Health preserving function of drinking tea in early spring;
Beginning of spring can drink scented tea, black tea, Tieguanyin and Pu 'er tea. If appropriate, it can help digestion, detoxify, warm the stomach and nourish the liver.
In this season, it is best to drink scented tea, black tea, Tieguanyin and Pu 'er tea, which is beneficial to dispel the cold evil accumulated in the body in winter, promote the growth of human yang, have the effect of warming the stomach and nourishing the liver, and the scented tea is rich and fragrant, fragrant and refreshing, and can also refresh the mind and eliminate drowsiness.
The description of tea in Compendium of Materia Medica is: "Ming, bitter tea. Tea, bitter in taste, slightly cold and non-toxic, is mainly used for removing acne, diuresis, eliminating phlegm and thirst, which makes people sleep less and pick it in autumn. Bitter tea, the main body is not angry, eat it overnight, and drink it with Cornus officinalis, onion and ginger. "
Here, tea is described as "slightly cold" and "slightly bitter". Sexual taste is generally called "four natures and five flavors", and the four natures are cold, cool, warm and hot; The five flavors are pungent, sweet, sour, bitter and salty. Both of them have a great relationship with the efficacy and indications of drugs.
Generally speaking, the theory of traditional Chinese medicine holds that: sweetness is tonic and bitterness is diarrhea, so tea is a good thing with both tonic and diarrhea functions. As a result, there is a saying that "tea is the medicine for all diseases".
Many historical books in ancient China recorded the efficacy of black tea and Pu 'er tea, and believed that Pu 'er tea paste could cure all diseases. Black tea had the efficacy of "sobering up and diuresis, promoting digestion and regulating qi, clearing stomach and promoting fluid production, relaxing bowels, expelling wind and relieving pain, dispelling cold and detoxifying".