Jaundice of different origin is often found in newborn infants. The presence of jaundice indicates an increase in serum levels of bile pigment (bilirubin), which at sufficiently high concentrations can lead to serious lesions of the central nervous system, especially in premature infants.

American scientists have established that one of the varieties of Chinese tea (Yin Zhi Huang-YZH) has the property of activating the function of the liver, which prevents the accumulation of bilirubin.

In the experiment on mice, the healing properties of this sort of tea with jaundice are convincingly confirmed. Scientists believe that new medicines can be created on the basis of tea to combat various kinds of jaundice, which will complement existing traditional methods of treatment. In Chinese folk medicine, tea has long been used to treat jaundice of various origin medicus. En.

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