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Hi,
A Japanese "tea" named Amacha (or also Buddha Tea) is made of Hortensia leaves. It has a very sweet taste of liquorice. I see that it naturally contains dulcin. However, dulcin is a sugar substitute that is said to be dangerous (possible carcinogenic properties, and dependency) Is it the same for the natural dulcin in Amacha? Have you ever heard something about the dangerosity of Amacha and its consumption? Thanks beforehand, -- Julien ÉLIE « Give laugh to all but smile to one, Give cheeks to all but lips to one, Give love to all but Heart to one, Let everybody love you But you love one. » |
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In the past I would have told you to ask in alt.folklore.herbs.
Unfortunately it has been obliterated by everything and anything but a discussion of herbs. This group is still good for asking about typical dried flowers and fruit added to tea. We do have people who are familiar with Japanese teas so maybe they came across this herb. Jim On Apr 8, 4:27 am, Julien ÉLIE > wrote: > Hi, > > A Japanese "tea" named Amacha (or also Buddha Tea) is made > of Hortensia leaves. It has a very sweet taste of liquorice. > > I see that it naturally contains dulcin. > > However, dulcin is a sugar substitute that is said to be > dangerous (possible carcinogenic properties, and dependency) > Is it the same for the natural dulcin in Amacha? > > Have you ever heard something about the dangerosity of Amacha and > its consumption? > > Thanks beforehand, > > -- > Julien LIE > > Give laugh to all but smile to one, > Give cheeks to all but lips to one, > Give love to all but Heart to one, > Let everybody love you > But you love one. |
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Hi--
For what it is worth, the Japanese Wikipedia mentions the phyllo- dulcin, but does not report health concerns about drinking this tea. Amacha, in Japanese, is literally sweet (ama) tea (cha). I suspect the concern is about the highly concentrated phyllo-dulcin extract rather than the amacha itself. Also, it does not seem that this is a wildly popular drink in Japan. I lived in Japan for 6 years, but never heard of it except for its ritual use in bathing statues of the just-born historical Buddha in April. There are apparently certain regions where people drink it regularly, though this would certainly be a small population. For anybody who was confused (as I was), "hortensia" is another name for what I have always called "hydrangea." james-henry holland |
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Thanks all for your answers.
> For what it is worth, the Japanese Wikipedia mentions the phyllo- > dulcin, but does not report health concerns about drinking this tea. Which does not mean there is no health concerns :-/ > For anybody who was confused (as I was), "hortensia" is another name > for what I have always called "hydrangea." Yep! -- Julien ÉLIE « Après la clairière d'attente, on entre dans la hutte de consultation. » (Astérix) |
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