The Value of Mint Tea

The BBC website has an article titled Cup of mint tea is an effective painkiller, which notes research in the UK on hyptis crenata- better known as mint tea. The tea is commonly used in Brazil to treat maladies which include stomach pain, fevers and headaches. A related paper was published in the journal Acta Horticulturae.

The taste of mint tea is more medicinal-like than pleasant. According to lead researcher Graciela Rocha, who is Brazilian, mint tea tastes more sage than what people associate with mint taste. Sage is a part of the mint family though.

The Benefits of Soup

Dr. Maoshing Ni has some encouraging news for soup lovers. Soup Therapy: Detoxify, Lose Weight, and Boost Immunity details the many benefits of soup. Some of the highlights:

• Including soup in your diet can help you to lose weight. Homemade soup can avoid inclusion of chemicals and too much salt that come with the more expensive commercial soups.



• Soup can confer immunological benefits. Cabbage and shiitake mushrooms are particularly useful in this regard. Ginger aids digestion and seaweed has body cleansing properties.



• The link contains a recipe for a detoxifying broth.



• Other benefits include warming effects in cold weather and healing or infection fighting properties long attributed by mothers for generations.