Mormon Tea

Today I learned about "Mormon Tea". It is a tea made from Ephedra Nevadensis or other ephedra variants. It has quite a few impressive health benefits, including its ability to lower blood pressure, promote respiratory health, mitigate allergies, increase energy, boost the immune system, protect against kidney infections, and even help ease vanerial diseases.

Strains of ephedra contains ephedrine, which is a stimulant. It was once purified and sold as a weight loss supplement, but since there were quite a few deaths it was outlawed.

Most Mormon Tea didn't include ephedrine, but some did. The kind of tea that did contain it gave you what was called the "Mormon Highball". I think its pretty interesting that Mormon Pioneers made tea out of a stimulant-based plant 😉

http://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=55428417&itype=CMSID

https://www.organicfacts.net/health-benefits/herbs-and-spices/mormon-tea.html

https://www.fs.fed.us/rm/pubs_other/wo_AgricHandbook727/wo_AgricHandbook727_492_494.pdf

Buy it here:

https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Palm-Nutraceiticals-Brigham-Mormon/dp/B01L4OGH1Q/ref=sr_1_3_s_it?s=hpc&ie=UTF8&qid=1520389453&sr=1-3&keywords=mormon+tea