Cota Tea Benefits

Vitamins a b 2 b 6 c and e are all present in coca leaves which may all help to boost the function of your immune system increasing your body s ability to destroy potentially toxic compounds in your bloodstream.

Cota tea benefits. The tea of cota contains gentle acids that are excreted in the urine lowering the ph increasing the acidity of the urine. The plant is taken as a tea to relieve stomachaches and other digestive ailments. Some of the vitamins found in coca tea are able to give the immune system a much needed boost. It is also used to reduce fevers to treat kidney problems to purify the blood against gonorrhea as a vermifuge to expel intestinal worms as a stimulant for the nervous system and applied as a mouthwash to reduce tooth pain.

As its many common names indicate it is widely used throughout the state. Before coffee was imported the tea was the beverage of choice. Cota indian tea hopi tea navajo tea zuni tea greenthread by susan bruneni photos. By native indians in the nm area.

Indian tea hopi tea navajo tea zuni tea colorado greenthread. It is a mild pleasant tasting beverage and has been used for centuries for a wide variety of medicinal purposes mainly purported to aid in digestion. I have recently published a booklet that focuses on the traditional uses and beliefs on new mexican herbs one of which is cota. These compounds may play a role in increasing lipolysis breakdown of fatty acids in the body for energy.

Cota is used both as daily beverage and as medicine by native and spanish peoples of the southwest united states. Box of greenthread tea in teabags. Our cota is wild crafted from northern new mexico and is used to relieve stomachaches and other digestive ailments. When dried in the sun.

The intake of coca tea suppresses appetite 2. Cota tea background and info cota tea is an important part of life in much of new mexico and is widely used throughout the state. Mice studies state that coca tea may have a beneficial effect on weight loss 1. Coca tea contains high concentrations of vitamins that may have antioxidant properties.

Its main use is as a leisure tea drunk. Beverley spears cota is an integral part of life in much of new mexico. In addition to the use of the herb as a beverage greenthread is reputed to be beneficial for the kidneys mildly diuretic to alleviate digestive problems especially stomach cramps and to purify the blood. Vitamin c alone can stimulate the production of white blood cells and act as an antioxidant to counter the negative effects of free radicals and prevent infections throughout the body.