According to Traditional Chinese Medicne, food should be your medicine. And a cup of warm tea is a nice way to take your medicine.

Rooibos Tea, a pleasant sweet red tea with a reminder of tai iced tea. Rooibos is naturally Caffeine Free and believed to be beneficial in the treatment of high blood pressure, diabetes, mellitus, atherosclerosis, allergic diseases, various dermatus diseases, liver diseases and cateracts.

Rooibos can strongly be recommended for people suffering from irritability, headaches, disturbed sleeping patterns, insomnia, nervous tension, mild depression or hypertension, as it contains no caffeine and has a soothing effect on the central nervous system. Benefits the stomach and indigestive problems like nausea, vomiting, heartburn, stomach ulcers and constipation. Has anti-spasmodic properties, thus relieving stomach cramps and colic in infants. A benefit in the management of allergies like hay fever, asthma and eczema. Rooibos has a soothing effect on the skin, relieving itching and certain skin irritations like eczema, nappy rash and acne when directly applied to the affected area. This enhances the aged kombucha tea’s own properties as well. Since Rooibos contains no oxalic acid it can be drunk freely by people suffering from kidney stones. Can be used as a pick-me-up in the morning, a superb thirst-quencher during the day and at night it helps you to relax and get a good nights rest.

Suggested use: use one level spoonful (3 grams) per cup of water. Makes about 40 cups of tea. For kombucha brewing use 2 spoonfuls (10 grams) per quart of water. There are roughly 30 grams per ounce. Each 4-ounce package makes about 10 gallons of tea. Steeping time remains a personal preference but when brewing kombucha a longer steep time releases more sterols, which in turn favor, the yeasts over the bacteria. Since kombucha brewing is a balancing act a long steep time favors the yeasts, short steep time favors the bacteria side of the equation.