vidence suggests that drinking olive leaf tea has been a method employed for many hundreds of years by Middle East cultures to treat such disorders as coughs, sore throat, cystitis, and fever. In addition, poultices of the olive leaves are used to treat boils, rashes, warts and other skin problems. It wasn't until the early 1800's, however, that olive leaves came to the attention of the medical establishment. A French colonel , Etiene Pallas, M.D., examined the leaf's constituents and isolated a