Astral Health

The flavor of Genmaicha is a blend of green tea and roasted rice flavors. The roasted aroma of genmai in tea have the effect of lightening the bitterness of the lower grade sencha that is used in this type of tea. Genmaicha can be drunk late into the evening without disturbing sleep.

  

To brew Genmaicha for five people:

  

Place tea leaves in a pot.

Pour boiling water into pot and allow tea to steep for about thirty seconds

Pour the same amount of tea in each cup.

  

For the second brew, pour into cups immediately after placing boiling water in pot.

  

Peace Be Still Sam

The bedroom governs many areas of your life, but especially love and relationships. To avoid disruptions in your emotional life as well as maintain good health you should make sure the bedroom adheres to the following general rules:

  

The master bedroom should be as far away from the front door as possible to provide a feeling of security and safety.

The headboard of the bed should face either the family (west) or longevity (east) directions if possible.

The foot of the bed should NOT face the door because this is how the Chinese line up coffins for burial. It is considered to be the death position. It also should not face a mirror of a bureau.

Mirrored ceilings or mirrored closet doors are extremely bad fortune in a bedroom, especially if they consist of mirrored tiles.

  

Peace Be Still, Sam

Green tea is among a handful of substances that has the power to reduce nitric oxide production and thus keep your brain in better shape

 
Green tea has been shown to protect the brain from oxidative stress which means that free radicals aren’t destroying your brain cells as fast as they normally would.. Green tea in general, as well as its phenolic components catechin and epigallocatechin gallate, have been found to be effective reducing a person’s vulnerability to contracting an age related brain disease including problems and diseases related to memory.

 
The catchetins and flavenoisds  in green teaprevent cell death by oxidation and also protect the cells from their own by product – nitric oxide. Nitric oxide plays an important role as a neurotransmitter involved in memory formation, but excess levels lead to neural death and neurodegenerative disorders.

 
 
Peace Be Still Sam