Boost Immunity With Herbal Tea
To prevent cough and cold, strengthen your body’s defense mechanism with cups of tea. Besides the usual black and green tea, you can keep infections at bay also by sipping certain herbal teas.
Boosting immunity with tea
Researchers have found that tealeaves are rich sources of certain plant chemicals, which are known as alkylamines. These plant substances could stimulate production of the gamma delta T cells. These immune cells could not only fight germs and prevent them from entering the body cells, but they also create a natural barrier against disease causing microorganisms, including bacteria, virus, fungi and parasites. To extract most of the immune boosting benefits of tea, you must drink about five cups of black or green tea everyday.
Rooibos or redbush tea
Rooibos or redbush tea is a popular South African beverage that helps to strengthen the body’s immunity. The antioxidant properties of the flavonoids found in this herbal tea could protect your body from infections. Studies have shown that rooibos tea could stimulate secretion of certain immune chemicals such as interleukin 2, which could identify and kill viruses including the deadly HIV5 virus. Rooibos tea could even stimulate the T-cells to attack, suppress and kill viruses.
Raspberry leaf tea
Tea made with dry raspberry leaf, could prevent cough and cold. This immunity-boosting herb could even fight viruses responsible for causing common stomach disorders.
Echinacea tea
Echinacea is a wonderful immune booster, which is used for generations for fighting infections. Researchers have found that Echinacea stimulates production of spleen cells and white blood cells. Echinacea is widely used for treating cold, upper respiratory tract infections, common skin infections and urinary tract infection.
Astragalus tea
Astragalus is used extensively in traditional Chinese medicine for treating infections. Tea made with this herb could strengthen your immune system. Astragalus tea is not only beneficial for fighting virus that cause cold and flu, but this herbal tea can also arrest progression of cancer of cells. By strengthening the immune system, astragalus could improve the quality of life of cancer patients.
Goldenseal tea
To build a strong immune system, you can drink tea made with goldenseal roots. This herb could treat symptoms of cold and flu. Goldenseal helps to increase blood supply to the spleen, enhancing the immune function of the organ.
