Comments on The Sip Tip: Tea and Sickness

I've had many of these same thoughts and react...

2012-01-24T16:23:04.515-05:00

I've had many of these same thoughts and reactions myself. I think that the benefits of breathing in the warm, humid vapors coming off the tea are huge. When I was younger I had a tendency to get sinus infections, and I think when I made a deliberate effort to drink more tea and herbal tea, and to really savor the experience of drinking it, breathing in the hot vapors, I stopped getting sinus infections as often, and they often started going away on their own without me having to go to a doctor.

I think it may be the thing with empty stomach - a...

2012-01-06T01:52:01.782-05:00

I think it may be the thing with empty stomach - and as I mostly can't eat too much when ill, it could be a part of the problem.

Actually, I have no problem drinking roasted oolongs when ill. However, the desire to do so (or to drink shengpu, which doesn't do me very well in illness) is not present, which is rather strange.

Well, human body is such a complicated beast that I'm glad it works at all :)

Jakub, I am wondering, if you might be drinking a...

2012-01-05T12:07:56.567-05:00

Jakub,

I am wondering, if you might be drinking a tea brewed too strong on an empty stomach. I know a few times if I brewed a strong black tea first thing in the morning before I had a chance to have breakfast I would often feel quite ill.

Centranthus,

I usually brew lighter, and brew teas that are not all that special. I do not want to waste any good/ exceptional teas on myself when I am sick.

I, too, have found that tea definitely helps. If ...

2012-01-05T11:39:37.625-05:00

I, too, have found that tea definitely helps. If ever I have GI distress, I will usually brew up a fennel tisane.

Colds and whatnot, I will usually switch over to the greens for the extra boost.

It's interesting what Jakub had posted. Maybe it's a psychological thing: so much tea was consumed during sickness, that now the body associates the two?

This is an interesting topic. I have used to drink...

2012-01-04T14:52:29.397-05:00

This is an interesting topic. I have used to drink a lot of tea when sick - however, since I have started drinking quite often, my body just does not accept tea in sickness... it makes my stomach hurt and I do not feel the desire to drink tea at all. Strange...
Jakub