It is similar to products, such as sauerkraut or fermented garlic, where the garlic will retain its effects after fermentation and without the smell associated with it. When brewing Kombucha, however, not all teas are suitable. Volatile oils will harm the fungus and can even kill it since the oil covers the surface of the liquid and chokes its supply of air. Medicinal herbal teas are, as the name says, medicine. If you have a disease it is very important to have a diagnosis done by a professional practitioner before you start any self-treatment.
Medicinal herbs can overwrite the symptoms.
The illness can under circumstances develop further. For example if blood in the stool is treated with oak bark, the bleeding may stop but a possible cancer growth may develop further and early detection may be delayed. There are many slimming, sleeping, bladder and asthma mixtures one can develop with different herbal teas for all sorts of complaints. Treating Illness Treating an illness without knowing or eliminating the cause is like hitting the head with a hammer and taking pain killers - why not take the hammer away. In many cases the cause of ills is in our own environment at home - our house.