You’ve heard the saying, "An apple a day, keeps the doctor away." In the case of tea, "A daily cup of tea or more, keeps you out of the drugstore" is more (26) . Long before tea was (27) for use as a drink, the Chinese had taken tea as a medicinal herb. According to (28) records about Shen Nung, said to be the emperor who discovered tea in the (29) year 2737 B.C., it was believed that tea could "wither tumors, cure lung and chest (30) , quench thirst, and ward off sleep. It could even make you happy!" In 780 A.D., Lu Yu, one of the first experts on tea, in a book (31) "Ch’a Ching" (The Tea Classic), wrote that "Tea tempers the spirits, calms and (32) the mind; it arouses thought and prevents drowsiness, lightens and refreshes the body and cleans the (33) faculties." All these before the 9th century! (34) . Did tea’s first roots come from Chinese soil No one knows for sure. Lin Yutang, a modem Chinese scholar, (35) . The Chinese have many beliefs about the medicinal properties of tea. There is now some evidence that tea counteracts the effects of fats by emulsifying them in the digestive tract. (36) .
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