A talk given by Leticia Smithapindhu
Herbal tea have been used and revered in the Orient for centuries, to relieve
pains, heal wound and maintain health. China is very famous for herbs and now
other countries around the world have started to use herbs as an alternative
medicines and as a maintenance of good health. Using herb allow them to be closer
to nature, as now it has been realized that nature and humans must live side
by side in order to survive. Herbal Tea is developed to make using herb easier.
This kind of tea is not made from tea leaves as Black tea. Oolong tea or green
tea, but it made from herb plants packed like tea bag or sachet. Put it in a
cup and pour boiling natural water, the tea is ready to be used as food supplements
or as an alternative medicine.
Traditional treatment of herbal teas are not limited only to relieve or cure
symptom, but also aimed to restore the body's normal function, so that the body
can heal itself. This may take a few months for the effects become apparent.
Different herbs, roots, fruits are blend to create different flavors, they are
called herbal infusions. Such as ginger tea, mushroom, chamomile, jasmine, cinnamon,
aloe, matuum, etc.
I am a cancer surviver and had a bad experience with radiotherapy, and decide
not to receive it again. Since I have taken JIAOGULAN (Gynostema pentaphyllum)
fro seven years, I have never been hospitalized and my poor health has been
forgotten. This herb has been recognized in China as both cholesterol fighting
agent and a strenghtener gor immune system.
Research has shown Jiaogulan to decrease free radicals in immune cells, protected
biomenbranes from oxidative injury, and improve functioning of vascular endothelial
cells. It has also been suggesting that it may help cancer patients on radiation
therapy and/or chemotherapy. Some researcher suggest gypenosides in Jiaogulan
may be beneficial for the prevention and treatment of atherosclerosis and for
retardation of the aging process.
All these good properties make me wish to introduce this herb to as many people
as I can.
Leticia Smithapindhu
Vice President of the Silver Dove Club
She was born on October 4th , 1936 in the Phillippines and grew up there. She
was graduated from Silliman University in 1959 B.A.LLB. She met a Thai gentleman
got married and came to Thailand with him. In Chiangmai, she worked for McCaen
Hospital and taught in Chiangmai University and Family Planning Programme under
IPPF (International Planned Parenthood Federation, London)
Her husband worked for the United States Information Servoce in Chiang Mai and
was killed by the terrorists in 1970. She has then 3 sons. From then on she
has taken care of herself and her sons and never remarried.
When she reached the lowest ebb of her life after the cancer therapy, a friend
told her about a Chinese doctor just arrived in Thailand from his homeland.
She went to see him, and ho told her through an interpreter of a certain ancient
Chinese herb that had brought benefit to many of his patients. Her friend had
to find this herb in China as none was in Thailand. After she got the herb,
Leticia planted and nurtured the herb and finally the tea she made from it.
Sharing it with her elderly neighbors and after a week, they can feel a better
health. After gathering reports, articles, research, leaflets and any other
available information, she submitted and obtained FDA approval.
After seven years of regular drinking, she feel helathy and strong, energetic,
once again, able to enjoy life and she is happy to be able to now share this
blessing with as many people she can.
Leticia has a big plantation today and also other people who plant her Jiaogulan.
She has started to export in different countries. You will believe the miracles
this herb does when you see her with your own eyes. She is now 63 and looks
like in her mid forties.
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