Puerh for colds?

by **TwoPynts** » Feb 10th, '11, 17:35

Re: Puerh for colds?

by TwoPynts » Feb 10th, '11, 17:35

AdamMY wrote:Sadly I came down with another cold this morning ( I think I blame this thread), and I am about to go try that again. Wish me luck.

That's a bummer. Let us know how the experiment goes this time. Also, you may want to consider some of the concoctions from the other thread (link at the top). I swear by a black tea base (or green) with honey, ginger, cinnamon and garlic added. Skip the garlic if you can't stomach it.

by **gingkoseto** » Feb 11th, '11, 01:34

Re: Puerh for colds?

by gingkoseto » Feb 11th, '11, 01:34

One man's best medicine can be another man's poison. There is no such thing that is good for everybody at any time. I've found shu puerh (which I seldom drink) helps me with stomach problems, and I suspect it would do just the opposite on some other people.

by **heatwaves** » Feb 11th, '11, 02:02

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by heatwaves » Feb 11th, '11, 02:02

Wow! Thanks everyone for all of the responses. Interesting to see the responses run the gamut from strong young sheng, to old sheng, to no sheng. I was even surprised by the no green tea remark. I always thought of green tea as a panacea for everything.

Tomorrow I think I'll take Nada's and Shah8's advice of old sheng. The oldest I have is 1993 7542 Menghai (from Nada coincidentally).

Today I had the 2003 Yiwu Manluo Zhengshan (once considered for a B&B Taobao group buy). While it didn't terribly impress me, I feel great tonight. I'm a skeptic, so I'll attribute the quick recovery to a weak cold virus strain and rest.

by **Chip** » Feb 11th, '11, 09:50

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by Chip » Feb 11th, '11, 09:50

heatwaves wrote:Wow! I was even surprised by the no green tea remark. I always thought of green tea as a panacea for everything.

OK ...

senCHAAAAAAAA!!!!

I actually thought I was being good. :mrgreen:

Seriously sold on sencha for before, during and after. I used to have a killer post-cold sinus infection every year for well over a decade or two that would require antibiotics to kick. These are the kind that make you feel really mortal.

Once I began drinking sencha regularly, ZERO. Each time a cold starts coming on, I stay the sencha course and it just fades with a wimper, even with minor sinus infection symptoms. I also am sold on saline spray ...

Coincidence?

by **TwoPynts** » Feb 11th, '11, 11:43

Re: Puerh for colds?

by TwoPynts » Feb 11th, '11, 11:43

Chip wrote:...I also am sold on saline spray ...

There's always another way to use your sencha - Nasal Irrigation!

: nasal irrigation; nasal-rinse.jpg (51.45 KiB) Viewed 401 times

by **heatwaves** » Feb 11th, '11, 12:21

Re: Puerh for colds?

by heatwaves » Feb 11th, '11, 12:21

Chip wrote:
heatwaves wrote:Wow! I was even surprised by the no green tea remark. I always thought of green tea as a panacea for everything.

OK ...

senCHAAAAAAAA!!!!

I actually thought I was being good.

Seriously sold on sencha for before, during and after. I used to have a killer post-cold sinus infection every year for well over a decade or two that would require antibiotics to kick. These are the kind that make you feel really mortal.

Once I began drinking sencha regularly, ZERO. Each time a cold starts coming on, I stay the sencha course and it just fades with a wimper, even with minor sinus infection symptoms. I also am sold on saline spray ...

Coincidence?

That's quite amazing, Chip. Typically, I drink shincha for the onset and during colds, but I thought I'd give sheng a whirl to see if my body responded miraculously. I still have about 300g of shincha left over from last spring. :shock:

I know, a travesty that I still have that much left. I definitely bought too much (600 or 700g, if I remember correctly). Thankfully the 300g is unopened and refridgerated, so it still should be relatively fresh.

by **heatwaves** » Feb 11th, '11, 12:23

Re: Puerh for colds?

by heatwaves » Feb 11th, '11, 12:23

TwoPynts wrote:

There's always another way to use your sencha - Nasal Irrigation!

nasal-rinse.jpg

TwoPynts, I'm glad you used this photo instead of the one showing the sencha enema.

by **TwoPynts** » Feb 11th, '11, 12:38

Re: Puerh for colds?

by TwoPynts » Feb 11th, '11, 12:38

heatwaves wrote:TwoPynts, I'm glad you used this photo instead of the one showing the sencha enema.

Okay you know I had to Google that. Thank goodness you were joking.

by **betta** » Feb 12th, '11, 02:47

Re: Puerh for colds?

by betta » Feb 12th, '11, 02:47

heatwaves wrote:
betta wrote:
The component in the puerh somehow increases metabolism rate in your body...

... but only if you're jogging while drinking it.

You need to read more about influence of food intake to metabolism of your body, my dear :wink:

by **rabbit** » Feb 12th, '11, 10:09

Re: Puerh for colds?

by rabbit » Feb 12th, '11, 10:09

TwoPynts wrote:
heatwaves wrote:TwoPynts, I'm glad you used this photo instead of the one showing the sencha enema.

Okay you know I had to Google that. Thank goodness you were joking.

Why not? If people use coffee because the caffiene stimulates the digestive track I would imagine sencha or matcha would work just fine

by **iannon** » Feb 12th, '11, 11:02

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by iannon » Feb 12th, '11, 11:02

rabbit wrote:
TwoPynts wrote:
heatwaves wrote:TwoPynts, I'm glad you used this photo instead of the one showing the sencha enema.

Okay you know I had to Google that. Thank goodness you were joking.

Why not? If people use coffee because the caffiene stimulates the digestive track I would imagine sencha or matcha would work just fine

OMG some one lock this thread! :shock:

by **heatwaves** » Feb 12th, '11, 14:47

Re: Puerh for colds?

by heatwaves » Feb 12th, '11, 14:47

rabbit wrote:
TwoPynts wrote:
heatwaves wrote:TwoPynts, I'm glad you used this photo instead of the one showing the sencha enema.

Okay you know I had to Google that. Thank goodness you were joking.

Why not? If people use coffee because the caffiene stimulates the digestive track I would imagine sencha or matcha would work just fine

You may have just unlocked the secret as to how sheng is ultimately converted to shu.

by **teaisme** » Feb 15th, '11, 17:59

Re: Puerh for colds?

by teaisme » Feb 15th, '11, 17:59

This is great someone try it , I think you may have stumbled upon a new health craze :mrgreen:

I get the feeling that sencha does help (me at least) even though it is supposed to be cooling

It seems recovery is a lot faster with it (at least for flu, cold I have not had in a while)
I conquered the flu in 3 days with just sleep, sencha, juices, and rice milk
Symptoms were very strong but much shorter lived

by **gingkoseto** » Feb 16th, '11, 15:40

Re: Puerh for colds?

by gingkoseto » Feb 16th, '11, 15:40

TwoPynts wrote:
Chip wrote:...I also am sold on saline spray ...

There's always another way to use your sencha - Nasal Irrigation!

nasal-rinse.jpg

Actually I have a nasal rinse pot (not sure if it's the right name) in a similar shape as this tea pot

so I don't have to put the spout of my teapot in my nose :lol:

by **putibungsu** » Feb 17th, '11, 00:46

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by putibungsu » Feb 17th, '11, 00:46

gingkoseto wrote:
Actually I have a nasal rinse pot (not sure if it's the right name) in a similar shape as this tea pot so I don't have to put the spout of my teapot in my nose

I think it's called neti pot.