Blue tea or Butterfly pea flower tea

Dear readers and friends 

My experience in Baku is over, I returned to my native country with an enriched cultural baggage. A bag full of spices and herbs and "treatments" to use in various circumstances. Today I present to you a tea drunk in a bazaar, blue tea which tea is not. As usual, a brief description and use of the plant follows. 

Blue tea comes from a butterfly-shaped flower

This “pea flower tea is actually a very ancient drink, made from a flower sacred to women in India. "It's actually  an herbal tea ," explains Tiziana Lugli of Erbavoglio (erbavoglio.it), the herbalist from Brescia who fell in love with it during a trip to the East and was the first to decide to import it into Italy. «

Blue tea relaxes and calms the mind

In India these blue flowers are offered during ceremonies to honor the feminine energy  and, throughout Asia, the herbal tea obtained is one of the main remedies for relaxing the mind, erasing stress and helping to get back in shape, with purifying effects. "This plant pushes the body to find its balance," explains Tiziana Lugli. « In Ayurveda it is used to stimulate brain activity in order to relieve states of depression, anxiety, agitation or to combat insomnia when under stress» . It is above all this aspect that has decreed its success among lovers of  holistic health . 

Practically

 «If you drink it instead of chamomile before sleeping, this blue sky in a cup relaxes you deeply, because it is able to influence the mechanisms of dopamine and acetylcholine, two essential neurotransmitters involved in major functions of the central and peripheral nervous system» suggests the 'herbalist

 

Blue tea purifies the body

In Chinese medicine, the plant is used for its anti-aging properties , capable of stimulating memory and learning,  fighting menopausal depression  and the decrease in female libido. Laboratory studies have highlighted the  anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects.

Practically

 If you want to focus on the purifying aspect, useful for getting back in shape after the holidays, sip this herbal tea after meals: it lowers blood sugar levels and detoxifies the liver. If taken between meals, in the middle of the afternoon for example, it keeps nervous hunger at bay, often due to states of anxiety, mood swings or sudden drops in blood sugar.