In some cases, they believe that tea can actually cure ailments and sickness. New emerging studies are elevating these assumptions from myth to scientific reality, providing significant evidence that tea is indeed a source of health and contains legitimate healing properties.

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For more than 4000 years now, tea has been a faithful staple in many cultures and countries around the world. Used as a sustaining
liquid for those suffering from infectious disease, there are many believers who have always asserted that tea holds powerful healing
properties.
In some cases, they believe that tea can actually cure ailments and sickness. New emerging studies are elevating these assumptions
from myth to scientific reality, providing significant evidence that tea is indeed a source of health and contains legitimate healing
properties.
Tea is one of the most widely consumed beverages in the world, second only to water, and in many parts of the world, green and
black teas are mass produced from the plant Camilla Sinensis. Because of the way the beverage is brewed like what they do
in coffee beverage recipes, it is also one of the safest beverages made on the planet. This is because it is made with boiling water
until it is sterile. It is this process that eradicates just about every type of bacteria or virus commonly found in water.
For centuries, tea has not only helped promote health, it also has served as a as a social outlet (tea time), battlefield sedative (the
British for years served their wounded tea on the battle field as a way to calm them), and has played a major role in at least one
revolution (the Boston Tea Party).
Not only have many of the alleged healthful properties been certified, researchers have also identified other, previously unknown
qualities of tea that have proven that the beverage possesses qualities that can fight cancer, ward off tumors, and prevent the
introduction of free radicals into the body.
These findings have allowed researchers to begin to understand what makes tea so effective in healing and promoting health. The
most productive tests have come in the form of multi-disciplinary approaches, which consider data from epidemiology and field
studies, laboratory tests in animals and historical accounts that are compared to current testing results.
Researchers have tested tea against many different ailments and the results have shown that it is one of the most effective methods
that a person can employ to ensure that they are able to adequately fight against any of these sicknesses. The jury, however, is still
out, as tea's potential is only just now beginning to be understood.