Hypoglycemia, also known as low blood sugar, is when blood sugar decreases to below normal levels. This may result in a variety of symptoms including clumsiness, trouble talking, confusion, loss of consciousness, seizures, or death. A feeling of hunger, sweating, shakiness, and weakness may also be present. Symptoms typically come on quickly.
Tea brewed from dried bilberry fruits has also been used to soothe a sore throat or sore mouth tissue. In folk medicine, bilberry leaf has been used to treat a number of conditions including diabetes. Limited evidence from a few animal studies shows that it may have a decreasing effect on blood sugar.
Red raspberry leaf tea is used to alleviate the symptoms of a cold, as well as the flu and swine flu, and tonsilitis. The tea is also beneficial in the treatment of canker sores, cold sores and sore throat. For a wide range of health problems, red raspberry leaf tea has been shown to be beneficial.