introduce
The so-called herbal tea refers to the Chinese herbal medicine which is cold in nature and can eliminate internal heat, and is decocted with water for drinking, so as to eliminate the summer heat in the human body or treat the sore throat caused by dryness in winter. Eating hot pot, crayfish, spicy fish and barbecue, many people always look at herbal tea at the same time when they encounter food that may cause internal fire to rise. The general function of herbal tea is to clear away heat and toxic materials, clear lung and moisten dryness, and relieve summer heat. For Cantonese, herbal tea can be said to be "life comes from water and health comes from herbal tea". Herbal medicines used to make herbal tea can effectively eliminate human toxins, improve human immunity, resist infection by bacteria and viruses, balance yin and yang and soften skin. In addition to clearing away heat and toxic materials, herbal tea can also dispel dampness, promote fluid production, clear fire, improve eyesight, dissipate stagnation and reduce swelling. It can also be used for treating conjunctival congestion, headache, dizziness, tinnitus, furuncle and hypertension, and can be used as a refreshing drink in summer.
Another speaker, herbal tea, is the general name for the liquid part of cooked Chinese medicine in Guangdong and Guangxi. Compared with some traditional Chinese medicine teas for specific diseases, herbal tea generally refers to the traditional Chinese medicine that ordinary people can drink with the effect of clearing away heat and reducing fire.
Herbal tea is not tea, but a medicinal soup made of Chinese herbal medicines; Herbal tea is not necessarily cold; it is better to drink it while it is hot.
The hot and humid climate in summer is easy to cause gastrointestinal discomfort. In addition, some people are addicted to spicy and overweight food, which will inevitably lead to symptoms such as excessive internal heat, sore mouth and tongue, sore throat and loss of appetite. Herbal tea is the favorite of Cantonese people. Since ancient times, Cantonese people have been famous for drinking herbal tea. In fact, herbal tea is the most effective and direct way to get rid of heat and fire. Some experts even predict that herbal tea is expected to become the only national beverage in China that can compete with Coca-Cola within three years.
history
Herbal tea has a long history. The earliest herbal tea was Wang Laoji, which was founded by Wang Zebang from Heshan in 1828. With Qian Qian's "Laoguang" crossing the ocean, herbal tea finally began its journey to five continents. During his visit to the United States from 1898 to 1903, Liang Qichao wrote a book "Travels of the New World", in which: "Westerners like to use Chinese medicine, so they are rich enough. There is a kind of so-called Wang Laoji herbal tea, with copper coins in Guangdong, which is sold to westerners for five yuan or ten yuan. This is a witness of history.
In 306 AD, Ge Hongnan, a Taoist priest of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, came to Lingnan. Because boils were prevalent at that time, he was able to carefully study various drugs for febrile diseases in Lingnan. Ge Hong's medical monographs and later doctors of Lingnan School summed up the rich experience of working people in preventing and treating diseases for a long time, and formed herbal tea with profound Lingnan culture. Its formula and terminology were passed down from generation to generation. Historical allusions and folklore about herbal tea are widely circulated in Lingnan and overseas. For hundreds of years, the herbal tea shops in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao have formed a unique Lingnan cultural landscape.
diversification
1. Watermelon skin herbal tea
Production method: the green layer of the skin can be washed, chopped, dregs removed to get juice, and then a small amount of white sugar is added and stirred evenly.
Efficacy: It has the functions of dispelling summer heat, diuresis and detoxification.
2. mint herbal tea
Preparation method: Take 6 grams of mint leaves and 6 grams of licorice, add about 1000 grams of water, boil for 5 minutes, then add sugar and stir evenly.
Efficacy: refreshing.
3. vanilla herbal tea
Production method: Wash 9 grams of Pogostemon cablin and 9 grams of Eupatorium odoratum, put them into a teapot, add 6 grams of tea leaves, dissolve them in 500 ml of boiling water, cover them for 5 minutes, add ice cubes and cool them before drinking.
Efficacy: antipyretic and expelling wind, clearing away heat and dampness, appetizing and stopping vomiting.
4. Chenpi tea
Method of making: Wash 10g dried tangerine peel, tear it into small pieces, put it in a teacup, rinse it with boiling water, cover the cup and let it sit for about10min, then remove the residue and add a little sugar. It's best to put it in the refrigerator and ice it when it's a little cooler. Efficacy: Drinking this tea regularly can relieve summer heat, relieve cough, eliminate phlegm and strengthen stomach.
5. Fresh lotus root herbal tea
Production method: Wash 75g fresh lotus root, cut into pieces, put into a pot, pour 750g water and cook with slow fire. When the water in the pot boils to two thirds, add a proper amount of sugar;
Efficacy: Regular drinking can remove fire and remove blood stasis.
6.orange tea
Production method: Orange tea can be made by brewing orange meat and tea with boiling water, which can prevent cancer, cancer and cardiovascular diseases.
Efficacy: If the sterilized fresh orange peel and white sugar are drunk together, it can also play the role of regulating qi, relieving bloating, promoting fluid production and moistening throat, clearing heat and relieving cough.
7. Mulberry tea
Production method: Put Mulberry Leaves, White Chrysanthemum each 10g, and Licorice 3g into a pot for a little boiling, then remove residues and leaves, and add a small amount of white sugar.
Efficacy: it can dissipate heat, clear lung and moisten throat, clear liver and improve eyesight, and also has certain curative effect on wind-heat cold.
8. Lotus leaf herbal tea
Production method: Tear half a lotus leaf into pieces, mix with talc, Atractylodes macrocephala 10g, and licorice 6 g, put in water, boil for about 20 minutes, remove the residue to get juice, add a little white sugar, stir well, and drink after cooling.
Efficacy: it can prevent heatstroke and cool down.
9. light salt herbal tea
Production method: brew 5g of green tea and 2g of salt with 500ml of boiling water, and drink after cooling.
Efficacy: It can quench thirst, relieve fever and vexation, and treat dizziness and nausea.
10. Juice black tea
How to make it: Add 750ml of water to the pot, heat it until it boils, pour in 40g of black tea, boil it slightly for 5min, remove the tea from the fire, cool it and put it in the refrigerator. When drinking, pour 40 ml of black tea into a cup, add a little lemon juice, orange juice and white sugar, add 150 ml of ice water, drop a little brandy, add an orange petal and a little crushed ice.
Efficacy: it can remove fire and is very refreshing.
skill
1. Don't drink herbal tea overnight.
In the past, many people put herbal tea materials into a large ceramic teapot with a handle before going to bed at night. It was very cold after soaking for one night, and the family could drink it for one day the next day. In fact, it is unhealthy to do so. Don't drink tea overnight, even if you use a purple teapot.
2. Herbal tea can be boiled and soaked.
At first, the ancients used a kettle to fry tea, which was roughly the same as the current method of frying tea. In the Song Dynasty, with the popularity of tea tasting, the method of frying tea changed to the method of directly throwing it into a tea bowl and rushing into boiling water today. Herbal tea can also be brewed directly, but because the ingredients of herbal tea are more special than the tea material in the usual sense, most of them have medicinal properties, so it is easier to exert medicinal effects when boiled.
The most suitable container; Glass pots, porcelain bowls and teacups are all ok, but from the point of view of giving full play to the medicinal properties of tea materials, old pottery pots with lids are the most suitable. First, it doesn't hurt the wood, second, it doesn't spoil the tea, and third, it has a cooling effect more than other containers, and the poured tea is cold and refreshing.
3. Don't drink herbal tea in a hurry
Although herbal tea only needs to be boiled for 5~ 10 minutes, it takes half a day to drink it until it is cold. There are many ways to save time. You can pour cold water into the cooked herbal tea without affecting the efficacy of the herbal tea.
4. Herbal tea is also medicine.
After all, herbal tea is a kind of medicine, so we should take it according to people's needs, rather than taking it indiscriminately, not to mention taking it as a health care medicine for a long time. If people with weak constitution and infants drink bitter cold herbal tea indiscriminately for a long time, it will easily damage the yang and spleen and stomach of the human body, leading to mental fatigue, pale face, sweating, easy to catch a cold, and poverty will be easy to change. Spleen and lung qi deficiency such as pale tongue or peeling, weak pulse and other symptoms; Especially for infants and young children, the viscera are delicate, qi and blood are not full, qi and blood are insufficient, and qi is weak. If you take herbal tea for a long time, it will damage your child's righteousness and affect his healthy growth. Although children are easy to get sick, they are full of vitality and easy to recover. Some children are prone to colds and coughs, and even get sick 3-4 times a month. Many of these cases are due to excessive use of bitter cold herbal tea in infancy, which damaged the spleen and lungs. Therefore, warning people that herbal tea is also taboo.
Herbal tea is a drink developed and summarized by Lingnan people in the long-term process of disease prevention and health care, which has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, according to the local climate, soil and water characteristics, guided by the theory of traditional Chinese medicine and based on Chinese herbal medicine. Analyzing the causes of "high fever" of herbal tea, relevant experts pointed out that, first of all, the characteristics of non-toxic and effective herbal tea are in line with the consumption characteristics of modern people. Drinking herbal tea is a magic weapon to protect the body summed up by the people of Guangdong and Guangxi in their long-term struggle with nature. According to relevant medical experts, herbal tea is cool but not cold, clearing away heat without hurting the spleen and stomach, and is non-toxic to liver and kidney. Suitable for all seasons. Disease can be prevented when there is no disease, and it can be treated when there is disease. "autumn and winter can prevent autumn dryness, and spring and summer can dispel summer heat and dampness."
Herbal tea culture
The unique and profound cultural connotation of herbal tea makes it have a lasting expansion, which is an incomparable advantage for any beverage in the world at present.
The earliest Guangdong herbal tea was created by Wang Zebang, a native of Heshan, Guangdong, on 1828 (eight years of Qing Daoguang). Later, Wang Lao Ji's herbal tea crossed the ocean and circulated among Chinese people all over the world for more than 70 years. It can be regarded as a pioneer of heat-clearing and detoxicating beauty drinks.
Herbal tea also has a unique cultural heritage. "Baozhilin" has long been famous at home and abroad because of Huang Feihong; Wang Zebang, the founder of "Wang Lao Ji", is called "Medicine Man", which is closely related to historical figures and events such as Empress Dowager Cixi, Hong Xiuquan, Taiping Army and Lin Zexu. Baoji Pill is a famous product of Li Zhongshengtang Pharmacy, which is exported to Southeast Asia, the United States and Canada.
Herbal tea preparation
Herbal tea production technology has been passed down in the family for hundreds of years. During the "Cultural Revolution", although the herbal tea culture was severely damaged, not only did the herbal tea shop close, but there were few artifacts left, such as utensils, sites, relics, historical materials and photos, but it still lasted for a long time in Hong Kong and Macao. Wang Laoji, Shangqingyin, Jianshengtang, Deng Lao, Baiyun Mountain, Huang Zhenlong, Xu Qixiu, Chunhetang, Jinhulu, Xingqun, Runxintang, Shaxi, Lee, Qingxintang, Xinglinchun, Baoqingtang and other 16 herbal tea brands and their herbal tea culture have been widely recognized by the public.
condition
Protecting herbal tea culture
Herbal tea culture has a long history, wide popularity, recognized efficacy, strict inheritance and huge late effect, which makes it a "dark horse" of the world's beverages. At present, the output of herbal tea has reached 2 million tons (including Hong Kong and Macao), and the sales scope has covered the whole country and nearly 20 countries such as the United States, Canada, France, Britain, Italy, Germany, Australia and New Zealand. With the rapid development of industry today, as an integral part of China's food culture, it is of practical significance to protect and promote herbal tea culture.
Selected as intangible cultural heritage
At the end of 2005, herbal tea has been selected as a national intangible cultural heritage, and the national mandatory standard for herbal tea will be issued soon, which will help standardize the national herbal tea market. At that time, many small brand herbal tea shops on the street will quit the herbal tea market because they can't meet the industry standards.