Green tea

Traditional uses : The leaves have been used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), and other medical systems to treat asthma, bronchodilator, angina pectoris, peripheral vascular disease, and coronary artery disease. Chinese regard tea as antitoxic, diuretic, expectorant, stimulant, and stomachic. Tea is also considered as astringent, stimulant, and acts as a nervine or nerve sedative, frequently relieving headaches. The infusion is also recommended for neuralgic headaches, amebic dysentery, bacterial dysentery, gastroenteritis, and hepatitis. It has also been reported to have antiatherosclerotic effects and vitamin P activity1.

The leaves have been used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)