Corresponding to our usual coffee in its unroasted version, green coffee has many medicinal properties. It gives energy, accelerates cerebral activity, favours intestinal transit and the elimination of toxins by the liver. As a diuretic, it can also help with weight loss. It is however recommended, in particular to pregnant or breast-feeding women, not to consume it in very high doses.
Scientific names : Coffea arabica , Coffea canephora Common name : green coffee
English name : green coffee Botanical classification : Rubiaceae family ( Rubiaceae )
Forms and preparations : grains, decoctions
Internal use
- Energising: green coffee increases vitality and stamina, reduces the feeling of fatigue.
- Stimulating: unroasted coffee accelerates brain activity, both in terms of thinking and perception and memory.
- Detoxifying: by stimulating an enzyme thanks to the cafestol and kahweol it contains, green coffee facilitates intestinal transit and the elimination of waste and toxins by the liver and the digestive system.
- Diuretic: green coffee promotes the burning of sugars and the elimination of fats.
No external use.
Usual therapeutic indications
Fatigue, loss of energy (energizing action of alkaloids), poor intestinal transit, overweight.
Other proven therapeutic indications
Cellular ageing, as chlorogenic acid offers protection against free radicals.
Green coffee is the ripe fruit of the coffee tree, a shrub native to Ethiopia and growing in the highlands of the tropics. It is a small evergreen tree that produces fruits called "coffee cherries". These contain two pits containing the green coffee beans, which are picked when ripe, dried and then broken to recover the beans. Green coffee is not roasted and therefore retains all its natural properties. When roasted, coffee loses two essential components, cafestol and kahweol.
Parts used:The dried, unroasted coffee bean is used in herbal medicine.
Active ingredients: Caffeine, cafestol, kahweol, chlorogenic acid, alkaloids.
Green coffee is drunk as a decoction, with 7 beans infused overnight in 1 glass of water.
As with roasted coffee, too high a dose can cause nervousness and heart problems. Due to its caffeine content, this drink should also be limited to 2 cups per day during pregnancy and breastfeeding.
The consumption of green coffee is not recommended for children.
No known side effects if no more than 4 or 5 cups are drunk per day.
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