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Ginger is pungent and enters the lung meridian, spleen meridian and stomach meridian. It has the effects of sweating, relieving exterior syndrome, stopping vomiting, warming lung and relieving cough, and is helpful to relieve discomfort symptoms such as wind-cold common cold, stomach cold and stomachache, vomiting and diarrhea. In the cold winter, drinking a cup of ginger black tea can not only drive away the cold and warm the body, but also help to regulate the spleen and stomach.

Method: Brew black tea with freshly boiled water, add shredded ginger or sliced ginger, cover the cup and soak for a few minutes to fully dissolve the beneficial substances in black tea and ginger. Need to be reminded that people who often have dry mouth, dry eyes, dry nose, dry skin and irritability should not drink black tea like this, otherwise it will aggravate discomfort.

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cinnamon

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, cinnamon is often used to treat cold pain in waist and knees, dizziness due to yang deficiency, vomiting and diarrhea due to deficiency of cold, etc. It is hot, can tonify fire and yang, dispel cold and relieve pain, promote blood circulation and dredge channels, and can be matched with black tea to help warm the spleen and stomach and eliminate cold accumulation.

Method: put cinnamon into a cup, pour boiling water, soak for about 10 minute, filter out impurities, add black tea, and then add boiling water for about 5 minutes to drink. It is worth emphasizing that the daily intake of cinnamon should not exceed 4 grams.

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Dried orange peel

Black tea is made by fermentation and baking. Tea polyphenols are enzymatically oxidized by oxidase, and the oxidized products can promote human digestion. Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae can eliminate phlegm, strengthen spleen, relieve fatigue and stop vomiting. When it is drunk with black tea, the effect of helping digestion doubles. The method is the same as soaking ginger and black tea. Fresh orange peel contains a lot of volatile oil, which is not suitable for medicine. Still use processed orange peel.

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lemon

Lemon is slightly cold, which can produce fluid to quench thirst, eliminate phlegm and relieve cough. It is mainly used to treat summer heat, polydipsia, stomach heat, phlegm heat and cough. From a nutritional point of view, lemon is rich in vitamin C, citric acid, malic acid, citric acid, hesperidin and other nutrients. The combination of the two not only tastes delicious, but also has the function of strengthening the stomach and helping digestion.

Method: Brew black tea with boiling water, air-dry to about 80℃, put lemon slices into black tea, and a cup of fresh and sweet lemon black tea will be brewed. It is best to choose fresh lemon to make tea, which is rich in aroma, and the aroma components and vitamin C of dried lemon are lost to some extent. Fresh lemons must be peeled and sliced. Because the peel is rich in healthy components such as hesperidin and naringin, thinning is beneficial to the aroma components in lemon peel.

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Sichuan pepper

Zanthoxylum bungeanum is pungent and warm, which can dispel dampness, wake up the mind, warm the middle warmer and relieve pain, and dispel dampness and stop diarrhea. The south is very humid. Use some pepper to get rid of dampness in spring and summer and keep out the cold in winter. Soaking peppers in black tea can help digestion, refresh, clear away heat and reduce fire.

Methods: Take 10 Zanthoxylum bungeanum and brew it with appropriate amount of black tea. Pepper is a hot food. People who often get angry had better drink less pepper black tea to avoid discomfort.