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| Photo: Tea in different grade of fermentation |
| Rank | Herbs | Total catechins |
|---|---|---|
Note:
| ||
| 1 | Green tea | 65.6 |
| 2 | White tea* | - |
| 3 | Black tea | 37.8 |
| 4 | Dandelion | 29.3 |
| 5 | Rose hip | 21.8 |
| 6 | Chamomile | 20.2 |
| 7 | Hawthorn | 19.2 |
| 8 | Lemon verbena | 18.1 |
| 9 | Rosemary | 18.4 |
| 10 | Rooibos | 15.1 |
| 11 | Fennel | 12.6 |
| 12 | Lemon grass | 7.0 |
| 13 | Peppermint | 6.5 |
| 14 | Jasmine | 5.8 |
| 15 | Lavender | 5.2 |
| 16 | Blue gum tree | 3.2 |
| 17 | Thyme Thymus | 2.9 |
| 18 | Bergamot | 1.2 |
Chamomile Tea May Not Be Safe During Pregnancy.
For the same reason aspirin should be avoided in pregnancy, chamomile has such powerful anti-inflammatory properties that regular consumption may result in a serious fetal heart problem, premature constriction of the fetal ductus arteriosus, which allows the fetus to “breathe” in the womb.[3]
For the same reason aspirin should be avoided in pregnancy, chamomile has such powerful anti-inflammatory properties that regular consumption may result in a serious fetal heart problem, premature constriction of the fetal ductus arteriosus, which allows the fetus to “breathe” in the womb.[3]
Source:
[1] Common tea formulations modulate in vitro digestive recovery of green tea catechins. Green RJ, Murphy AS, Schulz B, Watkins BA, Ferruzzi MG. Mol Nutr Food Res. 2007 Sep;51(9):1152-62.[2] Comparative Flavonoids Contents of Selected Herbs and Associations of Their Radical Scavenging Activity with Antiproliferative Actions in V79-4 Cells. K. M. Yoo, I. K. Hwang, and B. Moon. J. Food Sci., 74(6):419, 2009.
[3] Premature constriction of the fetal ductus arteriosus following the maternal consumption of chamomile herbal tea. Sridharan S, Archer N, Manning N. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2009 Sep; 34(3):358-9.
