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Drinking Kombucha Tea promotes good health and helps millions of people by its excellent detoxifying immune-enhancing qualities. There are no known negative reactions from drinking the tea, except if not brewed correctly. The origins of Kombucha tea are lost in history; however the earliest records go back two thousand years ago. Kombucha tea was known as ‘the elixir of long life’.
The Benefits of Kombucha Tea
What first sparked my interest in Kombucha Tea was how my sister explained how it’s helping my nephew Simon who is Autistic. I was so amazed by how the process of how the tea is made and how tea could have such a drastic positive effect for my nephew Simon’s digestive system.
The History of Kombucha is thought to have originated in Tibet or China around 221 B.C., possibly in the Tsin-Dynasty of the Chinese empire. Kombucha was brought then to Japan from where it then was introduced to the Western World. The history of the original origin of the tea has been lost, however, it is known that the tea has been used for in the cultures that they are now a part of China and Russia for 100 years (Roche, 2008, ¶ 2)
Kombucha has been used in Eastern Europe, Russia and Japan for many centuries. It’s from Japan in 415 AD that the name Kombucha originated. A Korean physician named Kombu or Kambu treated an Emperor Inyko with the tea and that is how the name “Kombu” and “cha” meaning tea (Roche, 2008).
Kombucha spread from Russia to Prussia, Poland, Germany and Denmark and then seems to have died out during World War Two. After the war a doctor named Rudolph Skelner created renewed interest in Kombucha in Germany when he used it in his practice to treat patients with cancer, metabolic disorders, high blood pressure and diabetes. (Roche, 2008).
( 2006-2007, ¶ 2) The main health benefit from the tea is to aid bodies find a natural balance. This is the reason the tea is not symptom specific. The tea does not always help a...