These scented teas brew easily. Let's see which one suits you best.
According to Wu Dazhen, jasmine has a pleasant fragrance and is the top grade of tea drinking in spring, which has the effect of "dispelling cold evil and helping depression". Jasmine tea belongs to warm tea, which is suitable for all ages and is suitable for drinking in all seasons.
As early as the Qing Dynasty, jasmine was listed as a tribute. It is said that Empress Dowager Cixi has a special preference for jasmine. During her decades in power, jasmine was once regarded as the "national flower", and she often gave jasmine tea as a gift to foreign envoys and their wives. This Empress Dowager Cixi does not allow others to use jasmine.
Modern pharmacological research shows that jasmine oil can be extracted from jasmine flower, which has central sedative, hypnotic and analgesic effects, inhibits the growth of cancer cells and inhibits postpartum milk secretion.
Edible taboo
The Center for Prevention of Diseases of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine reminds that patients with fever and lactating women should not use this product.
How does Molly choose?
Rose is a famous traditional flower in China, and is known as the "queen of flowers". Wu Dazhen introduced that rose tea is mild in nature and rich in vitamins. It has the functions of promoting blood circulation, regulating menstruation, soothing liver and regulating qi, balancing endocrine, regulating liver and stomach, relieving fatigue and strengthening physique, and is suitable for drinking in spring.
Modern research also found that roses have the functions of inducing resuscitation, promoting blood circulation and qi circulation, expanding cardiovascular system, and improving internal organs and peripheral blood circulation; It also has hypoglycemic, antitumor, antibacterial and antioxidant effects. In addition, β -carotene contained in roses is an antioxidant, which can delay aging and keep youth.
Edible taboo
The Center for Prevention of Diseases of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine reminded that because roses have the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, they should not be taken during menstruation and pregnant women, and they are warm and astringent. People with heat constipation are not encouraged to drink, and those with strong deficiency fire should also be banned.
Wu Dazhen introduced that honeysuckle is sweet and cold in nature, and has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, dispersing wind and heat, reducing swelling and relieving pain. Because of the good behavior in spring, it is easy to feel the common cold. Honeysuckle tea can relieve common diseases such as upper respiratory tract infection, influenza, tonsillitis and periodontitis in spring.
In the clinical practice of traditional Chinese medicine, honeysuckle is often used to treat various symptoms of heat toxicity, such as fever, rash, sores caused by heat toxicity, sore throat caused by wind-heat and red eyes. And get rid of annoying chest tightness, bad breath and so on.
Edible taboo
Qin Jun, deputy chief physician of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, reminded that honeysuckle should not be used casually by people with cold nature, spleen and stomach deficiency and pregnant women, and must be used under the guidance of a doctor or pharmacist.
How to choose honeysuckle?
1, select those buds that are not open. Because the best picking time of honeysuckle tea is before flowering, at this time, the upper part of the bud is swollen and white;
2. Good overall integrity;
3. The tea soup is golden with a little green, bright in color and bitter and fragrant.
Wu Dazhen introduced that chrysanthemum tea has the functions of nourishing liver, calming liver, clearing liver and improving eyesight, and is especially suitable for drinking in spring.
Chrysanthemum has the reputation of "four gentlemen in flowers", which has a good effect on the symptoms of excessive internal heat such as liver and kidney deficiency in the elderly, or headache, head swelling, dry mouth, red eyes and other symptoms in some young and middle-aged people who are stressed and often stay up late. It is more suitable for people whose blood pressure fluctuates easily in spring and summer.
Taboo:
Yang Zhimin, a famous traditional Chinese medicine practitioner in Guangdong Province and vice president of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, reminded that chrysanthemum tea is peaceful, and for people with weak constitution at ordinary times, the amount of ginger can be appropriately increased.
1, the greener chrysanthemum is the best, and the chrysanthemum with too bright and beautiful color can't be selected, which is probably secondary processing;
It feels soft.
Gouqi tea is also a kind of health tea that we are familiar with. Wu Dazhen introduced that Gouqi tea can nourish kidney, liver, lung, improve eyesight, bones and muscles, and improve fatigue. Especially suitable for office workers who lie in front of the computer for a long time. It can not only fight against spring sleep, but also relieve eye fatigue.
Modern research has found that Lycium barbarum contains more Lycium barbarum polysaccharides, which can enhance the nonspecific immune function of the body, improve the individual's disease resistance, inhibit the growth of tumor cells and cell mutation, and improve the phagocytic function of phagocytes and the proliferation ability of lymphocytes.
How to choose medlar?
1, soft color, luster, full meat, mostly yellow or white tip.
2, no spicy, pungent smell
3, it tastes sweet, and the sulfur-containing medlar has a sour, astringent and bitter taste.
4, non-sticky, no slippery feeling, squeeze hard, let go, and evenly spread the medlar, which proves to be a good medlar.
Edible taboo
The Center for Prevention of Diseases of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine reminds that these people should not take Lycium barbarum because of its strong warming effect:
1, hypertensive patients;
2. People who are impatient or have a cold, fever or acute inflammation;
3, people with spleen deficiency and cold, often diarrhea;
In addition, people with liver and kidney deficiency or blurred vision can eat 5- 10g every day. Once the symptoms get better, you should stop using them and don't eat too much for a long time.