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Thanks to internet and social media, people are becoming more and more conscious of healthy living. With this objective, people focus on their daily exercise, yoga, work life balance, sleeping habits, food and beverages.<\/p>\n

While all these factors require rigorous commitment in terms of time and compromise on pleasure, an appropriate control on beverages is least taxing. Within beverages segment, the first solution comes in the form of tea, and particularly Green tea. Interestingly, the awareness towards other varieties of teas such as Black, Oolong and White teas is still lacking in the society.<\/p>\n

Green tea is great, but not the solution to all health needs:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Green tea has enormous health benefits. The anti-oxidants<\/a> (catechins, mainly EGCG) that protect cells against damage, and scavenge and flush out free radicals from the body. Green tea is linked with health benefits associated with weight loss<\/a>, cardiac health, anti-carcinogenic, antiviral, bone density, stress, arthritis, anti-diabetes etc. While Green tea provides a good base to health needs, there are popular Indian and Chinese herbs for specific health issues. These herbs go deeper than Green teas in addressing specific health aspects.<\/p>\n

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Most of the big tea companies have brought tea blends in the market that use various combinations of fruits and flowers to add aesthetics, aroma and taste to tea. However, these ingredients don\u2019t add much to health properties of tea. On the other hand, herbal teas add a lot to health benefits too, besides bringing a nice aroma and taste to tea. Unfortunately, tea industry has been slow in picking up the vast knowledge of Ayurvedic herbs.<\/p>\n

Some of the common herbs used in tea industry that have immense health benefits are Ginseng, Tulsi\/Basil, Turmeric, Cinnamon, Ginger, Mint, Lemongrass etc,. Many Tea companies have brought tea blends in the market using these herbs. However, the approach towards making these herbal tea formulations has been quite adhoc.<\/p>\n

Indian Ayurvedic System of Medicines Brings a Structured Approach to Health Focused Herbal Teas:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Indian Ayurvedic system of medicines originated thousands of years back, and commands recognition all throughout the world. Thanks to internet and various social media platforms, a large segment of society is reasonably aware of the enormous health benefits associated with Ayurvedic system of medicines utilizing various herbs. Also, they understand that most of the common herbs have no or little side effects, and any little side effects are far outweighed in relation to the potential health benefits. Simultaneously, people are becoming more and more aware of serious side effects associated with long term usage of allopathic medicines.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, tea as such hasn\u2019t found appropriate space in ayurvedic medicines, possibly because of it\u2019s late arrival in India. As a result, tea and Ayurvedic medicine industries had non-existent, or very few bridges until a few years back.<\/p>\n

Why Herbal Teas? Why not just the Ayurvedic medicines:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Herbal medicines in traditional form like capsules, tablets and syrup are typically consumed with a feeling of being patient, and people stop taking these as soon as they recover from the ailment. In the form of herbal tea, provided it is reasonably tasty, people don\u2019t mind accepting these herbal teas as part of their regular life style after recovery.<\/p>\n

Additionally, with warm\/hot water as the media, the absorption of herbs in the form of herbal tea is better in the body. Also, unlike tablets and capsules, the absorption of herbs starts right from when tea goes from mouth to throat and further down in the body.<\/p>\n

\"Herbal-Tea\"<\/p>\n

Categories of Herbal Teas:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The herbal teas can be divided into two segments:<\/strong><\/p>\n