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Thursday, October 25, 2012

Kombucha Tea Health Benefits and Side Effects


What is so impressive about Kombucha? Chinese people have been enjoying the remarkable health benefits of Kombucha for more than 2,000 years. It was regarded as an elixir of health and immortality. In this article, you will learn what are the health benefits that drinking Kombucha can provide you.

As a folk remedy, the medicinal properties of Kombucha have been used successfully to heal various diseases. It is a helpful drink to get rid of headaches, diseases of the stomach, intestines, bladder, kidney, and liver. Kombucha has antibiotic, anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties. It lowers blood pressure, lowers cholesterol, regulates the digestive tract and is used as a preventive remedy for arthritis, rheumatic heart disease and atherosclerosis.

Kombucha has the following useful properties:


  • Normalizes the acidity of the stomach
  • Helps the function of the gastrointestinal tract
  • Restores the intestinal microflora
  • Helps in treating dysentery
  • Alleviates constipation
  • Helps with kidney stones
  • Relieves severe neurological headaches
  • Lowers blood pressure
  • Normalizes blood cholesterol levels
  • Helps fight insomnia
  • Overall wellness and rejuvenating effects on the body


Kombucha can be used to wash wounds and speed up the healing process. Kombucha reduces fatigue, soothes and tones the body. It is useful to drink Kombucha in the morning and evening. In the morning, it will prepare your digestive system for the day ahead. In the evening, it will calm you, clean the stomach and prepare you for sleep.

Kombucha is a particularly useful drink for people suffering from the following ailments:


  • Sore throat and tonsillitis
  • ARI and influenza
  • Sinusitis, rhinitis, and various diseases of the nose
  • Gum disease
  • Eye infections and conjunctivitis
  • Tuberculosis
  • Scarlet fever
  • Dysbiosis
  • Gall bladder and liver
  • Gastritis
  • Dysentery
  • Diphtheria
  • Chronic enterocolitis
  • Typhoid fever
  • Constipation
  • Overweight
  • Hemorrhoids
  • Allergies
  • Furunculosis
  • Acne
  • Dandruff
  • Baldness
  • Nail fungus
  • Hangover


There are some side effects for those who use Kombucha regularly. The drink contains a small percentage of alcohol, so do not use it before you get behind the wheel. Kombucha will benefit you only if it is properly prepared, and when used correctly.