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What do the Chinese know, or have known, for over 4,000 years about herbal remedies like Green Tea that have been almost lost to the rest of the world, that could be our salvation…

If you do even the basic research, you will soon find evidence of the Chinese using Green Tea for its medicinal purposes going back to the time that the Egyptians were building their first pyramids. This article looks at the impact Green tea may well have on a number of chronic ailments so common in Western society, especially the Americans.

So, what can green tea do for you, and how does it do it? Well, it would all seem t point to a substance contained in some teas called epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG). This is not only just a very powerful anti oxidant, but it also has properties that can cut down cholesterol, inhibit the formation of blood clots (Western society of course prefers rat poison for that!), would seem to be able to act as a cure for cancer, and can even search out and destroy cancer cells in the body.

Wow! What a powerful natural product, which begs the question – Why does green tea not get far more public awareness?

So, let’s look at a list of the most common ailments in the Western world, that have the highest mortality rate.

Cancer Heart disease High levels of bad cholesterol Rheumatoid arthritis

Then look at some other afflictions, less deadly, but equally as debilitating to our lives

Obesity Tooth decay Headaches Depression Impaired Immune functions Infections (food poisoning for instance) Acne

Would you believe that every one of those issues are believed to respond to Green tea?

Now, there is a French connection here as well, funnily enough. Following similar dietary issues, there was some puzzlement over why the French, who were eating just as much fatty foods as their American counterparts, were nowhere near as obese because of it. A first, the connection was made with the copious amounts of red wine that the French consumed with their foods, due to the presence of resveratrol, which apparently reduces the harmful effects of smoking and a fatty food intake. For some time, researchers were giving red wine the same status almost as green tea its health promoting side effects ( as well as tasting better, and having other alcoholic side effect not found in green tea!). However, further research showed that the EGCG content on green tea was found to be more than twice as powerful as resveratrol, which may explain why in another research, the incidence of heart disease amongst Japanese men is so much lower than their Western counterparts, even though Japan seems to be one of the last bastions for smokers.

So, it is hard to believe why more emphasis is not put on green tea when it comes to promoting the well-being of many of us in the Western world. Perhaps we create our lifestyle habits as young people including drinking alcoholic drinks, eating fatty and usually ‘convenience’ foods, and put these values far ahead of a more controlled lifestyle resulting in a longer life. Anyway everybody is entitled to live their lives (long or short) in whatever manner they choose, but at least armed with a few facts now on the benefits of green tea, more and more people will look more closely at either the basic green tea itself, or some form of green tea additives.

Now you know, the choice is yours…

Sinus congestion or infection is a very common health condition. There are people experiencing chronic infection due to allergic reaction or inherited malformations. However acute sinusitis can be treated by simple home cure for sinus infection like for example inhalation. Normal symptoms of this disease are nose congestion, ear fullness, tiredness, and headache, heaviness in head, fever and heaviness of face.

Sinuses actually look a lot like a formation of balloon in human head. The nose can get congested with dander, mucus or other foreign substance. Blowing your nose softly and regularly and washing hands can prevent you from getting a serious infection. Nose irrigation is another popular method and is carried out with saline.

If you suffer from allergies take prescribed antihistamines or nasal spray. These should help clear your nose, however over the counter treatments must not be taken for over 3 days. Visit your doctor for a proper check up and take the medications that he/she prescribes. Hot compress can also be used to relieve the sinus infection as well as headaches. Hot water bath, inhalation of steam and warm face packs also release the mucus membrane, however make sure not to use too warm water.

Drinking lots of liquid, tea and water, will hydrate your body and help clear the congestion. Avoid milk and milk products as they can aggravate the condition. Your doctor can prescribe antibiotic treatment as cure for sinus infection, make sure to take full course of these medications or the treatment will not work and bacteria will get immune to the medicine.