Tea?

[aubreyl88]

:sign0085: I am having trouble sleeping at night and fighting all day nausea. I was told that drinking tea would help me.. (From friends) Ive got no idea what to look for or even begin.

I was wondering if any of you out there drink tea? If so, what kind would you recommend? I would prefer something decaff.
And what could the benefits of drinking tea be?

 

[FDK80]

Hi there,

from my experince drinking "GREEN TEA" is really really helpful, it helps to reduce stomach upset and it might help you to sleep peacfully as well.

under one condition, do not drink "Black Tea", its not suitable from CD patient, but green tea is much much better and healthier.

try to get FRESH green tea, there are many stores that specialized in all kind of green tea, some of them have green tea mainly for digestive system.


Best wishes .

 

[rygon]

Id second that. Black tea and coffee really upsets my stomach. I drink green tea with different flavour, white tea is nice as well. There's also redbush tea. Personally I find peppermint tea to help my stomach the best. All of these take some getting used to tho so if u don't like the taste at 1st persevere,u will end up enjoying them

 

[Piatchi]

Peppermint tea.

Gotta always watch the caffeine. Even decaf teas still have levels of caffeine in them, just much lower. Gotta make the tea weaker if you can help it... stronger teas will tear you up... especially a dark, natural black tea. That's a sure fire way to irritate your colon.

 

[Cat-a-Tonic]

I agree with what Pitachi said - my understanding is, if the tea is "herbal" it contains no caffeine, and if it is "decaf" it still contains some caffeine but not as much as regular tea. So I only drink herbal. For anti-nausea, nothing beats ginger tea. I also do a lot of chamomile. I used to drink peppermint tea as well, but I recently was told that peppermint can aggravate acid reflux, so I quit drinking peppermint. It should be fine to drink if you don't have reflux, though.

 

[Beach]

I enjoy green tea, the taste and caffein boost, but have found that it also causes me heart burn. I typically drink just one cup a day now.

Was reading last night though that green tea might have benefit for those looking to fast to allow the gut to heal and overall improved health. I might have to give this a try in the future.

"Fasting with green tea"

http://www.trackyourplaque.com/blog/2011/06/fasting-with-green-tea.html

 

[Crohn'sFor Life]

Try ginger tea for nausea and rooibos tea to help you go to sleep.

 

[lola99]

I can't recommend anything but i can say that the sleepy time tea never worked for me.

 

[Miss Spencer]

I am having trouble sleeping at night

Decaffeinated tea and coffee is not recommended, as the chemicals they use to extract the caffeine is pure poison.

Green tea is good for you. But most green tea contains caffeine, it is not recommend for a bedtime drink. If I drink caffeine after 4.00pm, I can't sleep either.

You would be better to drink herbal teas, as they are naturally caffeine-free

I drink Sleepytime Herbal Tea from Celestial Seasonings at night, as it is designed to help you relax.

http://www.celestialseasonings.com/products/detail.html/herbal-teas/sleepytime

Relaxing Tea from Red Seal, does the same thing:

http://www.redsealnaturalhealth.com/_product_42193/Red_Seal_Relaxing_Tea_25s

A cup or two before bed is fine. But don't drink too much, as you will wake up wanting to pee in the middle of the night. And hence, may have trouble getting back to sleep.

 

[Miss Spencer]

You may want to considered a herbal supplement to help you sleep, if the tea does not work.

My naturopath prescribed NeuroCalm from a company called Metagenics, to help me relax.

http://www.metagenics.com.au/products/neurocalm-120-tablets

I get UC flare-ups from tension and stress. So she told me to take one a day or one tablet when needed, to help me keep in a calm state of mind.

I can’t take one a day. As they relax me so much, they make me fall asleep.

If I can’t sleep, or I wake up in the middle of the night in pain and can’t get back to sleep – I take half a NeuroCalm tablet and I am asleep within 30 minutes. If I take one whole tablet, I am asleep within 15 minutes. Last time I took two, I slept for 16 hours straight.

A tablet will give me a deep well rested sleep for 8 hours. We had a massive thunderstorm the other night and the thunder was so loud, I could not sleep.....until I took a NeuroCalm.

They are herbal, so non-addictive.

 

[Lydia]

It depends on the decaffeination process. There is one process which uses methylene chloride and that is poison. There are processes that use CO2, or the swiss water decaff process which dont use nasty chemicals. Sorry as a former chemist I couldnt help myself. The label should tell you how they decaffinated the product.

Here is some neat info on the decaff processes if you are a nerd like me and like to know this stuff.

If you are feeling especially nauseas, try grating some fresh ginger into your green tea. It works wonders.

 

[scoutfinch]

A few people have mentioned that black tea is not recommended, however I have drank black tea for the past 20 years (i.e. most of my life) and have never had problems with it. Of course, it could be due to the fact that I have been drinking it since a very very young age and my body is used to it.

On the topic of decaffeination, you can remove some of the caffeine in tea by steeping the tea (whether it is in a teabag or loose leaf) with boiling hot water for 30 seconds and then pouring out that water. You then refill the cup/teapot with boiling hot water and let the tea steep as usual.

Ginger is great for nausea and upset stomach. Also good for easing fevers. Just boil a few thin slices or a chunk that you've smashed with the side of a knife in some water and sip away.

 

[Mayflower537]

It depends on the decaffeination process. There is one process which uses methylene chloride and that is poison. There are processes that use CO2, or the swiss water decaff process which dont use nasty chemicals. Sorry as a former chemist I couldnt help myself. The label should tell you how they decaffinated the product.

I remember awhile back when I was young, there was some TV program about decaffeination processes - my parents always heard that if it said "naturally decaffeinated" then the process wasn't full of nasty chemicals. Is that generally true and what you are referring to?

 

[Aqua15]

Organic chamomile at night is the best I been drinking it for the past month that ive been in remission Also peppermint and ginger is good for upset stomach. They all work wonders for me

 

[handle]

herbal teas have no caffeine, but for a few exceptions.
only tea from 'chinese camellia' - black tea, green tea,white tea and oolong - have caffeine, and herbal teas from the holly plant.

 

[kekemonster101]

You might also want to consider why you are having trouble sleeping in the first place. Is it the nausea actually keeping you awake? Are you taking any medications? Do you have anxiety or take long naps during the day?

Sometimes steroids can mess with your sleep cycle, too.

 

[kellehbeans]

I know this is an old topic - so, sorry to dig it up. But I just wanted to add that peppermint or peppermint mixed with nettle is extremely useful at making the stomach 'gurgling' a little more comfortable!

Ginger is absolutely awesome for nausea (although, I hate it!).

Edit: Reason for digging up, was because I was actually looking for useful teas to help settle my own stomach, and I thought this was pretty useful - and felt I could add something at least!