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Sharon Kummerer The medicinal ritual of sipping tinctures made from tea leaves began during the Hun dynasty, 206 years before the birth of Christ. All tea, including white, green, oolong, and black, comes from the family Camellia sinensis. However, the word “tea” has evolved into a loose term that encompasses not only, the sometimes oxidized, fermented or aged leaves of Camellia sinesis, but herbal infusions or tisanes that contain no actual tea leaves as well.   Camellia sinensis Green tea has become a popular drink around the word and is renowned by both Eastern and, more recently, Western cultures for...