On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 03:41:26 GMT, "The Laughing Rat"
> wrote:

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>> this morning i awoke with a tremendous head cold - can't
>> taste a thing. still drinking tea. just not the best ones.
>>
>> someone told me kuding cha is good for colds.
>>
>> anyone corroborate? .....p*
>
>Well, first one has to agree on what's meant by kuding cha,
>apparently--Mydnight (I think) was asking for a tea by the same name a few
>threads ago, and he clearly and definitely meant an actual green tea.
>However, in the US, what we get marketed to us under the name "kuding cha"
>is an herbal, a kind of holly leaf. Hopefully that's what you mean...

Yes, the kuding that I was referring to was a Chinese green tea. heh.


Holly leaf? Interesting. What will that do for us, doc? heh.


Mydnight

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thus then i turn me from my countries light, to dwell in the solemn shades of an endless night.