{"id":750,"date":"2020-08-27T09:30:47","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T15:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/?p=750"},"modified":"2024-03-28T13:40:55","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T19:40:55","slug":"respiratory-tea-wildfires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/respiratory-tea-wildfires\/","title":{"rendered":"Teas To Support Respiratory Health as Fires and Smoke Invade the West"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Respiratory tea can help mitigate effects of smoke from wildfires on lungs.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

We thank firefighters for risking their lives to save those of others, as well as property. Their work also helps preserve forests, which we treasure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If not for the work of thousands of brave women and men on those inferno front lines, our skies would be even darker with smoke, the air more redolent of campfire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still, we all have struggled through the past few weeks in much of the West, including Colorado\u2019s magnificent Front Range. The air looks as if smeared with margarine. Smoke largely obscures our mountains. Just breathing invites threats. Carbon particulate enters our lungs as we breathe. Smoke can host other goodies too,<\/a> such as acid gases, sulfur dioxide, aldehydes, nitrogen oxides, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), benzene, toluene, styrene, metals and dioxins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The smoke is inescapable. For many of us, so too is the respiratory discomfort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Good news, friends. Tea to the rescue!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Six Teas For Respiratory Health<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Jiaogulan, a wild vine found across mountainous regions of southern China and elsewhere in Asia, is a powerful adaptogen.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Immortal Tea<\/mark><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Our custom blend combines caffeine-free energy as well as respiratory assistance. It doesn\u2019t offer immortality, alas. But it can at least give our mortal lives a boost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Immortal Tea<\/a> rests on a foundation of Jiaogulan, also known as sweet tea vine, fairy herb and southern ginseng. This climbing vine, a member of the Cucurbitaceae family (the family includes things like melons and cucumbers), grows wild across parts of Asia. In particular, it thrives in Southern China\u2019s mountainous areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

People in China are keen on Jiaogulan<\/a> leaves, which many believe offer vitality and endurance across the day. In addition, people sip on Jiaogulan tea for relief from coughs, congestion and other respiratory ailments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tea also incorporates peppermint, a classic herb for respiratory health<\/a>, and ginseng. Not long ago, ginseng stood as a fairly exotic root, used mostly in China and Korea for energy. But during the past 20 years, ginseng has entered the mainstream. The plant grows in different parts of Asia, and it also thrives in the United States, mostly in the Appalachian and Ozark regions of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like Jiaogulan, people use ginseng to treat respiratory problems.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Get Organic Ginger Refresh Tea Delivered Right To Your Door<\/mark><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Organic Ginger Refresh<\/mark><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Leveraging ginger\u2019s properties for respiratory relief is common worldwide. Many people, from the United Kingdom to Japan to Ecuador and Egypt, turn to ginger when things begin rattling in the chest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organic Ginger Refresh<\/a> takes advantage of ginger\u2019s soothing properties. But the blend also includes several other ingredients that help the lungs, such as peppermint. A key one? Licorice. People around the world turn to the root to relieve symptoms of respiratory distress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between the ginger, the peppermint and the licorice, this delicious tea is a ringer for helping to ease chest discomfort.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The elderberry tree produces fruit as well as flowers – both are used to treat respiratory issues.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

CHA Relax<\/mark><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This bespoke blend is near to our heart. It is one of the fruits of our collaboration with the University of Colorado\u2019s Center for Humanities and the Arts (CHA, which coincidentally means \u201ctea\u201d in Chinese). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tea\u2019s primary advantage, in addition to beautiful flavor, is its ability to ease people into relaxation. But one of its ingredients, organic elderflower, is renowned for its ability to help manage respiratory ailments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Head to most drug store and supermarket shelves dedicated to respiratory medicines, and there you likely will encounter herbal treatments involving elderflower and elderberry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This tea serves sippers especially well before bed. In addition to helping people fall asleep, it works on their chest issues while they dream.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Pu-erh in tangerine rinds is a glorious thing.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Tangerine Pu-erh Balls<\/mark><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

We recommend Tangerine Pu-erh Ball<\/a> tea to everybody we encounter. Introducing people to new tea experiences dwells at the center of our lives. Few people have tried tea packaged in tangerine rind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If it didn\u2019t taste awesome, and offer so many health benefits, the tangerine rind novelty would not be enough. But this tea has it all – novelty, flavor and nutrition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Packed inside the rind is a ball of pu-erh, which is a style of Chinese tea comprised of fermented tea leaves. Artisans in Xin Hui, in China\u2019s Guangdong Province, prepare this lovely and interesting tea treat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tea is famous for the health benefits of Sheng Jin (making your mouth feel quenched), Run Fei Zhi Ke (suppressing coughs and nurturing lung performance) and Qu Re (reducing internal heat). We\u2019ll take all three these days! The heat makes us thirsty. The smoke messes with our lungs. And due to the aforementioned heat, anything that reduces it in our bodies is something to celebrate.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Our Green Chrysanthemum tea helps relieve chest congestion.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Organic Green Chrysanthemum<\/mark><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Few herbal teas offer as much complexity and delicacy as chrysanthemum. Inhaling and sipping the tea suggests a diversity of flowers<\/mark><\/a> and herbs, as well as honey. The\u00a0\u00a0flavor is almost haunting, in a good (and not Halloween) way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Chinese medicine, practitioners for thousands of years have relied on chrysanthemum explicitly for approaches towards mitigating respiratory ailments. Our Organic Green Chrysanthemum<\/a> blend uses Chinese chrysanthemum blossoms, and incorporates Japanese sencha tea, peppermint and rose petal in addition to the flower that dominates the exquisite tea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Respiratory tea doesn’t have to come pre-blended. At Ku Cha, you can blend your own.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Blend Your Own Tea Station<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Customers have long championed our Blend Your Own Tea Station, an area in our shops that offers a broad diversity of tea and herbal ingredients for custom blending. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Due to the maddening pandemic, we temporarily cannot let people mix their own blends by themselves. Instead, they tell us their chosen ingredients and we blend for them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The opportunity for DIY custom tea blending lives on our website, too. Click here to visit the online Blend Your Own Tea station<\/a>. Scroll down to \u201cSort by benefits\u201d or \u201cSort by names.\u201d If you already know what you want, it\u2019s easy to just pick your ounce of ginkgo leaf or St. Johns Wort or Oat Straw and begin ordering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, if you click \u201cSort by benefits\u201d you encounter a wealth of information, organized by health benefits and conditions. For example, under \u201cAllergy relief\u201d you find that eucalyptus leaf is good for \u201crespiratory support.\u201d Within the \u201cImmunity Support\u201d category, our guide reveals that Echinacea Purpurea (also known as Purple Coneflower, and common in Colorado) strengthens \u201cBronchial health.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s all continue to bow down before the mighty firefighters toiling around the clock to protect us from devastating flames and smoke. And until those heroes have contained our beautiful state\u2019s and the West\u2019s many raging blazes this season, let\u2019s also keep on sipping respiratory-supporting teas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n