Potato Tea, Sunflower Artichoke Tea

This tea is special for diabetics. It smells good and has good taste. Introduction of thisPotato tea is as follows. Jerusalem artichoke is grown primarily for tubers which can be eaten fresh or raw, cooked in appetizing ways similar to Irish potatoes, or pickled. Tubers are used to fatten cattle, sheep and hogs. Stems and leaves are rich in fats, protein and pectin, and make good forage and silage. The alcohol fermented from the tubers is said to be of better quality than that from sugar beets. It is good weed eradicator, as it makes so dense shade that few other plants can compete. It is good in ridding fields of quackgrass. Reported to be aperient, aphrodisiac, cholagogue, diuretic, spermatogenic, stomachic, and tonic, Jerusalem artichoke is a folk remedy for diabetes and rheumatism (Duke and Wain, 1981) . Since the food reserves are stored in the form of inulin, the tubers serve as substitutes for potatoes and starches in diabetic diets. They are a potential source of levulose for use in sweetening by diabetics. One report notes that Jerusalem artichokes contain about 80% water, the remainder made up of about 15% protein, 1% fat, 75% nitrogen-free extract with 60% inulin, 4% fiber and 5% ash. A different report cites 80% water, the remainder being 10% protein, 76% starch, 1% oil, 6% fiber, 5% ash. Phosphorus is about 0. 099% ; calcium, 0. 023% , iron 3. 4 mg / 100 g with traces of aluminum, chlorine, iodine, magnesium, potassium, solium, sulphur, and zinc. Small amounts of Vitamins B, and C; purine bases arginine, histidine, betaine, choline, and hemagglutinin are present. Source: James A. Duke. 1983. Handbook of Energy Crops. Unpublished