HIBISCUS TEA BIOPROGRAMME - Lowers Blood Pressure, Diuretic, Weight Loss

Hibiscus tea is a herbal tea made as an infusion from crimson or deep magenta-coloured calyces (sepals) of the roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa) flower. It is consumed both hot and cold.

Hibiscus is a bushy annual plant. Parts of the flower are used to make a popular drink in Egypt called Karkade. Various parts of the plant are also used to make jams, spices, soups, and sauces. The flowers are used to make medicine.
Hibiscus is used for treating loss of appetite, colds, heart and nerve diseases, upper respiratory tract pain and swelling (inflammation), fluid retention, stomach irritation, and disorders of circulation; for dissolving phlegm; as a gentle laxative; and as a diuretic to increase urine output.
In foods and beverages, hibiscus is used as a flavouring. It is also used to improve the odour, flavour, or appearance of tea mixtures.

How does it work?
The fruit acids in hibiscus may work like a laxative. Some researchers think that other chemicals in hibiscus might be able to lower blood pressure; decrease spasms in the stomach, intestines, and uterus; and work like antibiotics to kill bacteria and worms.

It has a tart, cranberry-like flavour, and sugar is often added to sweeten the beverage. 
The tea contains vitamin C and minerals and is used traditionally as a mild medicine.
Hibiscus tea contains 15-30% organic acids, including citric acid, malic acid, and tartaric acid. 
It also contains acidic polysaccharides and flavonoid glycosides, such as cyanidin and delphinidin, that give it its characteristic deep red colour.

The drink is called roselle (a name for the flower) or rosella (Australia); agua de Jamaica and/or flor de Jamaica in Latin America;
 Arhul ka phool in India; Karkadé in Levant, Egypt, Sudan, Italy and Post-Soviet states; Chai Kujarat in Iraq; Chai Torsh in Iran; gumamela in the Philippines; bissap, tsoborodo or wonjo in West Africa; sorrel in Jamaica, Belize, Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago; red sorrel in the wider Caribbean; and other names in other regions, including the U.S., where it is sometimes known simply as Jamaica.

The tea is popular as a natural diuretic. It contains vitamin C and minerals, and is used traditionally as a mild medicine. 
Polyphenol compounds were discovered in the leaves of Hibiscus sabdariffa, which has also shown anti-inflammatory activities

A 2008 USDA study shows consuming hibiscus tea lowers blood pressure in a group of pre hypertensive and mildly hypertensive adults.
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis has a number of medical uses in Chinese herbology.
their research indicates some potential in cosmetic skin care; for example, an extract from the flowers of Hibiscus rosa- sinensis has been shown to function as an anti-solar agent by absorbing ultraviolet radiation.

In the Indian traditional system of medicine, Ayurveda, hibiscus, especially white hibiscus and red hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis), is considered to have medicinal properties.
 The roots are used to make various concoctions believed to cure ailments such as cough, hair loss or hair greying.
Preliminary study has shown that drinking hibiscus tea may lower blood pressure in people with type 2 diabetes, prehypertension, or mild hypertension. 
The effects of drinking hibiscus tea are comparable to blood-pressure medication. 
Studies have demonstrated that it also has a diuretic property.

Hibiscus herbal tea contains an enzyme inhibitor called 'phaseolamin'. 
Research shows that phaseolamin can help with weight loss and, at the same time, with maintaining lean body mass by reducing the production of amylase.
Amylase is an enzyme that breaks down complex carbs (sugar and starches), and, by blocking amylase production, phaseolamin reduces carbohydrate absorption in our bodies - which may help with weight loss.

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