Kombucha is actually a fermented tea that has been held in high esteem for its healthy and medicinal properties for a long time. It is antimicrobial, hepatoprotective (protects your liver), antioxidative, full of B vitamins, and it contains both live yeast and live bacteria that is beneficial to our bodies. All of these properties make it a wonderful drink for those who are experiencing illness and immunity problems, especially those who need to heal and normalize a gut imbalance. It has been used medicinally for centuries in many different cultures and is still going strong in this regard today.
I ordered my very first Kombucha Mother Culture (also known as a kombucha mushroom or SCOBY). I can't wait to take a stab at making this stuff! I'm going to bring you guys along the way as I learn how to do it. Hopefully it won't take me too terribly long to master it, so I can move onto making yogurt, sourdough, keifer, and, if I feel up to the challenge, cheese!
Kombucha tea has a 2,000 year history as a tonic or elixir and is believed to have originated in China. According to anecdotal reports, kombucha tea offers many life enhancing and healing qualities including:
- Increased energy
- Clear skin
- Improved hair and nail quality
- Weight loss and reduced fluid retention
- Arthritic pain relief
- Improved digestion
- Detoxification
- Allergy reduction
- Assists with addiction
- Speeds healing
- Improved mental health
- Regulation of blood glucose
- Reduces PMS
- Improved immunity
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