Ginger tea is also a favorite drink of British people, similar to ginger soup used to treat colds in China. The method of British ginger tea is very simple. Just put a piece of fresh ginger when making tea, and then add sugar to stew for more than ten minutes.
Efficacy and function of ginger tea
1. Relieve nausea and nausea. Drinking 1 cup of ginger tea before traveling can prevent nausea and vomiting related to motion sickness (motion sickness, seasickness, airsickness, etc.). ). When nausea and nausea occur, drinking 1 cup of ginger tea can also relieve symptoms.
2. Promote gastrointestinal digestion. Ginger tea can help digest and absorb food and relieve bloating caused by overeating.
3. diminish inflammation. Ginger has anti-inflammatory effect and is an ideal family food to relieve inflammation of muscles and joints.
4. Prevent allergies through the nose. Ginger tea can help to relieve nasal congestion caused by the common cold, and can also relieve respiratory symptoms caused by environmental allergies such as pollen.
5. Improve blood circulation. The vitamins, minerals and amino acids in ginger tea help to restore and improve blood circulation and reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases. Ginger can prevent fat deposition in arteries and reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke.
6. Reduce menstrual discomfort. Soaking a towel in hot ginger tea and then applying hot compress to the lower abdomen can relax muscles and relieve dysmenorrhea. If you drink 1 cup ginger tea with honey at the same time, the effect will be better.
7. Enhance the immune system. Ginger is rich in antioxidant gingerol, which helps to enhance human immunity and prevent many diseases.
8. Help relieve stress. Ginger tea can relieve stress and tension. It is believed that the rich aroma of ginger tea is inseparable from this therapeutic effect.
medical care
Ginger tea is only effective for wind-cold colds, and drinking wind-heat colds will aggravate the symptoms.
The difference between wind-cold cold and wind-heat cold is that wind-cold cold is caused by the invasion of wind-cold pathogens and the failure of lung qi. Symptoms can be seen as follows: aversion to cold, mild fever, anhidrosis, headache and body pain, nasal congestion, white cough, thirst or thirst for hot drinks, thin and white fur; Wind-heat cold is caused by wind-heat pathogen invading the exterior and disharmony between lung and qi. Symptoms are severe fever, slight aversion to wind, head swelling and pain, sweating, sore throat, cough, sticky or yellow phlegm, stuffy nose and yellow nose, dry mouth and thirst, red tongue tip, thin white and yellowish fur.
Wind-cold common cold is an external attack of wind-cold in traditional Chinese medicine, while ginger is hot, which can dispel external evils and is effective.
But wind-heat cold is the internal resistance of true evil, and drinking ginger tea will aggravate the symptoms.
Medicinal value
Jiang: Xin Wen. Dried ginger: pungent, hot. All enter the lung, stomach and spleen meridians. Ginger: relieving exterior syndrome and dispelling cold, and stopping vomiting by warming. Dried ginger: warm the middle to dispel cold, return to yang and pass the pulse. Canned ginger: removing blood stasis and stopping bleeding. Volatile oil can promote blood circulation and perspiration. Ginger spicy can promote gastric juice secretion and intestinal peristalsis, help digestion, and can cause dry mouth and sore throat when used in large quantities.
Ginger is used as a spicy vegetable, and the dried roots are used to make tea. Ginger can warm the stomach, help the absorption of food and inhibit nausea. It is said that chewing ginger slices can prevent carsickness more than any medicine.
Ginger tea has a pungent smell, which can promote blood circulation at the ends of limbs. People who are afraid of the cold are advised to drink more. It is also very effective for nausea when you are afraid of happiness, but you can only use 1/2 tablets for a cup of tea. You can also cut ginger into thin slices and chew two or three slices in your mouth.
Europeans seem to think that ginger has a sweet taste and is often used to make cookies or bread. Its efficacy promotes digestion, strengthens the circulatory system, and relieves nausea, carsickness, aversion to happiness and chills.
Matters needing attention
When you are pregnant, you must absolutely observe the dose (a cup of tea 1/2 tablets). Tear it up by hand and soak it again, and the fragrance will come out easily.
The practice of ginger tea
Laojiangcha
Ingredients: 6 grams of black tea, ginger 10 grams, and appropriate amount of honey.
Production: black tea and ginger are decocted with water, and honey is added when they are warm.
Efficacy: Warming the middle warmer to dispel cold, invigorating stomach and promoting digestion. It is suitable for stomachache caused by cold pathogen.
Note: people with damp-heat stomachache should not use it.
Red jujube ginger tea
Ingredients: seven or eight jujubes, three or four slices of ginger, and a little brown sugar.
Time: 30-45 minutes.
working methods
1. Seven or eight red dates, three or four slices of ginger, and some boiled water. After washing, put it in a thermos cup and fill it with boiling water. Close the lid! You can drink it in an hour!
2. You can add brown sugar or honey when drinking (Note: when adding honey, the water must be below 60 degrees, otherwise the nutrition of honey will be lost, remember to remember! )
Sydney rock sugar ginger tea
Cough keeps causing lung pain. Drinking this tea can relieve these symptoms and moisten the lungs. It is also better to stew with appropriate amount of Fritillaria cirrhosa, but adding more will produce bitterness.
Ingredients: 1 Sydney, 50g ginger, 80g rock sugar and 600㏄ water.
Time: 30-45 minutes
Exercise:
1. Wash and drain Sydney, peel and slice for later use.
2. Wash the ginger, peel it and shred it for later use.
3. Take a casserole, add the Sydney slices made by 1, the shredded ginger made by 2 and the crystal sugar, then add 600㏄ of water and cook for about 15 minutes.
Nanjiangcha
Time: 30-45 minutes
Ingredients: 20g ginger slices, 2000㏄ water.
working methods
1. Wash the ginger slices, put them in a pot and wash them with water. When the fire boils, turn to low heat and cook for 45 minutes.
2. After filtering the southern ginger slices, add appropriate amount of brown sugar or rock sugar (or no sugar) according to personal preference, and drink after cooling.
Brown sugar ginger tea
Ginger: 50g brown sugar: 75g
Efficacy: Warming palace and promoting blood circulation.
Practice: Chop ginger and add three bowls of water to make a bowl of water. If it is blood tonic, please add red dates. Add brown sugar when there is almost a bowl of water left in the pot. Brown sugar doesn't need to be boiled for that long.
Boiled ginger tea
Ingredients: a slice of ginger and a cup of boiling water.
Production: a glass of water can be brewed with a piece of ginger and boiled water, and drunk while it is hot.
Efficacy: 1. Drinking before eating cold food in summer can prevent palace cold.
2. Ginger is warm and has the effect of warming and dispelling cold.
Note: There is a folk saying that "eat radish in winter and ginger in summer", and it is best to drink it in summer.