Phytotherapy: Organic Wild Mint Bush (Ziziphora) Herbal Tea
The Ziziphora plant has a long list of medicinal uses. Traditionally, this plant is applied for colds, coughs, fevers, as a sedative, for stomach problems, constipation and for wound healing. But what really caught the attention of modern research scientists were its purported anti-cancer properties.
The Wild Mint Bush (Ziziphora) Herbal Tea prepared by the matcha method is recommended for immune disorders, inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. In traditional medicine, ziziphora is used to treat dysentery, fever, infections of the uterus, and also as an anaesthetic herb. In addition, Ziziphora tea is used for gastrointestinal disorders as a carminative, and to treat vomiting or diarrhoea.
In general, the ziziphora plant has numerous and diverse therapeutic qualities and applications.
General strengthening properties
- Improves the general condition, increases the tone of the body
- Antiviral agent
- Antibacterial agent
Kidneys
- Decongestant
- Prevents stone formation (flushes sand from the kidneys)
Brain
- Used for alleviation of headaches
- Stroke prevention and post-stroke therapy
- Anti-sclerotic agent
- Improves memory, used in Alzheimer’s disease
- Restores histopathological (tissue) brain damage
- Reduces plaque in the brain
- Stops the process of apoptosis (cell death) in the hippocampus
The cardiovascular system
- Used for angina pectoris
- For tachycardia (increased heart rate)
- For hypertension
- For arteriosclerosis
- Increases haemoglobin levels
- Haemostatic agent
- Effective in protecting myocardial tissue from ischemic-reperfusion injury.
Digestive system
- Antiparasitic
- For stomach ulcers
- For gastritis
Respiratory system
- Bronchitis
- Pneumonia
- Acute viral respiratory infections
- Flu
- Angina
- Scarlet fever
Useful properties of ziziphora for women
- Stabilizes hormones
- Improves the condition of the nervous system
- Reduces the severity of PMS symptoms
Characteristics
The ziziphora rhizome is thick and woody, going vertically into the ground, which provides the plant with access to minerals to help nourish its stem and leaves. The herbal tea is made from the green parts of the ziziphora plant. The herb must be collected in the summer during the flowering period of zizphora.
The high quality of this herbal tea depends not only on the proper production or fermentation process, but above all on the quality of the raw material. The main problem of herbal teas is the chaotic collection of raw material (the herb) in the wrong place and at the wrong time, or the disruption of the drying cycle. A high-quality herbal tea that can have all of the above-mentioned healing properties, can only come from bearers of the herbal tea tradition who respect the plant and know how to unleash its power: healers, shamans and herbalists. Otherwise, all you get is useless grass.
Chemical composition
The plant contains tannins, flavonoids, saponins, phytoncides, coumarins. Acids: oleic, stearic, palmitic, linolenic, ferulic, caffeic and ursolic acids. B vitamins and vitamin C, microelements. A large amount of calcium, potassium, magnesium. Ziziphora also contains iron, copper and selenium.
Contraindications
Ziziphora is one of the plants that have no contraindications except for rare allergic reactions.