Black Tea for Stomach Flu
Laura (TX) on 02/04/2021:
My mom thought I was going to die because when she was unable to nurse me when I was born, the condensed milk I was given gave me unremitting diarrhea, She took me from doctor to doctor with no help. She finally took me to what she referred to as an "old Jew doctor", this was in 1943. He told her to give me tea and it worked. I've looked it up online for myself and I found that black tea contains tannins that are healing to the stomach lining, It sure saved my life. View Entire Thread
Young Wife (Usa) on 01/07/2013:
My husband has been throwing up about every 30 minutes for the past 5 hours. He asked for water - wouldn't stay down. I tried Gatorade - also wouldn't stay down. And that made me nervous because Gatorade has always worked! So I started browsing the web and came across this site. I found 1 bag of black tea in our pantry and made a small pot with it. I let it steep for a long while. I gave him a small mug and made him drink it in small sips. (I also had him slowly eat a tiny piece of crystallized ginger. ) He almost immediately threw up again. But! I think it was residual - from the Gatorade or something. The reaction was too quick. So I had him take just 1 more small sip and put a cold compress on his forhead. And he's finally asleep!! He's been alseep and quiet for just about 30 minutes now! Thank you!
Catherine (Pdx, Oregon) on 02/17/2012:
I was sick to my stomach I had headache and nausea for two days. Anyhow I read about black tea I ran to my pantry and brewed the wonder black tea in the tea pot for a five minutes let it cool and drank it I felt better within twenty minutes it was amazing Thanks for the tip helped me so much.
