Ethnobotanical Survey on Bitter Tea in Taiwan

• Main Authors: Jung Chao (Author), Ting-Yang Chen (Author), Li-Heng Pao (Author), Jeng-Shyan Deng (Author), Yung-Chi Cheng (Author), Shan-Yu Su (Author), Shyh-Shyun Huang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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Ethnopharmacological evidence: In Taiwan, herbal tea is considered a traditional medicine and has been consumed for hundreds of years. In contrast to regular tea, herbal teas are prepared using plants other than the regular tea plant, Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze. Bitter tea (kǔ-chá), a series of h...