White Lotus Anti Aging Jiaogulan Tea/Gynostemma Tea/Premium Pyramid Tea Bags Vacuum Sealed in Metal Tin/Gynostemma Pentaphyllum (Jiao Gu Lan) The Immortality Tea Of The Far East! Caffeine Free! Qu, Jing and Combined Research Group of Chinese/Western Medicine, Yunnan. Study of the Therapeutic Effects of Chinese herb Jiaogulan in 537 cases of chronic tracheo-bronchitis. Zhong Chao Yao Tong Fun (Bulletin of Chinese Herbs and Medicines). 1972 (2):24 <span class="a-text-bold"><span class="a-text-italic">Reputation:</span></span> White Lotus is a European based company well known in the industry for the quality of it s products. The directors of White Lotus studied Chinese Medicine both in Australia and in China and have excellent industry knowledge of the best sources of Jiao Gu Lan. Anthony Kingston clinical director first became interested in the herb while studying herbal Pharmacology at Sydney University where one of his lecturers had completed their PHD on locally grown Jia Gu Lan. <span class="a-text-bold"><span class="a-text-italic">Quality: </span></span>White Lotus only sources the highest quality Jiao gu lan. Different strains of the plant and growing locations affect the balance of saponins in the herb. The better quality herbs have a wide array of therapeutic affects on the body while poor quality jiao gu lan has very little health benefits. <span class="a-text-bold"><span class="a-text-italic">Pyramid Tea Bags:</span></span> Originally Jiao Gu Lan was prepared as a loose leaf tea in a pot. Very few people in the modern world have time for this ceremony any more. Brewing in a pot allows the herbs to circulate freely which allows the water to draw out the vital saponins. Unlike flat tea bags pyramid shaped tea bags allow this free circulation of the tea and the maximum absorption ion of the herb into the water. White Lotus Tea bags are made from organic corn starch to ensure the highest quality for you our customers. <span class="a-text-bold"><span class="a-text-italic">Vacuum sealed and Stored:</span></span> Like most teas the quality of Jiao gu lan will deteriorate with long term exposure to air. This will reduce it s therapeutic affect. To avoid this White Lotus Jiao Gu lan is delivered in vacuum sealed plastic and once opened can be stored in the supplied metal box to ensure freshness and effectiveness. <span class="a-text-bold"><span class="a-text-italic">Whole Leaf: </span></span>White Lotus use the whole leaf fo the plant and the leaves can be clearly seen through the clear pyramid tea bags. In flat tea bags manufacturers usually use the dust and left over parts of the tea as the contents cannot clearly be seen. These scraps usually contain less active ingredients than the sole leaves and so are usually less effective. <span class="a-text-bold"><span class="a-text-italic">Founded 2004:</span></span> White Lotus began as a specialist skin needling clinic in Australia. <span class="a-text-bold"><span class="a-text-italic">Reputation:</span></span> White Lotus grew in credibility and has since been featured in over 50 newspapers and magazine publications as well as demonstrating their innovative skin needling techniques on National Television. <span class="a-text-bold"><span class="a-text-italic">Innovation:</span></span> White Lotus has continued to produce innnovative products by combining Eastern knowledge with modern needs. They have also created the term Holistic Microneedling to describe their approach to Skin Needling. <span class="a-text-bold"><span class="a-text-italic">People: </span></span>All directors in White Lotus have a clinicla background so have performed hundreds of treatments. The Clinical director Anthony Kingston is Skin Needling advisor to BABTAC the largest beauty organisation in the UK.