Rooi Bos Tea - a legume?!

Rooi bos a member of the legume family, and its official plant name is the Aspalathus linearis. It is said to be rival green and black tea — including matcha green tea — in popularity throughout the world. In South African culture, Sangoma and traditional medicine practitioners regularly offer Rooi Bos as a solution.

Rooi Bos or “red bush” originates from Cape Town, South Africa. It contains a long list of list of incredible minerals, including iron, calcium, potassium, copper, manganese, zinc, magnesium and alpha hydroxy acid. High in antioxidants, such as aspalathin and nothofagin, this tea is power-packed with nutrients your body needs. It contains large amounts of Quercetin which has been known to assist with high cholesterol, heart disease, and circulation problems… diabetes, cataracts, hay fever, peptic ulcer, inflammation, asthma, gout, viral infections, and chronic fatigue. Syndrome (WebMD). It has also been linked with decreasing blood pressure according to a Korean study (2012).

“Heart health is especially important in patients with diabetes. One common complication of diabetes is atherosclerosis, a form of arteriosclerosis that causes hardening and inflammation of the arteries caused by high glucose levels. Aspalathin and nothofagin, two chemical compounds present in rooibos tea, have significant effects on inflammation of the entire vascular system and are thought to be key in treating possible complications from diabetes relating to the heart.” Extract from Dr Axe.

No other food or beverage contains Aspalathin other than Rooi bos tea, which is an antioxidant. It has been linked to protect against vascular inflammation, but protects the heart against oxidation and ischemia (a lack of blood supply to the heart) related to diabetic cardiomyopathy (Dludla et al, 2014).

In a 2013 edition of “Phytomedicine” researchers found that Rooibos inhibited the formation of fat cells and showed positive effects on the metabolism. I have known from living overseas that it is regularly used to gut issues, such as bloating, digestion and nausea. The University of Michigan Health Department found that Rooibos tea’s ability to modulate your immune system could have some benefits for people with allergies and infections as well.

Rooi bos tea is delicious with milk and a drop of honey, with Essential Oils such as lemon for a “super charged” tea or simply plain. Mothers have been known to give to babies to assist with colic babies. Personally my children loved it as an “Iced Tea” or flavoured water in their school lunch.

Whether you’re a tea drinker or someone who is interested in “healthy choices” drinking Rooi bos tea for taste or health – either way you will experience many of the benefits.

Hippocrates said “Let thy food be thy medicine.”

Excerpts and further Information:

https://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/features/tao-of-tea#1

https://draxe.com/rooibos-tea/

https://www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplements/ingredientmono-294-quercetin.aspx?activeingredientid=294&activeingredientname=quercetin

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24268738

The cardio protective effect of an aqueous extract of fermented rooibos (Aspalathus linearis) on cultured cardiomyocytes derived from diabetic rats.

Dludla PV1, Muller CJ2, Louw J2, Joubert E3, Salie R4, Opoku AR5, Johnson R6.

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/03/27/red-tea-even-better-for-than-green-tea.html

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