Green tea effective against severe sepsis
A new laboratory study suggests that EGCG, one of the main components of green tea, is a powerful medicine against severe sepsis, an abnormal immune system response to a bacterial infection. Researchers found that a dose equivalent to ten cups of green tea raised the survival rate in mice by nearly 30%. The findings could pave way to clinical trails in search for a cure for a disease that is known to cause death in half of medical cases.