According to legend, barley tea originated in Korea. Because South Korea's eating habit is to drink a cup of barley tea after meals, some people who follow the fashion trend in China have begun to follow suit and regard barley tea after meals as a green, healthy and fashionable drink. Barley tea is fried with barley, and there are two kinds of light frying and heavy frying. The lightly fried barley tea tastes fresh, while the heavily fried barley tea tastes mellow. Most of the finished barley tea sold in the market is heavily fried, because it is finished tea, and its efficacy will be slightly worse than that of farmers.
The function of barley tea:
First, the role of medical care.
1, I heard that drinking tea at night is easy to sleep, but drinking barley tea will not make people excited and will not affect their sleep. Barley tea does not contain theophylline, caffeine, tannin and other irritating substances. For people who are mentally ill and prone to insomnia but like tea, you can drink barley tea.
2. Barley tea contains essential amino acids, various trace elements, minerals, unsaturated fatty acids and dietary fiber, and its sugar content is very low. Patients with digestive tract diseases can often drink barley tea, which can soothe the nerves, nourish the stomach and even relieve pain.
3. When you have abdominal distension and chest tightness due to overeating, you can make a cup of barley tea, which will immediately relieve boredom.
4. Barley tea gives full play to the function of barley, which can enhance liver function, strengthen blood vessels and regulate color. People who live in stressful and fast-paced cities often feel weak, prone to limb weakness, haggard face and poor complexion. If you can drink barley tea regularly, these conditions will be improved.
5. Drinking barley tea regularly can reduce blood lipid and cholesterol. It is a kind of tea suitable for the elderly to drink in summer, and can also regulate the metabolism of water in the body. This is really the best.
6, drinking tea, barley tea, of course, the indispensable role is: quenching thirst and diuresis, cooling and relieving summer heat, clearing away heat and detoxifying.
7. Barley tea can reduce fat, so it also has the effect of losing weight. According to the above description, female friends who love beauty can rest assured to drink all the year round.
Second, the beauty function
1, barley tea can whiten. Girls who need whitening can put the brewed tea bag in the bathtub or pour the tea into the bathtub. The concentration is moderate, and some essential oils can be added according to their personal preferences. Long-term persistence will have whitening effect.
2, the role of black hair, friends who have time can brew barley tea with boiling water, wait until the water temperature is moderate, you can use it to wash your hair, and barley tea has a good effect of black hair.
Barley tea can also be used to wash your face. Don't worry about hurting your face Barley tea is famous for its green health. Wash your face with it often, and your face will naturally turn white.
4, barley tea can promote eyebrow growth, girls with fewer eyebrows can try it before going to bed in the morning and at night.
note:
1. Barley tea is suitable for single soaking, and should not be mixed with other teas.
2. Because barley malt will return to milk or reduce milk secretion, women should not eat it during pregnancy and lactation.
How to drink barley tea;
1. Boil the boiling water, put in a bag of barley tea and cook for about 5 minutes before drinking.
2. Friends who are afraid of trouble can directly brew bagged barley tea with boiling water and soak it for 15 minutes.
3. You can also put the brewed barley tea in the refrigerator and ice it. Frozen barley tea has a better effect in relieving summer heat, but you can't drink ice often, because iced barley tea has a strong stomach-regulating function and is easy to have diarrhea.
Finally, let me tell you a little green secret. Barley tea is not only nutritious, invigorating stomach and resolving food stagnation, but also will not pollute tea sets and teeth.