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green sencha tea

green tea (Camellia sinensis)

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Reported Uses

  • NOTE: see Herb & Supplement Effectiveness Rating Definitions table
  • acne [Insufficient Evidence]
  • amyloidosis [Insufficient Evidence]
  • anxiety [Insufficient Evidence]
  • athletic performance [Insufficient Evidence]
  • beta-thalassemia [Insufficient Evidence]
  • cancer prevention, bladder [Insufficient Evidence]
  • cancer prevention, breast [Insufficient Evidence]
  • cancer prevention, colorectal [Insufficient Evidence]
  • cancer prevention, endometrial [Possibly Effective]
  • cancer prevention, esophageal [Insufficient Evidence]
  • cancer prevention, gastric [Insufficient Evidence]
  • cancer prevention, kidney [Insufficient Evidence]
  • cancer prevention, liver [Insufficient Evidence]
  • cancer prevention, lung [Insufficient Evidence]
  • cancer prevention, nasopharyngeal [Insufficient Evidence]
  • cancer prevention, oral [Insufficient Evidence]
  • cancer prevention, ovarian [Possibly Effective]
  • cancer prevention, pancreatic [Insufficient Evidence]
  • cardiovascular disease prevention [Possibly Effective]
  • cervical CA [Insufficient Evidence]
  • cervical dysplasia [Insufficient Evidence]
  • chronic fatigue syndrome [Insufficient Evidence]
  • cognitive decline, age-related [Insufficient Evidence]
  • cognitive function [Insufficient Evidence]
  • cognitive impairment [Insufficient Evidence]
  • colorectal adenoma [Insufficient Evidence]
  • common cold [Insufficient Evidence]
  • COPD [Insufficient Evidence]
  • Crohn disease [Insufficient Evidence]
  • dementia [Insufficient Evidence]
  • dental plaque [Insufficient Evidence]
  • depression [Insufficient Evidence]
  • diabetes mellitus, type 2 [Insufficient Evidence]
  • diabetic neuropathy [Insufficient Evidence]
  • diarrhea, radiation-induced [Insufficient Evidence]
  • Down syndrome [Insufficient Evidence]
  • dry eye disease [Insufficient Evidence]
  • dysmenorrhea [Insufficient Evidence]
  • fracture [Insufficient Evidence]
  • gingivitis [Insufficient Evidence]
  • headache [Insufficient Evidence]
  • HTN [Insufficient Evidence]
  • human papillomavirus [Likely Effective]
  • hyperlipidemia [Possibly Effective]
  • hypotension [Insufficient Evidence]
  • infertility in patients of childbearing potential [Insufficient Evidence]
  • influenza [Insufficient Evidence]
  • Japanese cedar pollinosis [Insufficient Evidence]
  • leukemia [Insufficient Evidence]
  • mental alertness [Insufficient Evidence]
  • metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease [Insufficient Evidence]
  • metabolic syndrome [Insufficient Evidence]
  • MI prevention [Insufficient Evidence]
  • multiple myeloma [Insufficient Evidence]
  • nausea/vomiting, radiation-induced [Insufficient Evidence]
  • nephrolithiasis prevention [Insufficient Evidence]
  • non-Hodgkin lymphoma [Insufficient Evidence]
  • obesity [Insufficient Evidence]
  • oral leukoplakia [Insufficient Evidence]
  • osteopenia [Insufficient Evidence]
  • osteoporosis [Insufficient Evidence]
  • overall mortality [Insufficient Evidence]
  • pain, postop [Insufficient Evidence]
  • Parkinson disease [Insufficient Evidence]
  • periodontitis [Insufficient Evidence]
  • pneumonia [Insufficient Evidence]
  • polycystic ovary syndrome [Insufficient Evidence]
  • prostate CA [Insufficient Evidence]
  • radiation dermatitis [Insufficient Evidence]
  • skin CA [Insufficient Evidence]
  • SLE [Insufficient Evidence]
  • stress [Insufficient Evidence]
  • striae distensae (stretch marks) [Insufficient Evidence]
  • stroke prevention [Insufficient Evidence]
  • sunburn [Insufficient Evidence]
  • tinea pedis [Insufficient Evidence]
  • tooth extraction [Insufficient Evidence]
  • ulcerative colitis [Insufficient Evidence]
  • URI [Insufficient Evidence]
  • UTI [Insufficient Evidence]
  • wrinkled skin [Insufficient Evidence]

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