Three Must Try Chinese Tisanes 

Mario 瑪利歐 bahahahah

Quitting vaped/eaten cannabis, easy, from one day to the other, cold turkey. Drank coca tea (contains small amounts of cocaine and some other ecgonine alkaloids) daily for several weeks, quit cold turkey, no problem. Even modafinil (an eugeroic, wakefulness inducing compounds) wasn't really addictive for me, weirdly enough. Quitting caffeine: 3 days of headaches, extreme irritability, zero motivation, anger but still extremely tired, almost continuous cravings. Then when headaches and body aches subside after a few days, you give in again. I've withstood weeks without tea, but then I gave in again, then I began the circle again, 'till extreme tolerance (like drinking 50 grams of tea in a day, dunking 20 bags in one cup in order to 'feel the hit', only to end on the toilet bowl vomiting, heaps of tablespoons of super cheap Chinese ripoff matcha - more yellow then green - so bitter and tangent you can barely keep it in your mouth, just flushing it down your throat as fast as possible, taking nauseousness for granted), then take a break. Get super high on tea again the first time. Then get back in the habit of daily consumption. And it keeps repeating and repeating. So badly that nowadays I can't even go 1.5 day without caffeine any more! My psychiatrist I had back +2 years ago told me it was silly when mentioning my tea addiction and ignored it. Not that he was a good psychiatrist, but anyway... If you like the stimulation, the euphoria, the kick, the arousal, the jitteryness/excitement, the spacing, bronchodilation/easier-deeper breathing, the increased detail in music, the faster heartbeat, the increase in concentration, increased motivation, etc. like me. You're in for a horrible stimulant addiction. I can't imagine craving a sedative (I used cannabis because of the psychedelic effects, the time dilation - time passing 3 times slower, the increased synaesthesia, the geometric patterns, tracers, breathing walls, zooming/higher contrasts, etc. but definitely not the laziness, foggyness of mind, impaired short term memory and general lethargicness. I only used the least sedating cannabis strains for that exact reason. But even the most 'hyper weed' was still too tiring/sedating for me.), but a stimulant, definitely yes. Ironically enough, I really like lavender (aka my profile picture), lavender tisane, and regularly use lavender oil. But lavender oil isn't too much sedating though, even in slightly higher dosages. Maybe it's different for me though, I don't know. But I definitely don't crave lavender like I crave caffeine. I was able to quit coffee, energy drinks and snorting crushed caffeine pills. But tea. Nope, I tried, but that's about it. It has only become worse. I try to limit my daily use to 20 grams a day max. But lately I've been falling into the hole again. I love tea, the culture behind it, the aromas; the other compounds like l-theanine, catechins; etc. But caffeine is one helluva drug for me. I can't trick my body with tisanes, I like tisanes/herbs too, but my body & mind crave the caffeine.

@@kjell159 everything in moderation.

@@mattnguyen1672 ​ @Matt Nguyen I may sound like a hypocrite, but I agree. Tea has many health benefits, but too much isn't a good thing either. Too much catechins in green tea could harm the liver, I'm saying could, not that it will. Also the studies that have looked into it, looked at concentrated green tea supplements in specific, maybe drinking green tea might be safer. But it's at dosages higher then say average 5 cups a day - depending on the strength of the brew -, or more then 10 grams a day. Also the caffeine itself, being a stimulant, too much can certainly give side effects and may be harmful long term. (besides withdrawal symptoms when you're without) Tea contains oxalates, which might cause kidney stones. But I doubt that the amounts in tea, even at high dosages, is enough to cause too much of an effect. Other leaf products, like spinach, also are high in oxalates. And say consistently eating 50 grams of spinach a day doesn't seem like that bad of a thing. So I doubt the amounts in tea will be that much higher. But I haven't checked yet, I can probably find the amounts in tea somewhere on the internet, but it's still only a number. High oxalate content alone doesn't predict kidney stones for sure, there's more to it. Just like how drinking tea won't dehydrate you because of the caffeine. Yes, caffeine has a diuretic effect, but brewed tea also is mostly water, so you basically replenish it at the same time so to speak. It's just that for me personally caffeine is pretty addictive. I'm a less motivated, less energetic person in general, so it's not that huge of a surprise that a stimulant like caffeine might be much more addictive for me then for most other people. The more you drink, the more you have to drink in order to keep feeling the same effects. It's how most addictions and tolerance tend to develop.

Thanks for watching and commenting!

Matt Stefan careful how much you drink. can cause liver problems I believe

balob oh no worries there. I only drink it when I have a sore throat. I don't drink it nearly enough to hurt😁

balob why do you mention possible liver complications? Can you refer to any documentation or study that supports this?

It baby kuding same dandelion?..tq

It baby kuding same dandelion?..tq

Agree!

Jake sounds lovely. If I run across some, I'll definitely have to give them a try.

I am specifying the one with the handle, similar to the Kyusu style teapot

It baby kuding same dandelion?..tq

It baby kuding same dandelion?..tq

+Evelyne Deroo the flavour and aroma of the flowers extract quite quickly. If you want the full medical effects of any tea or tisane then brewing long and hot is the best way to extract all the goodness.

Yes, I'd love to learn more about it. We have the plant in abundance here in the Pacific Northwest, where we call it Fireweed. I've harvested it myself and used it unfermented as a simple tisane, was given some balls of fermented leaves from a friend, and have done some reading on the process of making it, but I'm always interested in more in-depth information, especially from such an experienced tea-culture perspective.

+kiwanoish Hey, you can do some research on any scientific studies sites about the therapeutic effects of Jiao Gu Lan especially by searching about Gypenosides (www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleListURL&_method=list&_ArticleListID=-1200627019&_sort=r&_st=13&view=c&md5=467c0c3f0e2bec63c5e37cf60af8e441&searchtype=a).

Thank you for the response, I will check out some of those articles closer during the summer.

I mean, if you are a person of science you should know that all medicine (synthesized) originated in the natural world; otherwise, big pharma would not be sending "scientists" to search for herbs used by the locals or animals to cure ailments. Ma Huang tisane (Ephedra sinica) www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4594322/ . Regarding energy levels; guarana, caffeine, ginseng. They all originate in the natural world.

Tea boat!

balob Ty

A tisane is gyógyteát jelent, szóval a gyógytea szót lehet használni.

Igen lehet,tisztában vagyok vele, de a mindennapi életben én nem vettem észre hogy annyira használnák ezt az emberek (legalább is felénk) és ha azt mondom tea nem egy fekete vagy zöld teára asszociálnak az emberek hanem úgy általában mindenféle teára/növényi főzetre . Vagy nevén nevezik (megyek csinálok egy kamilla teát...) vagy csak teát használnak. Azért hoztam ezt fel mert nekem ebből már volt félre értés nem egyszer, mikor meséltem ismerősőknek hogy a tea kultúráról kezdtem el tanulni meg kinai tea ceremonia...és kezdtek faggatni hogy mondjam akkor meg mit használjon artritiszre...őőő, ez nem az amit én tanulok én nem gyógynövény teákról tanulok, hanem csak egyetlen növényről amit sajnos véletlenül éppen teának hivnak. Másik eset mikor arról beszélgetünk szülőkkel hogy magyarországon nem igazán alakult ki tea kultúra még ha ismerték is a növényt (összehasonlitva britekkel vagy oroszország).... amire hevesen megszólalat valaki hogy dehogy nincs tea kulturánk hisz a nagyszülei is mindig szedték a növényeket az erdőben és csinálták a teát, mondom igen de én a tea kultura alatt a tea (Camellia Sinensis)növényhez kacsolodó teázást értem, hát de hát a többi is tea akkor minek hivja...Remélem igy több értelme van a véleményemnem/állítáásomnak :)

Brigitta Szilvás Igazad van, beszélgetésekben nekem is az a tapasztalatom mint neked.