? First, let's talk about tea. Can tea be classified as medicine? Personally, I think tea is still a traditional drink of our Chinese nation and cannot be classified as medicine. If we must put it together with medicine, we can only say that tea contains tea polyphenols, chlorophyll, caffeine, amino acids, minerals and other nutrients, which have good nutritional and pharmacological effects on our human body, so it can be regarded as a natural health care product. In this way, I think it may be more appropriate to say that medicine and food are homologous.
Let's talk about replacing tea first, which literally means drinking rather than drinking tea. Since it is a substitute for tea, it is not tea. At present, the tea substitutes we can drink are basically herbal tea. Generally, teabags made of several Chinese herbal medicines can be boiled in a health pot or brewed with boiling water. In fact, tea substitute has a long history. According to historical records, tea substitution began in the Tang Dynasty and prevailed in the Song Dynasty. There are also a wide range of classifications, including beauty tea, stomach nourishing tea, qi invigorating tea and tranquilizing tea. Such an effective tea substitute can not only meet our daily drinking needs, but also have a therapeutic effect, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.
? However, we still have requirements for drinking tea, and we can't drink it casually. This is also the problem of selling tea in the market at present. Salespeople don't know enough about medicinal materials and health awareness, and basically won't tell us what to drink, what the body should drink and what to drink. As we all know, tea should be used instead of tea according to different people, seasons and syndromes.
If we must compare tea with tea substitute, I think their artistic conception is different from the demand provided to people. We usually drink tea leisurely, chat with friends, and relax and enjoy a moment of comfort. We drink tea substitute more for its efficacy and function, and drink it purposefully, which is more targeted.
Finally, several tea substitutes suitable for spring are recommended.
1, chrysanthemum and wolfberry tea
Formula: Chrysanthemum and Lycium barbarum.
Method: Put it into a teapot, add hot water, and drink it after 10 minutes.
Efficacy: dispel wind and clear heat, detoxify and improve eyesight. Chrysanthemum can lower blood pressure, and has certain curative effect on chest tightness, palpitation, shortness of breath, dizziness, headache and numbness of limbs.
Fruit. People with weak spleen and stomach can put a few jujubes when making tea, so as to achieve the effect of benefiting qi and strengthening the spleen.
2. cassia seed tea
Formula: 20 grams of cassia seed.
Methods: Stir-fry with slow fire, brew with boiling water and drink.
Efficacy: cassia seed tea has the effects of expelling wind, clearing liver, improving eyesight, moistening intestines and relaxing bowels, especially for patients with asthenic fire, headache and dry stool.
3. licorice tea
Formula: licorice10g, tea 5g, salt 8g and water1000ml.
Methods: Boil the water first, then put licorice, tea and salt into the water and boil for about 10 minutes before drinking.
Efficacy: It can cure toothache, red eyes, cold and cough caused by wind and fire.
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