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I could be so lucky..:/ My mother passed away last fall and while she was ailing I was keeping watch at her bedside...anyway, while I was going through all that, I began to get very irritated eyes, very dry and also I've been sneezing something awful. And I drink green tea all the time.

On the other hand, all this could be much worse if I hadn't been drinking tea. I haven't had the flu this winter, and I only had one small cold. So...who knows. I drink it for the enjoyment anyhow, health benefits are icing. :D

But the upshot is that I've noticed myself with a group of basically stress related immune problems over the last six months that are slowly slowly getting better. But I don't know that the tea is helping or hurting.

(Dermatologist has me on antihistimines. They work to a point but...make me groggy....::yawn::...;)

Melinda

Please accept my condolences.

Do you take them every day? The drowsiness is supposed to go away after about 3 days or so.

Oh, absolutely. Please, I did not mean to infer the green tea is a cure for allergies, I don't believe that. I get hayfever every year, cedar and ragweed.

I was merely recognizing that an annoyance of crusty, blurry eyes at dawn might be a mild form of allergy. The Prevention magazine does not suggest that the green tea is a substitute for antihistimines, or treatment for serious allergic reactions. It only demonstrates a relationship between diminished and less severe episodes of allergy related symptoms.

I became interested in green tea for the flavonoids/antioxidants, but it is meant to be a pleasure. I mean to surround my tea drinking experience with quiet rituals that may help to relieve stress. Nonetheless, the more I learn, the more impressed I become with the healthful properties.

I highly recommend it and it tastes good. :-D

My sympathies on the loss of your mother.

What many people here forget is that, even more than improving health, drinking tea creates pleasurable experiences.