Green Tea & Antibiotics For years now I've been telling all my patients when they go on antibiotics to drink green tea with the medication because green tea makes them more effective. In school I was told by naturopaths (Western medicine) as well as my acupuncture teachers (Eastern medicine) this interesting fact. Now there's research that shows it. Why you shouldn’t rely solely on antibiotics: Resistance - The big reason is largely due to how much we have been relying on them. The …