Dorana Naturae

General product information

The tea plant, Camelia sinensis (L.) Kuntze, is native of southern China and has been known to Chinese botany and medicine since early times and was highly prized for possessing the virtues of relieving fatigue, delighting the soul, strengthening the will, and repairing the eyesight.

It was not only administered as an internal dose, but often applied externally in form of paste to alleviate rheumatic pains. The Taoists claimed it as an important ingredient of the elixir of immortality. The Buddhists used it extensively to prevent drowsiness during their long hours of most important process in drinking tea manufacturing is is known that the conversion of tannin in tea leaves is not achieved by microorganisms but by enzymes present in the leaves.

The degree of fermentation greatly affects the quality and type of tea that is classified accordingly: green tea (unfermented), wulong tea or Oolong (semi-fermented) and black tea (fully fermented).
White tea is an unfermented tea growing especially in the chinese provence of Fujian which pecularity is to have the leaves with a very light color and covered by clear hairs that give the leaf a characteristic white color.

All varieties from green to black were known to improve blood circulation, as well as the glands' balance of hormonal secretions, and the kidneys' ability to process impurities.

Active ingredients

Tea ingredients are extremely complex. It contains as many as 200 bioactive compounds.

Polyphenols are the largest and most important chemical compound. Why are polyphenols so important? This is because they contain flavonoids - an important class of antioxidants.

Catechins

Dried tea extract can contain 30% to 40% of four main catechins are: