Ingestion of Kombucha: black tea fermented in a yeast-bacteria medium
Pharmacology
Purported Effects
Antioxidation
Detoxification
Energizing Potencies
Promotion of Depressed Immunity
Adverse Effects
Rheumatologic Adverse Effects
Jo1 Antibody-Positive Myositis (see xxxx, [[xxxx]]) [MEDLINE]: has been reported
Renal Adverse Effects
Lactic Acidosis (see Lactic Acidosis, [[Lactic Acidosis]]) [MEDLINE]: has been reported in association with hyperthermia and acute renal failure occurring within 15 hrs of Kombucha tea ingestion
Other Adverse Effects
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References
Unexplained severe illness possibly associated with consumption of Kombucha tea–Iowa, 1995. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1995 Dec 8;44(48):892-3, 899-900 [MEDLINE]
A case of anti-Jo1 myositis with pleural effusions and pericardial tamponade developing after exposure to a fermented Kombucha beverage. Derk CT, et al. Clin Rheumatol. 2004 [MEDLINE]
A case of Kombucha tea toxicity. J Intensive Care Med. 2009 May-Jun [MEDLINE]
Current evidence on physiological activity and expected health effects of kombucha fermented beverage. Vīna I, et al. J Med Food. 2014 [MEDLINE]
