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A Japanese medical doctor has been introducing black tea with ginger as detoxication. It helps get rid of excess water or fluid from your body, increasing your metabolism.
There is Yang and Yin theory in the Eastern Medicine.
Yang is positive energy and Yin is negative energy. It runs through your body. When we talk about food, Yang food make your body warm, burning more calories.
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Just I enjoy sipping a cup of hot tea with ground ginger and milk in the morning.

I'll have to try that. I like trying new teas. I usually stick to green tea.

Amanda wrote:I'll have to try that. I like trying new teas. I usually stick to green tea.

You can and should try something new while you are in Japan. Japan is a paradise for tea lovers. You can enjoy many brand and blend of teas from green tea, Chinese or Eastern tea, to Western tea like mint, chamomile, rose hip, etc.
Green tea has wonderful constituents for healing action, like flavonoid, Vitamin C, etc., but it belongs to Ying food. Fermented tea like black tea or some Chinese tea belong to Yang, which . warm your body, increase your metabolism. Chinese people eat oily food than Japanese, but they maintain their body in good shape. It is said that they drink tea after their meal to help lower body fat and cholesterol. Japanese people are eager to follow their diet.
The other day, I bought black tea with strawberry flavor at a downtown shop. They have a shop in Akishima mall, too. They have today's special tea which you can sample. Across from the shop, there is a green tea shop.

Watch out for too much caffeine, though. I found non-caffeine black tea and green tea at a local store the other day.