Research Finding (Source: https://www.kombu.de/benefits.htm)
Statistics from a Kombucha survey
This "Benefits of Kombucha" list was compiled by Bev Ferguson, owner of Kombucha Manna International. These results are from a survey she posted over the Kombucha Mailing List. The Kombucha mailing list is a group of over 600 people from all over the world who share their experiences with Kombucha on a daily basis. These benefits are based on their own experiences.
1. Great beverage
2. Sense of well-being
3. Helps to relieve congestion in airways
4. Thicker hair (whoopee!)
5. Energy boost
6. Straightened my hair out!
7. Helps osteo arthritis
8. Great conversation piece! :)
9. Licked Calcifying tendonitis
10. Helps with asthma
11. Has brought me into contact with some very caring people.
12. Stress buster
13.Very calming
14. Increase sex drive
15. Regulates Intestines.
16. Cured Candida Overgrowth.
17. Aides digestion - especially on top of diary.
18. Addictive taste.
19. Eliminates or reduces heat rash.
20. Improved circulation/controlled venous stasis in shins
21. Clears and Improves skin
22. Makes a good hair rinse
23. Redundant 'Momma's make good brass cleaners!
24. Helped take the "scales" from a friends Skin disorder
25. Makes a wonderful, soothing foot soak.
26. Shrinking large fatty tumor.
27. Flattening and fading old age carotene patches on the face.
28. Stops severe menstrual cramps
29. Makes a wonderful facial.
30. Made me much more mobile with my gout.
31. Oncoming headlights do not bother me as much.
32. Reduces / stabilizes blood pressure.
33. Prevents and helps heal bladder infections
34. Eases carpal tunnel syndrome
35. Heals boils and staph infections on skin.
36. Prevents oral canker sores
37. Prevents eczema and psoriasis
38. Household Cleaner: cuts grease, cleans stoves, bathroom tiles, windows, copper
39. Hair and nails grow faster
40. I can see the pupils of my eyes again without glasses.
41. More energy
42. Clears nail fungus
43. Improves the sense of well being for people with liver Cancer
44. Helps an older woman feel and look younger
45. Helps Arthritis sufferers
46. Cleanses toxins from the system
47. Soothes burns and sunburn
48. Takes the sting and swelling away from Bee Stings
49. Good underarm deoderant
50. For some people; eliminates desire for alchohol, & helping to relax
51. Smashes flus and colds
52. Significant progress healing chapped lips from topical application of KT
53. Kombucha Colony makes a great poultice
54. Removes rust
55. Returns grey hair to it's natural color for some people
56. Improved eyesight
Statistics from a Kombucha questionnaire (https://www.kombu.de/benefits.htm)
In 1996 Colleen Allen posted a “Kombucha Questionnaire” (written by Ariana Estelle Ph.D.) over the Kombucha List (an Internet forum for approximately 650 Kombucha drinkers who live in all parts of the world) as a means of gathering statistical information from list members to include in our current project and for use in all of our future books and publications. Ariana is the author of “Kombucha 101--A Kombucha Primer” by Ariana Estelle Ph.D, and the founder/owner of Harmonic Harvest, a Tea and Kombucha business in Texas USA.
The completed questionnaire's were sent to both of us from members of the Kombucha List via email and to Ariana via private post from her Harmonic Harvest customers who filled out the questionnaire she mailed to them-- at her own expense. The following statistics were taken from her compilation of that data.
All of the statistics --I've included below-- are taken from the original data compiled by Ariana Estelle-Symons Ph.D, in her August 1996 “Kombucha Konnection” Newsletter article entitled: “Kombucha- Who in the World is Drinking That Stuff?”. Her URL is as follows: https://www.harmonicharvest.com/
Why are these people drinking Kombucha?
- 27% "General Maintenance". They are not ill and do not want to be.
- 10% Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or Fibromyalgia
- 15% M.S., Hepatitis C, HIV, Cancer
- 13% Arthritis, and related conditions
- 10% Digestive problems
- 6% Asthma, Allergies
- 8% Hypertension & High Cholesterol
- 10% Skin problems, psoriasis, acne, weight loss, various non life-threatening conditions.
What benefits do they report?
- 81% Report a 'feeling of well-being'.
- 27% Better sleep patterns
- 30% Weight loss
- 81% Relief from constipation
- 42% Relief from painful arthritis-type symptoms.
- 21% Improvement in skin tone & condition
- 9% Migraine relief
- 17% Disappearance of 'liver spots'
- 12% Better concentration
- 27% Relief of ulcer pain and digestive problems.
- 5% Relief from nausea caused by chemotherapy
- 8% Better condition of hair and nails
- 4% Regrowth of hair
- 7% Restoration of gray/white hair to original color
- 12% Disappearance of pre-cancerous skin growths
- 10% Removal of moles or skin tags
- 6% Weight Loss of 20+ pounds
- 24% Weight loss of 5-10 pounds
- 13% Reduced caffeine cravings.
- 17% Reduced sugar cravings
- 2% People with cancer maintaining a 'cancer free' status for 5+ years
- 6% People with cancer maintaining a 'cancer free' status for 1-4 years.
- 3% People with cancer maintaining a 'cancer free' status for less than one year.
- 44% Report experiencing increased energy
- 8% Increased Libido
- 13% Less cramping and discomfort during menstruation.
- 19% Relief from symptoms of PMS
- 7% Relief from symptoms of menopause.
- 82% Report the resistance to colds & flu
- 3% Increase in T-cells
- 19% Allergy relief
- 17% Lower Blood Pressure & Cholesterol
Copyright©, 1996 Ariana Estelle-Symons, Ph.D (on statistics used).
Copyright©, 1995,1996, 1997, 1998 FAQ Home Page Website: Colleen Allen, Author of the Kombucha FAQ. I wish to express my sincerest thanks to Ariana, Colleen and Beverly for the permission to publish their results on my WebPage.