Several years ago someone gave me some tea that a Vietnamese fellow got in an Asian shop in Boston's Chinatown. (Is that Politically Correct now?)
It was "Golden Child" Magic Oolong Tea Number 6 (Best for Men). It did have a noticeable stimulating effect (for a man, if you know what I mean). I've searched the internet for this tea without any success. I've even asked several Asian folks to look for it if they visit any similar shops, but nothing yet.
Anyone got a clue where you can buy this brand of tea?
Very often oolong w/ginseng is promoted for virility. Often, there may be damiana in it as well (which can be an aphrodesiac). Is there ginseng in your tea? Shen
I have a sheet that came with the tea, it describes all of their teas. Number 6 has some Ginseng among many other ingredients such as Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata, Fructis Corni,... about 15 total. I don't think it's the Ginseng, since I can buy that. The tea has a funny smell, reminds me of mushrooms.
Do you like this rare tea for its taste or for its performance, the reason i ask is that there are many all natural alternatives that are easier to find that can achieve similar or better results.
If you look it up, you will see that at least one natural remedy in this area (cantharidin) is better described as a dangerous irritant poison with a stimulating side-effect than the reverse. I have never understood why people will gamble their health on substances that probably haven't even been properly clinically tested for effectiveness, let alone frills like assaying to provide a consistent dosage or safety testing. Can you imagine the FDA collating responses from across the country to produce a warning for "this little tea that a friend of mine said he got in an Asian shop in Chinatown"?
The tea tastes like regular oolong tea with a hint of different flavors. I haven't had it for a few years, but I ran into the little envelope the bags came in( I saved one).
I liked the tea, but drank it once in a while, probably because the supply was limited.
It sounds like you are taking an adaption of a classical chinese medicine formula called "Golden Book Tea" which comes in raw herbs, patent medicine (tea pills) and sometimes in tea sachets. This is a formula often used to stimulate libido, treat diarrhea, cold limbs and extremities, bad digestion and treat infertility and sexual dysfunction in men. Basically, for kidney yang deficiency and for qi deficiency. It is a medicinal tea. It contains: rehmannia, diocorea, cornus fruit, moutan bark, poria ( which is a fungus and smells like mushrooms), alisma rhizome, cinnamon and aconite bark. I have seen this tea in Chinese herb stores in both our Chinatowns and packaged in a yellow, orange, red and blue box (mostly bright orangey- yellow) with a contented, lounging Chinese gentleman on the box. In my professional opinion, Americans have way too much access to Chinese medicine without guidance. Why don't you see a licensed Acupuncture/herbalist for direction? If this tea has a good deal of circulation stimulating herbs in it, you can possibly endanger youself in terms of your cardiac/pulmonary well-being. Most herbs stores in Chinatowns either have a practitioner on duty or can refer you. Both the treatment and the perscriptions are very inexpensive. Raw herbs made into a tea are more palatable to the American patient. I am thinking that the oolong is used , in this tea, to disguise the herbal taste. Rehmannia is a dried fruit with a "pruney" taste. Cornus is a bitter tuber. Oolong, and other teas, improve circulation by moderating vascular and arterial plaque and cholesterol. Please see a practitioner before you continue to take this tea, ESPECIALLY, if you in the least bit overweight or have blood pressure or circulation issues. IT IS MEDICINE. Shen
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