Rooibos Tea - A History of Delicious Healing
Rooibos Tea has a tasty flavor. It doesn't have any caffeine. It relieves depression. It relieves stress. It even relieves constipation, among a wide variety of other problems ranging from insomnia to colic. It helps you relax at bedtime but also keeps you refreshed during the day. The list of benefits goes on and on, but this herbal tea doesn't have any negative side effects!
Meet Rooibos Tea.
Rooibos (pronounced roy-boss) was first used by natives in South Africa when they mashed the stems and leaves of the rooibos plants with hammers. The natives then left the remains of the rooibos plants to ferment in the sun, and created a flavorful drink from that result. That same drink was then discovered and reported in 1772 by botanist Carl Humberg. Unfortunately, at the time, the wide variety of the healing powers of the plant were left unknown, and it simply became popular because of its mouth-watering taste.
It Heals!
 In April 1986, almost 200 years after Humberg reported the drink, a South African mother named Annique Theron was pacing back and forth, worrying about her allergic infant that had been struggling with colic attacks. In her stress, she had accidentally added Rooibos Tea to her baby's milk. Soon, the fourteen-month streak of constant crying and vomiting had stopped, and the baby slept peacefully for over three hours. Obviously, this was an exciting discovery, and after failing to find any documented evidence of these healing properties, Annique took it upon herself to perform her own research on the properties of Rooibos. Soon, eighteen babies with similar problems were given the Rooibos Tea treatment, and the mothers quickly sent in news that the babies were doing better. Annique's findings were quickly published, and to date, those findings have helped thousands upon thousands of allergic people of all ages to
overcome their symptoms with Rooibos.
Rooibos... that name...
Rooibos Tea, which is sometimes misspelled as Rooibus Tea, is also known as Red Bush Tea or just Red Tea, because the plant leaves turn a reddish-brown at a certain point as the rooibos plant ripens. The Japanese chose to give it another name based on its anti-aging properties, namely Long Life Tea. Japan has done extensive research on its healing properties, and imports, researches, and consumes over 310 tons of the tea annually. Their research alone has led to the discovery of many more benefits of Rooibos Tea, or Long Life Tea.
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