I buy these things but I wonder if they are truly pharmacologically-active and not just bullshit. Discuss
Not bullshit but not magic either.
For example, L-Theanine is psychoactive, lots of clinical support for that.
Additionally, I would say that the ritual around “sitting down and having a nice relaxing cup of lemon & ginger tea” has some calming benefits in itself - even if those benefits are not from the ingredients in the tea.
Yes! The ritual and opportunity to reflect while drinking tea is probably more potent?
(Why am I still on my phone while drinking my 4th cup of tea? Fuck…)
As Tim Minchin said:
Do you know what they call alternative medicine that’s been proven to work?
Medicine.
Water has memory and whilst its memory of a long lost drop of onion juice seems infinite, it somehow forgets all the poo it’s had in it.
Whatever the heck lemongrass actually does, it sure tastes delicious
Are you talking about specifically tea, or are you talking about tisanes, in general?
