Taking Hibiscus Tea is one of the most effective practices for those seeking health, the big question is how to take it, since some people like to drink hot hibiscus tea and other people like it cold. The truth is that it doesn’t matter if you are going to drink hot or cold hibiscus tea. When the tea is made with the hibiscus flower itself, heat or cold are not able to change the various hibiscus tea vitamins, so you can drink it any way you prefer.

Hibiscus tea like other herbal teas is low in calories and totally caffeine-free for those wanting to stay away from it. The deep red color and lightly floral flavor of hibiscus tea make it a refreshing beverage, which may also lower your blood pressure and boost your immune system. Tea made from hibiscus flowers contains vitamin C, iron, vitamin A and health-promoting antioxidants. The heat from boiling water helps to extract the various beneficial compounds and pigments from the dried flowers.

INFLUENCE OF HIBISCUS ON BLOOD PRESSURE

There is a widespread belief that cold drink of hibiscus helps to reduce the pressure, and hot, on the contrary, increase. However, laboratory studies have shown that it is not. In any case, the temperature of the tea does not play any significant role: in the stomach it gets warm, but self-hypnosis is quite capable to force the body to work as it should. It was proven during the scientific experiment of the American scientists who conducted the study with volunteers. To get rid of high blood pressure, it is recommended to drink 1-2 cups of red tea a day. It normalizes the blood pressure, and digestion, and is great to cleanse the blood from harmful substances. However, drinking hibiscus is still better cold, or warm, temperature not above 40 degrees. In this case, the effect of tea will be expressed much brighter. It is also worth noting that drinking hibiscus hypertension better regularly, taking breaks for 1-2 days once a month. This will help stabilize the pressure and to forget about its critical rise.

People suffering from low pressure, hibiscus is better not to drink at all. Of course, in some cases the opposite effect when the red tea, the pressure still increases, but this happens so rarely that a medicine is regarded as a special precedent. Drinking even one Cup of hibiscus can result in critical drop in pressure, deterioration of General condition, the weakening of the body, loss of consciousness and other unpleasant consequences.

Hypotensive therefore it is better to drink black or green tea and coffee. Hibiscus is more suited for hypertensive patients.

CONTRAINDICATIONS

Hibiscus not to drink people with diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, with the excesses of the gallbladder,people suffering from high acidity of the stomach, and peptic ulcer disease, even if it has a history. Hibiscus has a pronounced sour taste, but it contains substances dramatically enhances the acid environment of the stomach, which is fraught with aggravation of ulcerative diseases. The use of red tea people with the above disease, manifested symptoms of poisoning: vomiting, diarrhea, dizziness and chills.