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What are the ancient health teas?
China has the habit of drinking tea since ancient times. Drinking tea can help us keep healthy. So, what are the ancient health teas? Let me take you to get to know it.

Gufangde health tea Jiangyan douzicha

Drinking method: 5~ 10 slices of cooked soybeans or black beans, appropriate amount of ginger powder, cooked sesame seeds and green tea, and a little salt. First put the tea leaves in a crock and blanch them with boiling water, then pour the salt and ginger powder into the pot and stir them evenly, pour them into a teacup, and sprinkle the fried beans or sesame seeds in the cup.

Efficacy: It can clear away heat and reduce fever in summer, dispel cold and wind in winter, strengthen spleen and stimulate appetite. Tea is cold, ginger is hot, a cold and a hot, just make up Yin and Yang.

Precautions: beans and sesame seeds can replenish energy, and ginger can promote blood circulation, dredge collaterals and dispel cold, which is especially suitable for manual workers to drink.

Hawthorn brown sugar tea

Drinking method: 8~ 10 slices of hawthorn, washed, pitted and broken, brewed with boiling water or boiled for 20 minutes, and mixed with brown sugar.

Efficacy: Hawthorn is a commonly used medicinal material. Raw hawthorn is good at promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, fried hawthorn is good at invigorating stomach and promoting digestion, and burnt hawthorn is good at stopping bleeding. Pharmacological research shows that hawthorn has the function of assisting in lowering blood pressure, which is beneficial to the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases such as hyperlipidemia and arteriosclerosis. Brown sugar is warm, which can replenish qi and blood, promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. Suitable for women with irregular menstruation and the elderly and infirm.

Note: Overworked white-collar women often have dysmenorrhea, dull complexion, neck, shoulder, waist and leg pain. , suitable for drinking often.

Sangju cocoon beverage

Drinking method: 3~5 chrysanthemums, a pinch of dried mulberry leaves, and two cocoons brewed with boiling water.

Efficacy: Chrysanthemum can calm liver and improve eyesight, dispel wind and clear heat, and clear lung and stomach fire. Mulberry leaves are sweet, bitter and cold, which can disperse wind and heat, clear lung and moisten dryness. Sangjuyin is a classic prescription in Treatise on Febrile Diseases by Wu Jutong, a physician in Qing Dynasty, and it is a good product for relieving cough and dispelling summer heat. Silkworm cocoon is helpful to sleep, and it also contains sericin and other beneficial substances, which is beneficial to nourish the skin, beautify and remove spots.

Note: it is suitable for all seasons, and it is dry in spring, autumn and winter. This kind of tea can clear and moisten the throat. Hot summer can relieve summer heat; There are no restrictions on the types of chrysanthemums, including Hangju, Gongju and Ju Xue. Mulberry leaves can be bought in pharmacies, but it's best to collect some mulberry leaves in the wild every spring in mulberry bud, dry them and collect them. If you have throat discomfort, you can add 1~2 chrysanthemums or put more mulberry leaves; If the stool is thin, it will reduce 1~2 chrysanthemums; Old people can add Lycium barbarum 10~20 capsules, which can nourish liver and kidney, improve eyesight and increase health care effect.

Honey lemon tea

Drinking method: Cut fresh lemon into 2~3 slices (about 1/3), brew with warm water, and add appropriate amount of honey to taste.

Efficacy: Lemon is slightly cold, which can promote fluid production to quench thirst, eliminate phlegm and relieve cough. It is mainly used to treat summer heat, polydipsia, stomach heat, phlegm-heat cough and other symptoms. From a nutritional point of view, lemon is rich in vitamin C, citric acid, malic acid, citric acid, hesperidin and other nutrients.

Precautions: suitable for all ages, moderate drinking in autumn and winter is helpful for nourishing yin; Fresh lemon is better than dried lemon; If the stool is dry, add more honey. If the stool is not formed, add two more lemons, which is beneficial to convergence and diarrhea.

Sanhuacha

Drinking method: notoginseng flower 1g, rose 2g, chrysanthemum 3g, Longjing tea 4g, soaked in boiling water twice to make tea.

Efficacy: notoginseng flower has the functions of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, reducing blood lipid and nourishing; Roses can soothe the liver and relieve depression and regulate emotions; Chrysanthemum morifolium can clear the liver, improve eyesight, refresh the mind and lower blood pressure. Sanhua tea has the effects of promoting blood circulation, lowering blood pressure, soothing the liver and relieving depression.

Precautions: Sanhua Tea is suitable for middle-aged and elderly people, as well as people with hypertension and coronary heart disease, but not for pregnant women; Tea can be according to personal preference, except Longjing, black tea, scented tea and Pu 'er tea. Don't put too much tea, 2~4 grams a day is appropriate; Don't drink tea when eating western medicine.

Matters needing attention in drinking tea in life 1. When the tea is cold, heat the water and continue drinking.

Some people are used to heating the water to continue drinking after the tea is cold, and then heating the water halfway, so that the nutrients in the tea are difficult to dissolve and the fragrance is difficult to distribute. In addition, tea polyphenols, vitamins and protein will be oxidized and denatured, and harmful microorganisms will also increase.

Step 2 drink tea on an empty stomach

Drinking tea on an empty stomach will absorb more oxalic acid into the body, and the probability of forming stones is relatively high. Kidney calculi patients can drink water or lemonade to quench their thirst, because lemons contain a lot of sodium citrate, which can prevent kidney calculi.

Drink a lot of tea every day.

Ordinary healthy adults can drink 6 grams to 10 grams of tea a day and brew it two or three times.

Step 4 make tea with warm water

Because the beneficial chemical components extracted by warm water are not as sufficient as hot water, it is best to make tea with water at 70℃ ~ 80℃ first, and then drink it when the temperature drops to about 60℃. Don't exceed 70℃, Chata burns will cause strong irritation to the throat, esophagus and stomach, and cause mucosal lesions.

5. Drink the tea when it is cold.