We need to bring back teatime, a quiet time in the
middle of the afternoon to enjoy a quiet
cup of tea and escape from the bustle of life! (Your Minster
chiropractor would appreciate such a break again!) Teatime
was good for the mind and spirit and most likely
very good for the body. Today, we just don’t have time, but just drinking tea on the run in a reusable bottle on the commute to your chiropractic appointment at Minster Chiropractic Center
can be just right, especially
if it’s green tea.
BENEFITS OF TEA OVERALL
In China, drinking tea is part of daily life. Not a bad thing! In evaluating
the health benefits of tea and its active ingredients for osteoporosis, osteoarthritis,
and rheumatoid arthritis – familiar bone and joint diseases afflicting
many people – researchers found that tea offers potential anti-COX
(cycolooxygenase) factors and hormone-like effects. They concluded
that tea has a vast potential to be helpful in
medicine and healthcare especially as the mechanisms of the different types
of tea properties are defined as to their
synergistic mechanisms. (1) Tea from plants around us offers us a
flavorsome way to be healthier and even less
painful!
BENEFITS OF GREEN TEA FOR PAIN
The more information we gather
about what nature has for us by medicinal plants,
the more we will want to thank nature! Green tea is a common
beverage sourced from such medicinal plants. Green tea via several pharmacological activities and antinociceptive
effects can be effective for pain relief due
to its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Green tea is explained
to be a safe and often effective treatment for pain management
because if can suppress inflammation
and oxidative stress. (2) Green tea’s major component, EGCG (epigallocatechin-3-gallate),
is described in the published literature as valuable
for its anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant properties. Research papers have reported
how green tea benefits diseases like neurodegenerative
and cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancer, and obesity. Green tea and
its EGCG seem to restrain the expression of inflammatory cytokines
and inflammation-linked enzymes. The use of green tea potentially
improves the quality of life for inflammatory disease patients with
no severe adverse side-effects. (3) Back pain and its related
spinal pain conditions like neck pain, arm pain, leg
pain, etc., typically have inflammatory components with them, so adding green tea for its anti-inflammatory benefit may be a
plus.
CONTACT Minster Chiropractic Center
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. James Cox, on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he
illustrates the interaction of the immune system and pain and
the capability of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management to reduce back pain.
Make your Minster chiropractic
appointment today. If you cannot find time for
teatime at home, make your
trip to Minster Chiropractic Center teatime with a mug of green tea! See
you here soon!