1, can I drink tea while drinking Chinese medicine?
Tea culture in China has a long history, and it is even deeply loved at home and abroad, especially the tea ceremony. People in China have been paying attention to the development of tea culture since Shennong period, and have developed the habit of drinking tea to this day. The benefits of drinking tea are self-evident. However, it is not advisable to drink tea during drinking traditional Chinese medicine, otherwise it will cause physical discomfort and reduce the curative effect.
Tea was first used as food and medicine, and drinking was based on food and medicine. People in China have a long history of drinking tea, which can be traced back to Shennong period, but the history of drinking tea is relatively late. There may have been tea drinking in some areas (the origin of tea trees and its marginal areas) in the pre-Qin period, but there is still a lack of written and archaeological support. Drinking tea has such a long history, so it has a great influence on our life.
From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, tea itself is a blind Chinese medicine, and its components, such as xanthine, polyphenols and theanine, have pharmacological effects. They can also react with other drugs or elements existing in the body at the same time, affecting the curative effect of drugs and even producing toxic and side effects.
Under normal circumstances, there is no contradiction between eating Chinese medicine and drinking tea, as long as the interval is about half an hour. However, very little tea is available. For example, there is a famous prescription for treating migraine, which is called "Chuanxiong Tea Powder", which uses green tea to send powder or decoct soup and make tea. The purpose is to use the bitter and cold nature of tea to dredge the upper and lower parts to facilitate blood circulation, so as to achieve the effect of calming wind and relieving pain. However, unless otherwise specified, don't take it with tea when drinking Chinese medicine.
2, it is not appropriate to drink tea.
1. When treating gastrointestinal diseases, especially patients with active peptic ulcer, it is not advisable to drink tea, let alone strong tea. Because the content of caffeine in strong tea is high, and caffeine can enhance the secretion of gastric juice and affect the healing of ulcers.
2. It is not advisable to drink tea when taking sedatives, because caffeine in tea can excite the cerebral cortex, thus antagonizing the curative effect of sedatives and failing to achieve the therapeutic purpose.
It is not advisable to drink tea when taking nourishing Chinese medicine. Tannic acid in tea has astringent effect, which will hinder the absorption of nutrients such as protein. At the same time, the interaction between tannins in tea and active ingredients in medicine will weaken the nourishing effect. Therefore, drinking tea, especially strong tea, will reduce the efficacy when taking tonic drugs such as codonopsis pilosula, astragalus membranaceus and yam.
4. A large amount of tannic acid contained in tea is easy to precipitate and insoluble with alkaloids, which makes the drug unable to be absorbed and play its role. The active ingredient of many traditional Chinese medicines is alkaloids. For example, Ephedra contains ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, Coptidis Rhizoma and Huangbai contain berberine, Stemona Stemona contains Stemona Stemona, and others such as Rhizoma Corydalis, Cirsium japonicum and Radix Cyathulae. The effective components of Datura stramonium are mainly alkaloids. Therefore, when these herbs are taken together with tea, the decoction will precipitate and affect the curative effect.
(1) Pu 'er tea
Ercha has the functions of clearing away heat and promoting diuresis, resolving phlegm and promoting digestion, and warming the spleen and stomach, and has a good slimming effect. The calorie of a cup of Pu 'er tea is only about 4 calories, and drinking pure Pu 'er tea is considered to be the most effective and healthy. Caffeine in Pu 'er tea can help enhance the body's ability to burn fat, while tea polyphenols can more effectively assist the decomposition and digestion of fat.
Suggestion: After meals 1000 ml (equivalent to two bottles of mineral water) every day for one week, you can achieve the initial weight loss effect.
(2) Herbal tea
If you think Pu 'er is too expensive, you can try some simple herbal tea, such as cassia seed with rose and lemon slices. What works here is cassia seed. Cassia seed is a good medicine for treating habitual constipation, which has the effects of relaxing bowels, reducing blood fat and improving eyesight.
Suggestion: Afternoon is a time when people feel tired and tired, and it is also a time when they are prone to hunger and want to eat. You can drink a cup of herbal tea to dispel this desire to eat because of emotions. At the same time, the smell of flowers and plants will also reduce your appetite, which is an ambush for eating only seven full dinners.
(3) Green tea
Green tea contains a certain amount of caffeine. When it coexists with tea polyphenols, it can prevent the effect of caffeine in the stomach and avoid stimulating the secretion of gastric acid, so that the disadvantages of caffeine do not play in the body, but can promote the functions of the central nervous system, heart and liver. Moreover, the aromatic compounds in green tea can also dissolve fat and prevent fat from accumulating in the body. Caffeine can also promote the secretion of gastric juice, help digestion and fat elimination.
Suggestion: Take a proper amount of green tea and brew it with boiling water at 90 degrees Celsius. Drink it an hour after dinner. If you drink tea immediately after a meal, it is easy to induce anemia after a long time, and when the iron in the food is basically absorbed one hour after a meal, drinking tea at this time will not affect the absorption of iron. 1000ml per day is enough. Because green tea contains a lot of tannic acid, after drinking a lot of strong tea, tannic acid combines with iron to form insoluble matter, which hinders the absorption of iron. People who often suffer from insomnia are not suitable for drinking green tea.
(4) Barley tea
Barley tea should be said to be a veritable "healthy drink". Barley tea made from roasted barley contains many trace elements, amino acids, unsaturated fatty acids and dietary fiber, and its sugar content is extremely low. Barley tea has the effects of removing greasy, helping digestion, benefiting qi and strengthening stomach. Barley tea also has a unique dietary fiber. The dietary fiber dissolved in tea can take the "garbage" in the stomach out of the body.
Suggestion: drink regularly, or drink before and after meals.
Conclusion: Drinking tea is a common pastime now. Many people like to sit in the shade in the afternoon, chatting with friends and drinking tea, which is very leisurely. This article introduces what is not suitable for drinking tea. Interested friends come and have a look.
3. Bad habit of drinking tea
Bad habit 1: drinking tea on an empty stomach
Never drink tea on an empty stomach, because drinking tea on an empty stomach will dilute gastric juice and reduce digestive function, leading to a large number of bad ingredients in tea entering the blood, causing dizziness, palpitation, weakness of hands and feet and other symptoms. For the sake of health, you can't drink tea before meals.
Bad habit 2: Drink the first cup of tea.
As we all know, generally speaking, you can't drink tea for the first time, that is, you can't drink tea for the first time. This is because tea is inevitably polluted by harmful substances such as pesticides in the process of planting and processing, and there will always be some residues on the surface of tea. It can be seen that the first time you make tea, you can't drink it.
Bad habit 3: drink tea after meals
Many people like to drink a cup of tea after meals to strengthen the digestion of food and achieve the effect of losing weight. But the correct way to drink tea after a meal is to drink tea one hour after a meal. This is because tea contains a lot of tannic acid, which can react with iron in food to form insoluble matter. Drinking tea like this for a long time will lead to iron deficiency and even induce anemia.
Bad habit 4: drinking tea during menstruation
Drinking tea during menstruation is easy to induce or aggravate menstrual syndrome. Studies have proved that people who have the habit of drinking tea are 2.4 times more likely to suffer from catatonia during menstruation than those who don't drink tea, and those who drink more than 4 cups of tea a day are 3 times more likely to suffer from catatonia than those who don't drink tea. Therefore, menstrual period is not suitable for drinking tea. Menstruation is a must for women every month, but remember the principle of drinking tea, which is a good performance for health.
Bad habit five: drinking tea at night
Drinking tea at night can enhance the digestion of food, but not all tea is suitable for drinking at night. It is best to drink black tea at night. Because black tea is completely fermented tea, its irritation is weak. For people with weak spleen and stomach, adding milk when drinking black tea can also play a certain role in warming the stomach, and the effect is very good. In short, remember to drink less tea at night, and don't make the tea too strong, so as not to affect sleep. People who are easily excited or sensitive, have poor sleep and are weak at ordinary times should drink less or not drink tea at night.
Bad habit 6: Like to drink new tea.
New tea is not suitable for drinking, and new tea stored for less than half a month is not suitable for drinking. This is because fresh tea has a short storage time and contains more unoxidized polyphenols, aldehydes, alcohols and other substances, which has a strong stimulating effect on gastrointestinal mucosa and is easy to cause stomach problems.
Bad habit 7: Drink the same tea all year round.
Drinking the right tea in different climates and festivals can achieve good results. The climate is different all year round, so we should choose different kinds of tea to really achieve the effect of disease prevention and health preservation. For example, you should drink scented tea in spring, green tea in summer, green tea in autumn and black tea in winter.
Bad habit 8: Drinking tea has ulcers.
People with ulcers are definitely not suitable for drinking tea, because caffeine in tea will promote gastric acid secretion, increase gastric acid concentration, induce ulcers and even perforation, and the consequences are very serious. Drinking tea on an empty stomach is bad for the stomach, especially for people with gastric ulcer. Drinking tea is not only unhealthy, but also absolutely harmful.