Manufacturing
The branches with the leaves are hung in a shady, airy place for several weeks and the leaves are dried. The leaves are then manually picked from the branches and temporarily stored in a dry place. They are filled whole, i.e. not broken, into the end consumer packaging so that the healthy ingredients are retained.
Preparation of olive leaf tea
There are many different options, we recommend the following:
To prepare it, take about 3 grams of olive leaves and break them into small pieces immediately before preparation. Then put them in a pot with a liter of boiling water. After 5 minutes in the boiling water, the tea is left to steep for another 20 minutes. The long steeping time is important because this is the only way the medicinally effective ingredients can be released from the hard leaves.
It is recommended to take about 80 ml of olive leaf tea 3 times a day.
Tip: Olive leaf tea is a good alternative for people who cannot tolerate olive oil for reasons of intolerance. This is the case, for example, with some pollen allergy sufferers.
Product properties
Olive leaf tea has a long tradition in the Mediterranean countries and is also used in natural medicine. Even in ancient times, it was valued for strengthening the immune system, for high blood pressure, sleep disorders or nervousness.
On the whole, olive leaves have the same ingredients as all other plant parts of the olive tree. However, some plant substances in the leaf are particularly highly concentrated, which also explains why olive leaf extract (olive leaf tea) is even more health-promoting than olive oil.
Even Hildegard von Bingen knew the healing powers of tea made from olive leaves. She used it to treat gastrointestinal problems. Olive leaves are rich in the antioxidants oleuropein and hydroxytyrosol. Flavonoids, tannins and polyphenols are also included.
Above all, it is the plant substance oleuropein, which occurs in the olive leaf in about 3000 times higher concentration than in olive oil and thus produces a much-increased healing effect.
Oleuropein has an intense
• antimicrobial,
• antiviral,
• anti-inflammatory
• and immune-boosting
effect so that even localized infections in the gastrointestinal tract can be treated, such as those found in gastritis or forms of colitis.
The olive leaf extract can also have positive effects on other inflammatory infectious diseases, such as respiratory, urinary tract and skin infections and even in inflammatory diseases of the musculoskeletal and supporting apparatus such as rheumatism or arthritis.
Another beneficial property of oleuropein can be found in its antioxidant effect. It plays an important role with regard to heart and vascular diseases, as these are often caused by oxidation processes of pollutants or the deposition of vascular plaque. And even metabolic diseases such as diabetes or high cholesterol indicate the use of olive leaves containing oleuropein, which as a whole
• hypoglycemic,
• cholesterol-lowering,
• detoxifying,
• vascular protective
• as well as strengthening the heart and circulation
works.
Furthermore, a new study found that consuming oleuropein may lessen the effects of aging on muscle wasting.
This information is not based on our own investigations or studies. We have gathered them from several sources (books and internet).
