It is important to remember that what is commonly called " slimming tea " is actually a mixt of different plants and not only tea. The tea comes exclusively from the tea plant and specifically the Camellia Sinensis plant as slimming teas are composed of different medicinal plants and herbs and not just tea (green, white, black, oolong or pu'erh). And this, although the thinness characteristics of teas also exist.

Origin of Chinese slimming teas

Chinese slimming tea is closely related to Traditional Chinese Medicine which is inspired by the old Asian medicine and enhanced by the contributions of modern medicine.

Chinese medicine dates back over 2,500 years and its fundamentals are based on the following pillars:

The use of herbs and medicinal plants

Acupuncture

Massage

Exercise ( Gigong )

Diet

The earliest traces of therapeutic practices date back to the Shang Dynasty ( 14th to 11th century BC ) but it's actually from the 11th century BC that the first medicinal plants are used. Historians find at this period some elements that demonstrate a few dozen herbs and plants whose benefits on health are known. In the 16th century, nearly 1 900 compositions of plants and herbs are identified. At the end of the 20th, more than 12 000.

Chinese slimming teas are coming from herbal medicine

Herbal chinese medicine results in the use of plants and herbs decoctions. The decoction is a method of extracting the active ingredients and/or flavorings by dissolving the plan preparation in boiling water. It applies to different parts of plants : roots, seeds, bark, wood, leaves.

In herbal chinese medicine, in the vast majority of decoctions, it is used between 5 and 20 plants. The objective is to play on the complementarities and synergies between plants and avoid negative side effects.

In our Happy Detox Tea preparations, we use 5 plants for Morning Detox Tea and 7 plants for Evening Slimming Tea.

These ingredients are listed below with their main benefits :

Morning detox tea Oolong tea : Reduces appetite and boosts energy Cassia tora : Improves digestion and burns calories Lotus leaf : Anti-bloating, boosts energy and burns calories Rhizoma alismatis : Anti-bloating Gynostemma : Boosts energy Evening Slimming tea Crataegus pinnatifida : Improves digestion and burns fats Poria cocos : Anti-anxiety and natural sleep aid Orange peel : Improves digestion and anti-anxiety Cassia tora : Anti-bloating and natural laxative Lotus leafs : Anti-bloating, boosts energy and burns fat Pogostemon cablin : Reduces cellulite and anti-bloating Puer tea : Kill toxins

Plants are chosen for their complementarity and according to their characteristics. There are different classifications for these plants.

Classification according to their nature :

Hot, cold, cool, neutral.

The 'cold' plants will for example deal with problems resulting from excess heat in the body while « hot »plants will treat problems causing a cold effect of the body.

Classification according to their taste :

Acre, bitter, sweet, sour or salty.

Each flavor corresponds to a major organ ( "zang" in Traditional Chinese Medicine ) : Kidneys, Heart , Liver, Spleen/Pancreas and lungs.

Classification according to the meridians (specifically based on the meridians association with organs).

Meridians are in Traditional Chinese Medicine the channels through which "vital" energy circulates in the body.

There are 12 meridians in the body in which the medicinal plants can have an effect.

Classification according to specific benefits

For example « fat burner caracteristics » , « draining caracteristics », « anti-cholesterol caracteristics », etc ...

It is based on these classifications that Chinese herbalists and Chinese professors develop the compositions and especially those that you find in the slimming teas and the detox teas provided by Happy Detox Tea.