Pay attention to drinking tea
First, pay attention to the difference between the four seasons, that is, drink scented tea in spring, green tea in summer, green tea in autumn and black tea in winter. The reason is that people who drink scented tea in spring can emit the cold evil accumulated in the human body all winter, and the rich fragrance can promote the occurrence of human yang. In summer, drinking green tea is better. Green tea tastes bitter and cold, which can clear away heat and relieve summer heat, detoxify and quench thirst, and strengthen the heart. In autumn, drinking green tea is better. This kind of tea is neither too hot nor too cold, which can eliminate residual heat in the body and restore body fluid. Drinking black tea in winter is ideal. Black tea is sweet and warm, rich in protein, which can help digestion, tonify the body and strengthen the body.
◆ Drink scented tea in spring
Most parts of China have a monsoon climate with four distinct seasons: high temperature in spring, hot in summer, cool in autumn and cold in winter. In the days of spring, the spring breeze recovers, and the sun is the spirit, bringing vitality to everything. But at this time, people generally feel sleepy and weak, and there is a phenomenon of spring sleepiness.
People drinking scented tea can alleviate the adverse effects of spring sleep. Scented tea tastes sweet and cool, but its fragrance is pungent, which is beneficial to dispel the cold evil accumulated in the human body in winter, promote the growth of yang in the body, make people feel refreshed and make the "spring sleep" disappear on its own.
Scented tea is a treasure in tea that combines the beauty of tea taste and the beauty of flowers. "Flowers attract tea and fragrance complement each other", which is made by mixing tea and flowers by using the principle of smell absorption characteristics of tea such as fried green tea and fragrance emission characteristics of flowers, among which jasmine tea is the most famous. This is because jasmine has a clear fragrance, and the tea is mellow and refreshing, rich and pleasant. For high-grade scented tea, cover the cup with transparent glass, take 3g of scented tea, put it into the cup, brew it with boiling water slightly cooled to about 90℃, and then cover the cup to prevent the fragrance from losing. After two or three minutes, you can have a drink and feel fragrant and refreshing.
◆ Drink green tea in summer.
Summer is hot, the sun is like fire, people sweat like rain in it, their physical strength is very high, and their mood is low. At this time, it is better to taste green tea. Because green tea belongs to unfermented tea, it is cold in nature, "cold can clear away heat", which can remove fire, promote fluid production to quench thirst, promote digestion and eliminate phlegm, and accelerate the healing of oral cavity and mild gastric ulcer.
But also has high nutritional components and medicinal values of reducing blood fat and preventing arteriosclerosis. This kind of tea has clear water color, elegant fragrance and fresh taste after brewing. It can be drunk every day in summer to clear away heat and relieve summer heat, strengthen the body and benefit the body. Among the treasures of green tea, there is Longjing in Shifeng, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, which is known as "the top green tea in China" because of its green soup and pleasant fragrance. Taihu Lake in Jiangsu Province is "Biluochun", with green tea color and rich aroma. Mao Feng, Huangshan, Anhui, is full of tea fragrance.
To brew green tea, directly take 90℃ boiled water, high-grade green tea and tender tea, with tender leaves and low-boiling aroma. Just brew with 80℃ boiled water, and there is no need to cover the cup when brewing, so as to avoid heat and sulking, which will affect the freshness of tea soup.
◆ Drink green tea in autumn.
In autumn, the sky is high and the clouds are light, the golden wind is bleak, the flowers and trees are withered, and the climate is dry, which makes people thirsty and chapped. Traditional Chinese medicine calls it "autumn dryness", so it's time to drink green tea. Green tea, also known as oolong tea, belongs to semi-fermented tea, which is between green tea and black tea. The colors are blue and brown. After brewing, you can see that the middle of the leaves is blue and the edges are red. It is called "the edge of green leaves". It has both the fragrance and natural floral fragrance of green tea and the mellow fragrance of black tea. Not cold or hot, mild. It has the effects of moistening skin, moistening throat, promoting fluid production, eliminating accumulated heat in the body, and adapting the body to changes in natural environment.
The common brands of oolong tea are Fujian oolong tea, Guangdong oolong tea and Taiwan Province oolong tea, which are famous for Wuyi rock tea in northern Fujian and Tieguanyin tea in Anxi, southern Fujian. However, many oolong teas are divided into tea varieties, such as Tieguanyin, Lan Qi, Meizhan, Narcissus, Peach Blossom and Hairy Crab. Oolong tea is used to strong drinking, paying attention to taste and smell. Brewing oolong tea requires 100℃ boiling water. After soaking, pour the tea in the teapot into the teacup for a while, which is rich in flavor and fragrant in teeth and cheeks.
◆ Drink black tea in winter.
It is freezing in winter, everything is dormant, cold evil attacks people, the physiological function of human body declines, and the yang gradually declines. Chinese medicine believes: "In the cold winter, everything is alive and hidden, and the physiological activities of the human body are in a state of inhibition. The way to keep healthy is to keep out the cold, so black tea is the top grade in winter.
Black tea is sweet and warm, which can nourish human yang; Black tea is rich in protein and sugar, which can warm the abdomen by heating, enhance the cold resistance of human body, and help digestion and greasy. Black tea is also called fully fermented tea because it is fully fermented during processing and oxidizes tea tannins. Fresh tea leaves are oxidized to form red oxidative polymerization products-theaflavins, thearubigins and theabrownins. Some of these pigments are dissolved in water and brewed into black tea soup.
Famous traditional Kung Fu black tea products include Hong Hu, Hongyi, Ninghong, Hong Min, Taihong, Qi Hong, etc. It is famous for Qi Hong in Qimen County, Anhui Province. When brewing black tea, it is advisable to brew it with freshly boiled water and cover the cup to avoid fragrance. British people generally have the habit of drinking "afternoon tea". They often mix Qi Hong and Indian black tea, and then add milk and sugar to drink. In some parts of China, there is also the habit of drinking black tea with sugar, milk and sesame seeds, which can not only warm the abdomen, but also increase nutrition and keep fit.
Second, pay attention to the amount of tea, drink 2 ~ 6 grams of tea every day. Although tea contains a variety of vitamins and amino acids, drinking tea can relieve boredom, enhance nerve excitement and promote digestion and diuresis, but not the more you drink, the better, and not everyone is suitable for drinking tea. Generally speaking, 65438+ 0-2 times a day, 2-3 grams each time, is more appropriate. It is not suitable for patients with neurasthenia, insomnia, hyperthyroidism, tuberculosis, heart disease, gastropathy and intestinal ulcer, nor for lactation period, pregnant women and infants.
Third, don't drink too strong tea. Strong tea will make the "excitability" of human body too high, which will have adverse effects on cardiovascular system and nervous system. Patients with cardiovascular diseases may have tachycardia or even arrhythmia after drinking strong tea, which leads to repeated illness.
Fourth, don't drink tea before going to bed. This is more important for early tea drinkers. After drinking tea before going to bed, it becomes very difficult for many people to fall asleep, which even seriously affects their mental state the next day. People with neurasthenia or insomnia should pay special attention.
5. Don't drink a lot of tea while eating. Drinking a small amount of tea before or during meals is not a big problem, but if you drink a lot of tea or drink too much tea, it will affect the absorption of many macro elements (such as calcium) and trace elements (such as iron and zinc). Pay special attention not to drink tea at the same time when drinking milk or other dairy products. Theophylline and tannic acid in tea will combine with calcium in dairy products to form water-insoluble calcium salts, which will be excreted, greatly reducing the nutritional value of dairy products.
Sixth, it is not advisable to drink tea after drinking. After drinking, the alcohol in the wine enters the blood through the gastrointestinal tract and is converted into acetaldehyde in the liver, which is then converted into acetic acid, which is then decomposed into carbon dioxide and water to be discharged. After drinking tea, theophylline in tea can quickly diuretic the kidney, thus promoting the undecomposed acetaldehyde to enter the kidney prematurely. Acetaldehyde has a great stimulating effect on the kidney, so it will affect the renal function. People who often drink strong tea after drinking are prone to kidney disease. Not only that, the ethanol in wine is very irritating to the cardiovascular system, and tea also has the effect of exciting the heart. The combination of the two enhances the stimulation to the heart, so drinking tea for heart patients is more harmful.
Seven, tea is not as fresh as possible. In terms of nutrition, the freshest tea is not necessarily the best, because the so-called new tea refers to the tea that has been picked for less than one month. Because these tea leaves have not been placed for a period of time, some substances that have adverse effects on the body, such as polyphenols, alcohols, aldehydes, etc., have not been completely oxidized. If you drink new tea for a long time, you may have discomfort such as diarrhea and bloating. Too fresh tea is even worse for patients, such as some people with gastric acid deficiency or elderly patients with chronic gastric ulcer, which is even more unsuitable for drinking new tea. New tea will stimulate their gastric mucosa, cause gastrointestinal discomfort and even aggravate their condition.
(d) Women should not drink tea.
Although tea has a good health care function, it can't be drunk every time, especially female friends should pay special attention to avoid getting worse! The periods when female friends are not suitable for drinking tea are divided into:
Disadvantages: 1 During menstruation.
Female friends consume a lot of iron during menstruation, so female friends should supplement vegetables and fruits rich in iron, such as spinach, grapes and apples. Tea contains as much as 50% tannic acid, which will hinder the absorption of iron by our intestinal mucosa and greatly reduce the absorption of iron, so it is easy to combine with chyme or blood-enriching iron in the intestine to produce precipitation.
2. During pregnancy
Generally, the caffeine concentration in strong tea is as high as 10%, which will increase the number and frequency of urination and heartbeat of pregnant women, increase the load on their hearts and kidneys, and more easily lead to pregnancy poisoning, so it is best for pregnant women not to drink tea.
3. During breastfeeding
Because if you drink a lot of tea during this period, the high concentration of tannic acid contained in tea will be absorbed by the mucosa, which will affect the blood circulation of the breast, and then inhibit the secretion of milk, resulting in insufficient milk secretion. In addition, caffeine in tea will penetrate into milk, indirectly affecting the baby, which is not good for the baby's health.
4. menopause
In addition to dizziness and fatigue, sometimes there are phenomena such as accelerated heartbeat, bad temper and poor sleep quality. If you drink too much tea, these symptoms will get worse. Therefore, if people who like drinking tea are at these special stages, it is best to stop, so as not to ruin their health!