1, keep the stomach healthy: hot water usually refers to boiled water, which means that most of the tiny bacteria or microorganisms in the water have been killed, thus keeping the stomach healthy invisibly and reducing the occurrence of gastrointestinal diseases.

2, improve circulation, detoxification: drinking hot water to help the body warm up, can improve the body's blood circulation, especially for people with less exercise, drinking hot water can also help discharge more sweat and urine, which is conducive to the body's timely discharge of toxins.

3, relieve menstrual pain: female pain has uterine sensitivity, muscle contraction and other reasons, drinking some hot water properly not only helps to relax muscles, play a role in relieving uterine spasm, but also helps to relax the spirit.

4. Prevention and treatment of influenza: When people catch a cold, the content of virus or bacteria in the blood is higher than that in health. If you drink more hot water, it will help to promote gratitude, help the body transport waste out of the body faster, and help the recovery of influenza patients.

5, reduce the secret: people are temporarily constipated because the feces in the body are too dry, or the motivation of intestinal organs is insufficient. At this time, in addition to the advice of doctors and students, you need to drink hot water to help. Drinking more hot water helps to promote intestinal peristalsis and make feces more easily excreted.

Is it better to drink cold water or hot water?

Drinking cold water hurts the yang.

Water is cold. If you often eat cold water or frozen drinks, it will easily damage the yang of the spleen and stomach and cause stomach discomfort. Many people are used to drinking cold drinks to quench their thirst. After a long time, it is easy to cause spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, and symptoms such as emotional feelings, cold hands and feet, and abdominal feeling appear. Therefore, you can drink some hot water every day to warm yourself up, which is really good for your health.

"Drinking hot water" does not mean that the hotter the water, the better.

However, "drink more hot water" does not mean that the hotter the water, the better. The temperature of water, soup and porridge is too high, so it is a bad diet to drink or eat before it is lowered to the appropriate temperature.

When drinking water, water needs to pass through the mouth, esophagus and then into the stomach. The mucous membranes of the mouth and esophagus are very fragile and can withstand temperatures usually between 50 and 60℃. Because the esophagus is not as sensitive to temperature as the oral cavity, when people drink hot water and eat hot food, they often choose to swallow it in one gulp for fear that their mouth is too hot.

But in this case, the esophageal mucosa is easily burned. Esophageal mucosa is stimulated at high temperature, which is prone to chronic injury and inflammation.

How much water is the best to drink?

For ordinary people, 35-40℃ drinking water is more suitable. The temperature of human gastrointestinal tract is about 37.5-38℃, which is close to the temperature of human environment and will make the gastrointestinal tract more comfortable. People who are afraid of injury can choose to drink a little warmer water, but it is best not to exceed 50℃. Most Chinese herbal medicine decoction also suggests drinking Chinese medicine warmer. Generally speaking, traditional Chinese medicine decoction has the functions of cooling, cooling, warming skin, local tonic and promoting blood circulation, which is helpful for drug treatment.