You probably know oolong tea as the drink served alongside your kung pao chicken and fortune cookies, but aside from washing down your calorie-laden meal, oolong can also help you lose weight. While green tea gets most of the limelight when it comes to healthy teas, oolong actually contains larger quantities of the polyphenols that aid in weight loss. One study, conducted by the U.S. Agriculture Research Services Diet and Human Laboratory, showed individuals who drank oolong tea burned 67 more calories per day than groups who drank caffeinated water, half strength oolong tea or non-caffeinated water. Four cups a day of metabolism boosting tea = one more guilt free dessert (albeit a small one).

If you're like me, anxiety-inducing situations crop up every two days. Another bill to pay -- mega stress levels. Another wedding to attend -- crippling butterflies. Large family event -- bundle of nerves (slash pure dread). You get the drift. To take the edge off, try passionflower, a calming herb first used by Native Americans to curb anxiety. It has also been used to treat insomnia and hysteria according to the University of Maryland Medical Center. To feel like you've just spent an hour meditating, add a few drops of passionflower extract (you can get it at your local vitamin shop) to a warm beverage before bedtime. Bonus: It will also help you sleep. You can also steep the dried herb in boiling water and sip throughout the day to maintain an even keel.

We've all had at least one embarrassing trip to the drugstore. You know the one, where you dressed shadily and tried not to spot anyone you know, all the while having that feeling that the check-out lady would embarrass you with a loudspeaker price check. Rather than making a trip to the store for Gas-X or laxatives, ease digestion distress (think: constipation, gas or bloating) with peppermint tea. According to the National Library of Medicine, peppermint tea relaxes your GI tract and relieves spasms in smooth muscle tissues, allowing you to digest more smoothly. Packaged tea may do the trick, but for best results use loose-leaf peppermint steeped in a teapot or French press.

It's always when you have the least time for it that a crippling headache kicks in. Call it nature's way of telling you to slow down already. Since you can't always (Read: ever) tell your boss to shove his unrealistic deadlines, ginger tea may help. According to Dr. Oz (my doctor of choice when I'm obsessively Googling my symptoms), ginger tea is an effective anti-inflammatory agent. The spicy root helps to block prostaglandin synthesis (which causes the swelling you get when you have a headache). Rather than gnawing on a chunk of gingerroot, slice some up and boil in hot water for a homemade herbal tea, or take the easy route and pick up some ready-to-brew tea bags. Ginger tea can also help with nausea -- headache-inducing or otherwise.

It's 3 p.m. and aside from watching the clock tick by, all you can think about is what snacks you can snag to make the day go by faster. I readily admit to sneaking a bag of chips or a sweet treat rather than an apple when I hit my midday lull. Instead of raiding the refrigerator, take a break from your computer to brew a cup of green tea. Plant chemicals called EGCG can magically make you feel full, so you'll feel like you just ate a pan of brownies (minus the guilt). Bonus: Green tea is also shown to give you energy, so you won't get the crash you get from carb- or sugar-laden afternoon snacks -- and it helps keep your body from storing fat. So long, love handles!