The 2000-Year-Old Recipe For Alcoholic & Probiotic Chinese Healing Elixir Tea With Superhuman Powers

For the past 2000 years, Kombucha fermented tea has been an essential healing elixir throughout China. Nicknamed the “Immortal Health Elixir”, Kombucha’s powerful properties significantly improve health and digestion and immunity, fight against infection, cleanse the body, and provide a remarkably potent fighting tool against chronic diseases such as cancer. The team at Hungry For Change write:

“Kombucha cultures typically contains many strains of beneficial yeasts that turn sugar into alcohol. One particular strain of bacteria, Gluconacetobacter xylinus ferments the alcohol from the yeast into acetic acid. This lowers the alcohol content in the Kombucha and increases the probiotic metabolite content. The G. xylinum bacterium makes up most of the physical structure of the Kombucha ‘mother’. The Kombucha mother is basically a floating piece of fibrous cellulose with these beneficial microorganisms. The presence of the mother is a sign of an active and alive Kombucha. No mother is a sign of pasteurization or processing. The acidity of the finished Kombucha product prevents contamination by airborne mold and bacterial spores. The bacteria and yeasts within the Kombucha are also thought to produce antimicrobial defense molecules to protect from contamination as well.”

Kombucha is packed with organic acids, active enzymes, amino acids and polyphenol anti-oxidants. The most common components include the various organic acids such as acetic acid, butyric acid, usnic acid, oxalic acid, malic acid, gluconic acid and lactic acid. It also contains active enzymes and probiotics. Hungry For Change also points out: “This beverage is loaded with enzymes and organic acids that help to detoxify the body. This reduces the load on the pancreas, liver and kidneys and helps the body rid itself of unwanted wastes and destroy cancer cells. Kombucha is rich in glucaric acid which has potent anti-cancer activity. Nobel Prize winning Russian author Alexander Solzhenitsyn credited drinking Kombucha throughout the day, each and every day, helped him beat stomach cancer. This was during his time in the soviet labor camps. President Ronald Reagan was so moved by Solzhenitsyn’s testimony that he used Kombucha to help him stop the spread of his cancer in 1987.”

Kombucha can be bought in stores, but please note that store-bought Kombucha is nowhere near as powerful as the homemade version. It can be tricky to get right, but if you follow the steps closely it shouldn’t be a problem. To make your own Kombucha at home you can get the recipe and instructions by visiting TheKitchn.com.