We need to bring back teatime, that quiet time in the
middle of the day to drink a quiet
cup of tea and escape from the bustle of life! (Your Millville
chiropractor would enjoy 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 Wilson Family Chiropractic
can be just right, especially
if that tea is green.
BENEFITS OF TEA OVERALL
In China, drinking tea is a traditional
lifestyle factor. That’s a pretty good idea! In assessing
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 a bit painfree!
BENEFITS OF GREEN TEA FOR PAIN
The more we acquire
about what nature has for us by medicinal plants,
the more we must appreciate nature! Green tea is a well-known
beverage sourced from such medicinal plants. Green tea via lots of pharmacological activities and antinociceptive
effects are proposed to be effective for pain relief due
to its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Green tea is described as 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 explained
how green tea is good diseases like neurodegenerative
and cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancer, and obesity. Green tea and
its EGCG seem to curb the expression of inflammatory cytokines
and inflammation-linked enzymes. The use of green tea quite possibly
enhances the quality of life for inflammatory disease patients without severe adverse side-effects. (3) Back pain and its related
spinal pain conditions like leg, arm, and neck pain, etc., typically have inflammatory components with them, so adding green tea for its anti-inflammatory benefit may be an advantage.
CONTACT Wilson Family Chiropractic
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. James Cox, on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he
describes the interaction of the immune system and pain and
the capability of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management to benefit the back pain patient.
Make your Millville chiropractic
appointment soon. If you cannot find time for
teatime at home, turn your trip to Wilson Family Chiropractic into teatime with a mug of green tea! Visit soon!