My tea kettle is singing a familiar song, signaling from my back left stovetop burner that it’s time to pour. 

The crisp, dried rooibos tea leaves, hibiscus flowers, rosehips, and orange peel soften, almost immediately, as the hot water cascades over them into my favorite mug resting beneath the steel infuser housing the colorful, flavorful, and invitingly fragrant mix. 

For tea lovers, the above scene is a familiar one, and while the contents of our mugs may vary from time to time, the ritual rarely differs. 

Preparing the water, measuring out the loose leaf tea, breathing in its pleasant fragrance as the leaves steep, slowly taking that first, warm sip…

These are the common, necessary steps that precurse and begin the enjoyment of a simple cup of tea, steps which are often calming, providing a peaceful experience, time after time, one which beckons us to savor the quiet moments of life.

And, while this experience alone sounds fulfilling, savoring a cup of tea can actually grant you so much more! 

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Above, I described my simple routine when making a cup of our Crimson Hibiscus Infusion Tea, and I individually listed the ingredients of that tea for a few reasons - first, the flavor, aroma, and color that result from this mix are stunningly beautiful, pleasantly fragrant, and incredibly delicious, but this mixture is also a recipe for health! 

Like coffee, tea can be an incredibly healthy beverage, but teas containing dried organic hibiscus flowers, aka hibiscus tea, stand out above many other varieties as the hibiscus flower is one powerfully healthy bloom! 

From immune supporting properties to fighting against inflammation, boosting heart health, and so much more, hibiscus tea is a tasty way to improve the overall health of your body. 

So today, we’d like to provide you with an indepth look at our Crimson Hibiscus Infusion Tea, exploring all the ways this brew can benefit you!

8 Powerful Health Benefits Of Hibiscus Tea

As stated above, rooibos, rosehips, orange peel, and hibiscus flowers are what make up our Crimson Hibiscus Infusion Tea, and each of these carefully selected organic ingredients possess powerful health benefits. 

Rooibos, for instance, the base of this tea infusion, is rich in antioxidants, low in tannins, and caffeine free. 

This earthy type of tea also brings benefits to your heart by improving blood pressure and cholesterol levels; it’s even being studied for its potential ability to reduce the risk of cancer.

Then, like rooibos, the organic rose hips we’ve included in this tea also support your health by providing benefits such as joint pain relief, better sleep (specifically boosting deep sleep), immune and digestive support, and much more. 

Even the organic orange peel can serve your body by helping with digestion, boosting your immune system, improving heart health, etc. with its potent vitamin C and antioxidant content. 

But, the tea ingredient we’d like to focus on most today is hibiscus, as this deep crimson, fragrant, and naturally sweet flower can be a powerful addition to your daily routines, amplifying your efforts to support whole body health and wellness! 

The dried organic hibiscus flowers in our Crimson Hibiscus Infusion Tea are sourced from Egypt, where these flowers possess a tart, slightly acidic flavor quality, reminiscent of red currant or cranberry. 

And, while this tea also contains rooibos, which is commonly hailed for its slightly brownish-red hue, the hibiscus flowers are truly what puts the crimson in this tea! 

Egyptian hibiscus flowers boast a radiantly deep red hue, brightening up a warm winter mug or stunningly showing off through a crystal-clear glass of iced tea in the summer months. 

If you ask me, this uniquely beautiful tea sparks a bit of curiosity, the crimson color beckoning a bit of desire, a prompt to probe into the depths of all that this floral component can bring to you through this fabulous brew, such as…

1- Combats Inflammation

Both animal and human studies have shown that hibiscus possesses the ability to fight inflammation within the body. 

Inflammation is a natural thing, a good thing in most cases. 

Simply put, inflammation is your body’s way of fighting against and helping you recover from any injury or infection. The problem occurs when inflammation becomes chronic, or when it happens too much and too often. 

Environmental factors combined with lifestyle and other components can present a need for the immune system to repeatedly react or fight against the inflammation such factors can cause, and this in turn leads to chronic inflammation. 

Why should this concern you? 

Well, chronic inflammation is actually the leading cause of many diseases. From cancer to heart disease, diabetes, and more, chronic inflammation and resulting diseases are linked to more than 50% of deaths worldwide. 

So then, how can hibiscus help?

Hibiscus flowers contain anthocyanins which are flavonoids or antioxidants that combat inflammation in a variety of effective ways: 

• First, this content reduces what is called C-reactive protein, an inflammatory marker that increases when you experience inflammation. 
• Then, hibiscus also helps to balance the needed bacteria found in your gut. In doing so, your immune system (which is primarily housed in your gut) is boosted, helping your body appropriately tackle inflammation. 
• And, the anthocyanins in hibiscus are also linked broadly to disease prevention, specifically concerning diabetes and cancer thanks to their ability to combat inflammation.
  

2- Lowers Blood Sugar, Improves Insulin Sensitivity 

Polyphenols are another type of antioxidant found in hibiscus tea, and these compounds have been studied regarding their potential to improve insulin sensitivity. 

Insulin is a hormone tasked with lowering blood sugar levels in the following way: 

After you eat, your body breaks down carbs into sugar. And, as this happens, your body also releases insulin which serves to lower blood sugar levels as it moves sugar (or glucose) into your cells where it’s used to produce energy. 

When insulin sensitivity works correctly, your cells respond to glucose properly, using this gained sugar as energy and keeping your blood sugar levels stable. But, when insulin sensitivity is poor (insulin resistance) your cells don’t respond properly to the addition of glucose. 

This then prompts the body to produce more insulin to achieve the needed glucose requirement for your cells, which in time leads to diabetes and/or other chronic diseases. 

Researchers have found that hibiscus tea is able to improve your body’s natural production of insulin, in turn improving insulin sensitivity and lowering blood sugar levels. 

In fact, studies show hibiscus tea can “significantly reduce elevated blood sugar levels in adults.”

3- Lowers Blood Pressure

Hibiscus tea has been used for centuries to treat high blood pressure. In fact, this is one of the flower’s most known benefits. 
When you have high blood pressure, this weakens your heart muscle due to the added strain which can also increase your risk of heart disease. 

Hibiscus brings aid in this area by causing your blood vessels to relax. 

I suppose you could say it essentially works as a “chill pill” for your blood vessels. 

Think about all the times when you’re anxious or operating on overdrive. In such a state, your body is tight or tense. When you relax, however, it’s almost as if you allow yourself a release or a let down, and in doing so you can palpably feel more loose or relaxed. 

This is what hibiscus does to your blood pressure. 

With high blood pressure, it’s as if your vessels are tense or tight due to the added pressure, and hibiscus tea has been proven to lower both systolic and diastolic blood pressure, meaning it’s allowed this pressure to lower or relax. 

*It is important to note that those individuals taking medication to lower blood pressure should consult their physician prior to drinking hibiscus tea to avoid any potential interactions.

4- Improves Cholesterol Levels

Another heart health benefit of hibiscus tea is found in this flower’s ability to increase good cholesterol (HDL) levels while simultaneously decreasing bad cholesterol (LDL) levels. 

Bad cholesterol, when levels are high, can build up in your arteries, causing plaque, which increases your risk of heart attack and stroke. 

Good cholesterol, however, can absorb plaque-causing cholesterol and carry it to your liver where it is flushed from your body, thereby lowering your risk of heart attack and stroke. 

As hibiscus improves these good and bad cholesterol levels, specifically in patients with diabetes and metabolic syndrome, blood fat levels improve, lowering the risk for heart disease and its associated complications.

5- Improves Skin Elasticity

The type of hibiscus we use in our Crimson Hibiscus Infusion Tea is found in Egypt - known as hibiscus syriacus or Rose of Sharon. 

This variety shares numerous health benefits with other hibiscus types such as rosa sinensis, but it also has some uniquely beneficial properties. 
One such benefit relates to skin health. 

Collagen is essentially a protein that keeps your skin looking young, tight, and healthy. But, as we age, collagen production slows, and this is why our skin sags and we get wrinkles. 

The anti-inflammatory aspects of hibiscus can already help to reduce most impurities in the skin, but this flower also possesses a unique ability to slow down the natural loss of collagen with aging. 

In doing so, hibiscus helps to maintain your skin’s elasticity, counteracting the (otherwise normal) signs of aging.

6- Boosts Liver Health

Your liver has many jobs - it helps to remove waste during digestion, filters your blood by removing toxins, produces proteins which aid in blood clotting, works in conjunction with your immune system to remove bacteria and help fight against infection, regulates blood sugar, regulates hormones, and much more. 

So, I think it goes without saying that you need a healthy liver to lead a healthy life. 
Unfortunately, so many things can affect liver health. 

Alcohol consumption, eating too many fatty, fried, or salty foods, exposure to environmental toxins, some medications, etc. can all hinder the health of your liver, even causing damage and disease. 

Thankfully, hibiscus promotes liver health in a number of ways: 

• Hibiscus protects the liver from damage due to obesity, toxin exposure, and disease. 
• Anthocyanins in hibiscus help the liver by increasing enzymes which protect against oxidative stress. 
• It also keeps fat from accumulating in the liver, which in turn protects against non alcoholic fatty liver disease. (NAFLD)
• Some lab studies have even shown hibiscus to demonstrate anti-cancer activity in liver cells. 
  

7- May Aid In Weight Loss

Some studies have observed an association between hibiscus tea and weight loss. 

Here, some of the same mechanisms we discussed earlier in regard to blood sugar and cholesterol levels apply, namely in the way hibiscus lowers blood sugar while also reducing the body’s absorption of fat. 

When blood sugar levels are consistently stable, your body can better utilize glucose. 
And, better glucose utilization makes it easier for you to burn calories for energy, meaning you’ll store less fat, both of which may result in weight loss. 

Then, the antioxidant content of hibiscus tea can also enhance your overall health and wellness, particularly at the cellular level. 

Of course, this goes hand in hand with hibiscus tea’s ability to enhance glucose utilization, so basically, as your metabolic processes are optimal, it’s easier for you to lose weight. 

Even the vitamin and mineral content of hibiscus aids in this area as these aid in digestion, another plus when it comes to weight loss. 

And, while water weight isn’t a true measure of obesity, holding onto water can definitely frustrate weight loss efforts (it also frustrates the ability to fit into your favorite jeans). 

Hibiscus tea helps here as it can act as a diuretic, helping to remove extra fluid (and toxins) from the body.

8- May Improve Kidney Health

The antioxidant content of hibiscus tea comes in clutch again, here supporting the health of your kidneys. 

As with the liver, the antioxidants in hibiscus tea serve to protect your kidneys from free radical damage and oxidative stress. 

But, taking this a step further, some studies have even found hibiscus to be effective “in restoring and supporting [already] damaged kidneys.” 

Then, the diuretic effects of hibiscus we mentioned in the above section come into play regarding kidney health as this benefit essentially gives your kidneys a helping hand in doing their job. 

As hibiscus aids in lowering blood pressure, this also keeps your kidneys healthy as high blood pressure damages the blood vessels in the kidneys. 

The blood vessels in your kidneys play a vital role in helping them remove waste and/or toxins from your blood, and damage to these vessels can lead to diminished kidney function and eventually kidney failure. 

So, as hibiscus tea lowers blood pressure to healthy levels, it’s also providing a great benefit to your overall kidney health.

A Few Cautionary Considerations In Closing

While hibiscus tea, clearly, brings powerful benefits to the human body, there are also a few risks to consider for some individuals. 

First, some advice against giving hibiscus tea to children under the age of 12. 

Pregnant and breastfeeding mothers are also routinely advised to avoid hibiscus tea as some research has shown that it may trigger menstruation or pose a risk to breastfeeding babies. 

And, as we noted the benefits of hibiscus tea concerning blood sugar levels above, this, unfortunately, could pose a risk regarding blood sugar regulation during surgery. Thus, most experts advise against drinking hibiscus tea within 2 weeks of a scheduled surgery. 

Another benefit of hibiscus tea we discussed above, blood pressure regulation, could also prove to be a risk for those taking blood pressure medications. Due to this potential, please consult your healthcare provider prior to drinking hibiscus tea if you currently take blood pressure medications. 

And lastly, rarely some individuals have reported experiencing mild side effects like gas, constipation, and/or upset stomach after drinking hibiscus tea. If you already suffer from such issues, perhaps proceed slowly if/when incorporating hibiscus tea as part of a healthy diet.

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Becky Livingston Vance Content writer

Becky is a mother, educator, and content writer for Lifeboost Coffee. She has had three years’ experience as a writer, and in that time she has enjoyed creatively composing articles and ebooks covering the topics of coffee, health and fitness, education, recipes, and relationships.