We need to bring back teatime, that quiet time in the
middle of the afternoon to have a quiet
cup of tea and escape from the bustle of life! (Your La Grande
chiropractor would enjoy such a time again!) Teatime
was valuable for the mind and spirit and most likely
very good for the body. Most days, we just don’t have time, but just drinking tea on the run in an insulated
mug on the way to your chiropractic appointment at Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC
can be just right, especially
if it’s green tea.
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 bothering
many people – researchers found that tea offers potential anti-COX
(cycolooxygenase) factors and hormone-like effects. They suggested
that tea has a great potential to be helpful in
medicine and healthcare especially as the mechanisms of the different types
of tea properties are identified as to their
synergistic mechanisms. (1) Tea from plants around us presents us a
delicious way to be healthier and even a bit painfree!
BENEFITS OF GREEN TEA FOR PAIN
The more we acquire
about what nature offers us by medicinal plants,
the more we must appreciate nature! Green tea is a well-known
beverage obtained from such medicinal plants. Green tea via a
multitude of pharmacological activities and antinociceptive
effects can 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
due to its suppression of inflammation
and oxidative stress. (2) Green tea’s major component, EGCG (epigallocatechin-3-gallate),
has shown itself to be a valuable anti-inflammatory
factor as well as anti-oxidant. Research papers have reported
how green tea is good diseases like obesity, cancer,
diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and neurodegenerative diseases. 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 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 Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC
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 potential of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management to benefit the back pain patient.
Make your La Grande chiropractic
appointment now. If you can’t sit for
teatime at home, make your
drive to Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC teatime with a mug of green tea! See
you here soon!