Subdued

Subdued
Foliage of subdued
Traditional classification
Reign :	Plantae
:	Magnoliophyta
:	Magnoliopsida
:	Celastrales
:	Aquifoliaceae
:	Ilex
Ilex paraguariensis With.St.- Hil.,
:	Aquifoliales
:	Aquifoliaceae
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subdued is an infusion consumed in , in , with , in , and in the south of . It is a very significant part of the culture, and it is normal in these areas to see people "drinking subdued" in the street, always respecting a traditional ritual.

The plant used, yerba subdued (Ilex paraguariensis), sometimes called "tea of "," tea of Jesuits "or" tea of ", is a species of the kind Ilex (like the houx) and of which the sheets, which one torrefy and pulverizes, provide, infused in hot water, a stimulative drink, with the effects similar to those of or of .

The subdued word comes from mathi, which indicates a kind of water-bottle, container traditionally (and still, currently) used to drink subdued. The local pronunciation, into Argentina, in Paraguay and into Uruguay, transforms the first sound of Yerba by adding a friction. In phonetics, that gives /'??r?a/ or /'??r?a/. In the grass is called Matt Erva (/'?rva ' mati/).

Synopsis 1 The yerba subdued 2 Preparation of subdued 2.1 Placement of grass 2.2 Insertion of the bombilla 2.3 Consumption 3 The ritual of subdued 4 Alternatives 5 Chemical composition and virtues of subdued Yerba 6 External bonds

The yerba subdued

The yerba subdued is mainly with , in , in and in the south of . Guarani are famous as being the first to have cultivated it, and then, them missionaries spread the use of it in the remainder of, as far as in .

The yerba subdued is one with persistent sheets, which pushes naturally at the edges of the brooks, in mountainous between 500 m and 700 m of altitude. In a natural state, the tree can reach 20 meters height. But in , it is cut so that it does not exceed 4 to 8 meters.

The sheets of yerba subdued contain and of . Prepared in , they have recognized medicinal virtues. They in particular make it possible to fight tire mental and physical, to improve vigilance, to support the loss of weight (in accompaniment of a mode), and to relieve the pains rheumatic and headaches.

An excessive consumption of subdued can have negative consequences for health. The chronic abuse subdued was associated by certain studies with a high incidence of several (stops, larynx?sophage) in the populations of South America, where average consumption reaches 27 grams of dry sheets per day.

Preparation of subdued

Placement of grass

Insertion of the bombilla

Consumption

The ritual of subdued

Alternatives

Chemical composition and virtues of subdued Yerba

External bonds