I followed up a reference on drinking tea to dissolve kidney stones
and came to the following about kombucha.

(quote)
This 2000 year old tea is made using a extraordinary mushroom* that is
placed into a batch of regular sugary tea. The tea then begins to
ferment and in about 7 days it is ready to drink. During that same 7
day period a second mushroom grows within the tea, this new mushroom
is used to make your next batch of tea. Each time you make a batch of
tea a new mushroom is produced. Because of this quick reproductive
cycle of the Kombucha you can make an endless supply of this
incredible tea for FREE !
(unquote)

If anyone has a comment about making kombucha tea or use of tea to
dissolve kidney stones, I would be interested to read it. bookburn

I've had it, it's good, don't know why they call it a "mushroom." Don't
know if it "dissolves kidney stones" but it perked me up.

On Jul 13, 2:07 am, bookb...@yahoo.com wrote:

On Jul 13, 2:07 am, bookb...@yahoo.com wrote:

Welp, I broke out my copy of Back to Eden to see what it said about
kidney stones just for you so here goes (and it was actually cool that
by total chance it offers a tea) I'm going to paraphrase to shorten it
a bit:

Prevention: high intake of fluids. 2-4 quarts a day. Kidney stones are
made up of calcium oxalate eat a diet low in them, avoid items high in
oxelates such as: spinach, parsley, beets, beet greens, swiss chard,
asparagus, okra, collards, celery, leeks, and sweet potatoes. berries,
highest of all fruits is rhubarb. almonds, cashews, peanuts and peanut
butter. Ovaltine and cocoa as should dark tea, coffee, and dark colas.

Once formed: A tea made of wild carrot seeds, valerian, and pepermint.
mix together and use a teaspoon to a cup of boiling water, steep for
30 mins. Take one half cupful every hour until pain is relieved. Queen
of the meadow, peach leaves, or cleavers may also be used.

bookburn@yahoo.com wrote:

Purely anecdotal, of course, but... an otherwise absurdly healthy aged
aunt of mine was hospitalized with thrombocytopenia (easy bruising) and
other, more serious ailments that escape me just now. The diagnostician,
who knew her well, was nonplussed until she mentioned that she'd started
drinking kombucha daily a few months prior. He ordered her off it
instanter, and she soon recovered completely.

YMMV-

DM

On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:36:09 -0700 (PDT), "Dominic T."
gmail.com> wrote:

On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 01:46:08 GMT, DogMa worldnet.att.net>
wrote:

bookburn@yahoo.com wrote:

Still seems to imply that kombucha itself is harmless, as few things are
when employed immoderately or by susceptible persons.

-DM

On Jul 13, 11:19 pm, bookb...@yahoo.com wrote:

That's why it is the one bottled "tea" I enjoy. I figure the folks who
brew it have to be pretty careful or else they would have some scary
litigation coming their way. But, who knows what effect the
pasteurization has on any of the good bits. Anything that requires me
to grow a potentially harmful fungus/bacteria in a non-lab setting
involving a large pickle jar and a tea towel is not for me. Waaaaay
too many variables and downsides for a potentially small upside. But
that's just me. :)

- Dominic

On Jul 14, 3:15 pm, "Dominic T." gmail.com> wrote:

Does that inate wariness also exclude enjoying pu erh tea, Roquefort
cheese, salami, gravad lax, sour dough bread, and home brewed beer?

Nigel at Teacraft