Recipe: For Pain and Inflammation
What you need : ?1 tsp Cinnamon, 2-3 Cloves, 1 Nutmeg, Ginger, pinch of freshly ground pepper, 2 tsp Turmeric Powder, water.
Method:
Simmer all the spices and water for 10 minutes.
Let it cool.
Add honey and serve !
This warm tea can be consumed before going to bed to ease pain and body inflammations.
Turmeric Tea Recipe : Elixir for Immune Health
What you need: 1 inch Turmeric root (peeled and chopped), a pinch of Cloves, Cardamom and Black Pepper, Ghee or Coconut oil, Water.
Method:
Heat water to a warm temperature. Do not boil.
Add water and all the spices into a blender.
Blend until smooth.
Strain through a fine mesh.
A delicious elixir is ready for daily consumption for improved good health and immunity !
Turmeric Drink: For a glowing skin from inside-out !
What you need: Turmeric Powder, Water
Method:
Boil 2 cups of water. Add 1 Tsp Turmeric powder
Simmer for 10 miutes
Strain and enjoy !
Turmeric Tea Bags : Combined benefits of all ingredients
For a quick and hassle free method that bring you the daily health benefits without worry, TE-A-ME introduces Tea Bags with goodness of 100% Natural Turmeric, ginger, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves and black pepper.
Now experience the combined benefits with simply boiling 1 cup of water and adding TE-A-ME Turmeric Tea Bag. Just steep for:
1-3 minutes: for mild flavor
3-5 minutes: for strong flavor
Detox yourself with this active blend of Golden Turmeric and rich Indian Spices !
This is a common concern. For accessing 100% natural Turmeric can be a challenge, especially with its limited source, general awareness and tendency for adulteration.
However, following sources can be harnessed:
General Trade:
Your local Kirana/grocery store usually sells dried turmeric roots. This can be used after soaking and grinding for the preparation of turmeric tea.
All general stores sell ready turmeric powder. Picking these however can be a tricky job. Buying loosely sold turmeric powder have high chances of adulteration. Packed ones, however, could be picked from any reliable brand.
Home Made:
Turmeric paste can be made using raw, wet turmeric roots sourced from the farmers, vegetable shops or homegrown turmeric plant. This is the most reliable method, however, a challenging and time consuming one.
Dry turmeric roots can also be grinded or soaked and turned into paste for further Tea preparation.
Online Stores:
Online sale of organic turmeric and other spices has picked up. Start-ups are helping where in the customers are directly brought in contact with farmer growing the turmeric root. This is beneficial both, to the customer and the farmer, bringing a good price discovery.
Online sale of Turmeric Tea itself is available in various brands. Since this flavor of tea does not happen to be a common one, it can however be accessed easily via internet.
TE-A-ME manufactures Turmeric Tea Bags that ensure 100% purity and Natural Ingredients. Combined with Indian Spices, this Detox Infusion is packed with oxidants that flush toxins and sustains lifes majestic flow! Try it today !
For those who have studied for an intense exam, be it college, university, entrances or any other, know the importance of highly concentrated and frequent need for caffeine concoctions. I say concoctions because after a point it doesnt even matter how it tastes and the concentration goes on progressively increasing until the exam day. This along with lack of sleep, stress and food intakes of whatever edible you can lay your hands on. Well this is what I went through 2 years ago while I studied for IAS exams.
What followed, was a nightmare come alive:
I lost all my healthy weight: I looked highly undernourished
Intense hair loss. Yes, I had to say goodbye to my long shiny locks.
Insane amount of painful cystic acneon my face and scalp
Emergence of unusually dark patcheson my face
High levels of acidity, stomach ache and loss of appetite
I fell sick?soon as the weather even slightly changed. Id be on a spree of sneezes and allergies.
Yes, nightmare wasnt an exaggeration. Post exams, I spent hours on Google search to recuperate. Individually tacking all this was taxing. I visited endless number of dermatologists and tried all sorts application based skin care products. For my face is the first thing I tend to get insecure about. Then I tried hair packs, hair masks, antacids, exercises, lifestyle changes. You name it, good or bad, I tried it all !
While once I was digging the internet for effective solutions, I came across Turmeric as a complete game changing substance. But any ancient, natural, plant based remedy is time taking. Now I am all about quick fixes but my problem was way too deep rooted. So I decided to give Turmeric a shot, for it had wise range of health benefits.
Preparation was a long drawn process. But I did it nonetheless. So heres how I made it:
Boil two cups of water.
Add turmeric powder or raw wedges of turmeric, depending on availability.
Boil for 5 minutes.
Add grated ginger, cinnamon powder, pepper.
Boil for 2 minutes. Let it cool.
I loved adding some lemon and little salt to taste.
Strain and serve.
However, this not only took up extra time, but also stained my white mug, along with taking up extra utensils and strainers. ?I did it any way. Truly, low self-esteem can bring you out of your otherwise comfort zone. The health benefits of Turmeric Tea started showing:
I slowly saw the changes on my face. At least the new acne emergence had stopped.
I stopped falling sick very often (although curing this wasnt on top of my agenda)
My stomach aches and acidity stopped in just 2-3 days
I regained my appetite
My skin texture improved, literally, without any external treatment !
While I experienced benefits of this turmeric tea that I prepared with such effort, something terrible happened. While pouring the hot tea into the mug, I spilled the entire tea on my kitchen platform- that which is made of white marble. To this day, the Haldi stain sits on it. And I lost my drive to prepare the tea thereafter.
A few months passed. I was on the phone talking to a friend who happened to work with the TE-A-ME team. He mentioned the new launch of wellness tea that I completely ignored at first. Then he mentioned Turmeric Tea with Natural ingredients. My eyes and my voice, both lit up !
Its made of real turmeric? Or just flavored? I am always skeptical
Yes, yes, REAL all-natural Turmeric is used in the tea my friend sounded serious.
Oh thats such a relief, Thank God He didnt know what I was talking about.
I ordered my pack IMMEDIATELY. It had to be TE-A-ME. I highly doubt if any other brand even makes turmeric tea bags, let alone serve a high quality. TE-A-ME uses 100% natural ingredients. In this span of using turmeric, I realized the importance of good quality ingredients. Turmeric is also known to be adulterated easily. I didnt have to worry about all that with this brand.
After just using TE-A-ME turmeric cardamom wellness infusion, I ordered 3 more packs, for my grandparents and my friend who is writing exam this year. Here are some health benefits of these lovely turmeric tea bag infusions:
Curcumin in Turmeric is anti inflammatory. It aids arthritis treatment (why it was a perfect gift for my grandparents)
Turmeric sharpens memory (why perfect for gifting my friend writing exams). It also prevents neurological diseases.
It prevents cancer
Delays aging (yey) by synthesizing anti oxidants
Its a natural antiseptic. Its probably why my cystic acne disappeared !
It helps detox liver
It treats digestive disorders and irritable bowel syndrome
Numerous skin benefits like increased collagen, prevents wrinkles, brings a natural healthy glow
One evening I prepared myself a cup of TE-A-ME Turmeric Tea and sat down next to my mother watching the news channel. She is always apprehensive about my health enthusiasm and tactics, so shes the last person I dare to offer anything to.
Your Tea smells nice She said, trying to sound casual.
Should I make you a cup, its a tea bag so it wont take too long. I asked
Yes please she replied, very happy.
I made her a cup.
This feels so good. Is an understatement of her expression because next day she asked me where I had kept the Turmeric Tea. The days that followed, I saw her with a cup having a Turmeric Tea bag. Shed sit with a book, every single day sitting at the exact same spot at the exact same time drinking the exact same tea.
You really liked that Tea, didnt you I laughed
I love how it makes me feel she said If I finish this, where are we getting the next batch from? she asked.
Dont worry about it, its available online I told her
It really is a tea bag with natural turmeric and cardamom, I can see it in my cup. She said.
I know.
If I make this tea at home, using the same ingredients, the problem is, one, it tastes like a concentrated concoction, two it makes me feel like Im sick, three, no one has the time to prepare it everyday, despite its share of health benefits.
My mother really enjoyed having a tea bag filled with all her favorite flavors. I was glad.
The next day I got a text from her friend asking for the online link to get the TE-A-ME Turmeric Tea Bags. My mother recommends everything she loves to everyone she loves.
I am super excited to get my hands on this product. And very ?very glad for my effort to good health has been slashed down by 90%.
Now its just heat water, add tea bag, and enjoy. Feels like an absolute hug in a mug !
Note: The blog is contributed by one of our community bloggers Shreya.
