Green Tea and Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

by Anonymous

Hope you do not mind me asking but I was wondering if you have any info regarding drinking your green tea and Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)?

I have not tried your tea as of yet because I have IBS. I have tried other green teas and they seem to make my symptoms worse in spite of all the research I have read for it's medicinal benefits.

Could it be I need to drink it hot as I have been drinking it cold? Or do you have any other suggestions to go with the tea I purchased from you?

Answer:
Hey, the research regarding green tea and IBS is mixed and rather inconclusive to date, but overall it seems to indicate that green tea helps rather than hinders, probably because of its anti-inflammatory properties.

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As for drinking my friend HQ's Dragon Well tea, I highly recommend you drink it hot.

There are various reasons for this:

- Catechins are unoxidised and more potent.
- Your body retains hot fluid better.
- According to Chinese Medicine theory, hot tea is more beneficial than cold tea.

Of course, you will still be able to benefit from drinking tea cold. But from the health point of view, my current research seems to indicate that hot tea is preferable.

You might want to start slowly to test things out. Try having 1 gram per 8 ounce cup, or 60 tea shoots per 225 millimetre glass or mug.

This is the concentration I have daily, and it still does wonders.

Hope it helps.

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Oct 07, 2008
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by: Mahesh

My name is Mahesh and I am living in Auckland, New Zealand. I have Irritable Bowl Syndrome which is digestive disorder problem. I am also keen to lose weight and maintain lean body. For these reasons I was attracted to green tea when I saw some articles on internet about green tea health benefits.

Since I am NOT Chinese ethnic my knowledge on green tea was very limited and I tried to disuses some Chinese ethnic people living in NZ.NZ Chinese community is not at all friendly and helpful when they cant make money out of someone. I have then visited one Chinese shop and bought a green tea. On packet it was written that tea is one of the top ten green tea in China. The name of this tea is “Bi Lou Chun” green tea produced in Jiangsu province of China and marketed by a company named Highland.

I tried to nicely boil this tea and drink about 7 to 8 cups a day. I had some relief from gastro problem but I am unable to sleep until late night. Not sure whether its due to this tea or not.

I will highly appreciate if you can advise me a bit on Bi Lou Chun tea, how to use that and how much to use that.
Oct 07, 2008
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by: Julian

Manesh

I am not a doctor so I am just giving some common sense advice here based on my experience as a tea drinker.

If you are not a regular coffee and tea drinker, and do not take much caffeine, than chances are your body is responding to the caffeine content in the Biluochun tea, causing you to be wakeful at night.

The jury is still out there as to whether green tea is helpful to IBD. According to one of my customer, she has found drinking my green tea NOT aggravate her conditions, but is not sure whether it is helpful. I probably will ask her to give an update.

Green tea has been found helpful to preventing colon cancer, which is a plus.

If you were to continue drinking green tea, I suggest starting drinking 3 cups a week, with as little tea as you can master - say 1 to 2 grams per 250 ml cup. It does take a while for your body to adjust to the caffeine effects.

Also drink in-between meals during the day, and avoid drinking green tea after dinner as it can cause wakefulness.

I hope this helps.

Julian
Jun 05, 2009
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by: Anonymous

I have had IBS most of my life and do drink green tea - but if my IBS is slightly aggravated and/or I drink more than a cupful, I do suffer for it.

I put this down to the caffeine in it as caffiene is one of my biggest triggers, but I also find that many hot drinks trigger as well - so the combination of the two I guess means I have to drink it with caution!
Nov 28, 2009
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by: Anonymous

Some research show that peppermint tea is best for IBS. Also try funnel seeds
Apr 06, 2010
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by: Anonymous

Teas for IBS are caraway and peppermint. Fennel can help a few people too but caraway and mint are the best kinds.Green tea is full of caffeine which makes IBS worse for most people and the tannins can cause constipation.

http://www.helpforibs.com

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