Type Herbal tea | Origin Brazil | |
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Other names Bitter Melon, Balsam pear, Momordica chinensis Quick description Traditional medicinal. Makes a green, earthy broth also used in soup. | ||
Bitter melon tea, also known as gohyah tea, is an herbal tea made from an infusion of dried slices of the bitter melon. It is sold as a medicinal tea, and a culinary vegetable.
A typical commercial package will make a claim similar to the following:
Gohyah is not listed in the Grieve's herbal database, the MPNA database at Michigan University (Medicinal Plants of Native America, see Native American ethnobotany) or in the Phytochemical Database of the USDA - Agricultural Research Service (ARS) - National Plant Germplasm System NGRL.
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