The healthiest drink for human beings is tea, and the most classic drink for women is flowers. Therefore, the ancients said that "it is best to drink flowers when drinking tea." The method of replacing tea with flowers comes from the beauty habits of ancient court nobles.
Before tea appeared in India and China, scented tea had been widely consumed by imperial concubines and aristocratic ladies. /kloc-In the 6th century, women used to wear cloth bags with flowers printed on them to prevent bacterial infection and achieve the effect of fragrance retention. At that time, flowers and herbs were also used to cook food; Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica, the first herbal annals in China, recorded more than 300 kinds of drugs, including a large number of flower varieties with beauty and health care functions. Xiao Taihou in Liao and Jin Dynasties often brewed Trollius chinensis for drinking, so his skin was fair and he remained youthful and beautiful after middle age. Scented tea was very popular in the Qing court, especially the golden lotus collected from the dam outside the Great Wall. Emperor Kangxi inscribed "The Golden Lotus Reflects the Sun" as a token of appreciation and listed it as a tribute of the imperial court. Emperor Qianlong named Trollius chinensis as "the first flower" in Records of the Yuhe River.
Roses can be used for bathing and skin care. As early as the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it was favored by court nobles. The biggest secret of keeping Yang Guifei's skin soft and shiny in Tang Dynasty is to soak fresh rose buds in Huaqing Pool where she bathed for many years.
It can be seen from the record of Shennong Herbal Classic that many flowers not only have the function of beauty beauty directly, but also have the functions of optimizing and regulating body functions, enhancing immunity and delaying aging.
After understanding the limitations of the scientific and technological era, modern women finally return to nature and seek a real way out for the beauty of beauty. Therefore, in recent years, starting from Taiwan Province Province, drinking scented tea has become popular among young and middle-aged women. This fashion was quickly imitated by women in Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan and other places, and set off a flower tea craze in Southeast Asia.
Drinking scented tea is the most natural way for women to maintain health and beauty, and it is also the best way to purify the body and protect the environment. Scented tea will surely become a necessity for women all over the country.
What flowers can I drink?
There are many kinds of scented tea suitable for women to drink. The following are some common varieties and their characteristics for female friends' reference:
Chrysanthemum: cold in nature, sweet and bitter in taste, beautiful, dispelling wind and removing dampness, stopping dizziness and improving eyesight.
Jasmine flower: cold in nature, light in taste and flatulence-relieving.
Rose: cold in nature, fragrant in taste, beautifying, promoting blood circulation and regulating qi.
Trollius chinensis: sweet, slightly bitter, beauty, heat and detoxification.
Osmanthus fragrans: cold in nature, fragrant in taste, improving eyesight, nourishing liver and stopping bad breath.
Rose: The smell is light, which relieves summer heat and detoxifies.
Gladiolus: cold in nature, fragrant in taste, relieving depression, dredging collaterals and resolving phlegm.
Begonia: Moisturizes the skin.
What should I pay attention to when drinking scented tea?
It is clearly pointed out in TCM works that all flowers belong to cold, women belong to yin, and yin is also cold. That is to say, cold medicine cures heat, and glass is cold. When drinking scented tea, in order to balance the medicinal properties and enhance the efficacy, some hot ingredients should be added. For example:
(1), drink chrysanthemum and add some medlar;
(2) Drink some red wine from roses;
(3) Drink osmanthus and add some licorice;
Remember not to drink single flowers, or you will be weak, allergic, cough or produce leucorrhea if you drink too much. Drinking method of scented tea
Tear the tea bag, first take out the honey bag, pour the flower material into a transparent glass, then tear the honey bag and add honey. Pour about13 of boiling water, gently shake it to dissolve the honey properly, and then fill it with boiling water. A cup of scented tea will be fine. A cup of scented tea can be brewed repeatedly for one day. If it can be preserved at low temperature, it will not go bad if you continue drinking it the next day.
The scented tea brewed in summer is iced before drinking, which has a unique taste and feeling. Those who are interested may wish to have a try.
Peach blossom:
Peach blossom, a deciduous peach or peach flower of Rosaceae, is brightly colored. "Qian Jin Fang" contains: "Three peach blossoms, drink on an empty stomach, slim waist". The famous doctor Aberdeen recorded: "Peach tastes bitter and has a flat nature, which can control moisture, facilitate urination and relieve three pests". Peach blossoms are sweet in taste, flat in nature and non-toxic, and can help digestion, promote qi circulation, eliminate phlegm, eliminate stagnation and diuresis, and amenorrhea. This prescription is an excellent beauty product for weight loss and skin care.
1, Beauty, from Botany Education and Research Network.
The ancients in our country realized the beauty value of peach blossom very early. The earliest existing pharmaceutical monograph "Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing" says that peach blossom has the effect of "making people feel good". Before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day, when peach blossoms still have buds, take 250g of peach blossoms and 3g of angelica dahurica, seal them, soak them in 1000 ml of white wine for 30 days, and drink15-30ml in the morning and evening respectively. At the same time, pour a little wine into the palm of your hand, rub it until the palm is hot, and rub your face back and forth, which has a good effect on facial pigmented diseases such as chloasma, dark spots and dull complexion.
The beauty function of peach blossom is mainly due to the nutrients such as kaempferol, incense, bean essence, trilobite, vitamins A, B and C in the flower. These substances can dilate blood vessels, dredge veins, moisten the skin, improve blood circulation, promote skin nutrition and oxygen supply, accelerate the excretion of lipofuscin which promotes human aging, and prevent the chronic deposition of skin melanin, thus effectively preventing chloasma, freckles, black spots and peaches. These substances are also rich in plant proteins and free amino acids, which are easily absorbed by the skin, have an effect on preventing and treating skin dryness, roughness and wrinkles, and can also enhance the disease resistance of the skin, thus preventing and treating it.
A simple way to make use of peach blossoms for beauty is to mash fresh peach blossoms, take juice and apply it to your face, gently massage for a while, or use dry peach blossom powder in the shade, mix it with honey and apply it to your face, and then wash it. The nutrients in flowers can moisturize the skin and change the vitality of facial cells, thus achieving the beauty effect of rosy complexion, moist, smooth and elastic skin.
In the spring of March, peach blossoms spit. The beauty of peach blossoms often reminds people of the richness of life. The ancients used the phrase "peach blossoms set each other off in red" to praise the girl's delicate face. In fact, peach blossoms do have a cosmetic effect. Peach blossom is sweet and pungent, slightly warm, and has the effects of promoting blood circulation, pleasing skin, diuresis, removing blood stasis and relieving pain. Peach blossom contains kaempferol, carotene, vitamins and other ingredients, of which kaempferol has a good beauty and skin care effect.
According to the National Classic of Materia Medica, picking fresh peach blossoms, soaking them in wine and drinking some every day can make the face rosy and beautiful as peach blossoms.
When introducing the method and function of "peach blossom wine", Pujifang said: Pick fresh peach blossoms on March 3rd, soak them in fine liquor, and take them 49 days later. Take it for a long time, and you can get rid of diseases and beautify your face. Here are some beauty methods with peach blossom as the main medicine: 1, peach trotters porridge: peach blossom (dried) 1 g, clean trotters 1 g, polished rice 100 g, salt, soy sauce, Jiang Mo, chopped green onion, sesame oil and monosodium glutamate. Bake peach blossoms and grind them into fine powder for later use; Japonica rice in Tao Jing; Separate the skin and bones of pig's trotters, put them in an iron pot, add appropriate amount of water, boil them with high fire, skim off the floating foam, remove the bones when the pig's trotters are cooked, add japonica rice and peach blossom powder, continue to simmer the porridge with low fire, and add refined salt, soy sauce, ginger powder, chopped green onion, sesame oil and monosodium glutamate when the porridge is finished, and mix well. Every other day 1 dose, take it warm in several times. The prescription has the effects of promoting blood circulation, moistening skin, invigorating qi, promoting lactation, strengthening muscles, caring skin, removing blood stasis and promoting tissue regeneration, and is suitable for lactating women with spots on their faces. Taking this porridge after delivery can not only promote lactation and remove blood stasis in the body, but also remove facial spots, moisturize the skin and replenish the body. 2, Sui Palace whitening recipe: 60 grams of peach blossom (dry), 75 grams of wax gourd kernel, 45 grams of dried tangerine peel, * * * ground into very fine powder, stored in porcelain bottles, ready to eat. Every time 1g, 2 ~ 3 times a day, and take it with warm glutinous rice wine after meals. This prescription has the effects of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, removing spots, whitening skin and moistening skin. It is suitable for people with dark face or chloasma, and people with dark skin who live in plateau, seaside and southern areas with strong sun exposure. 3. Peach Blossom and Angelica dahurica Wine: Collect 30 grams of peach blossoms with budding buds and blooming branches to the southeast on the third day of the third lunar month (or around Tomb-Sweeping Day), put them in bottles with 40 grams of Angelica dahurica, add 1000 ml of white wine, seal them, and open them for use after 1 month. Drink peach blossom and angelica dahurica wine 1 every morning and evening, and pour some medicinal liquor into your palm and rub your hands together. Rub your face back and forth when your palm gets hot. This prescription can remove the dark spots on the face and treat the symptoms of dull complexion, dark spots or dullness after delivery. The method is safe, reliable and simple to manufacture. Generally, it takes 40 ~ 60 days to take effect, the spots disappear and the face becomes ruddy and shiny. Peach blossom is a blood-breaking medicine. Pregnant women and people with excessive menstrual flow should not take peach blossom wine, nor should they take other peach blossom beauty prescriptions. But for most women, peach blossom is an economical and convenient beauty product. May every woman who loves beauty be healthy and moist, "like a peach blossom".
2, diuretic, blood circulation, laxative effect. Treat edema, limb qi, phlegm and bad defecation. Brewing method: appropriate amount of peach blossom, appropriate amount of honey and appropriate amount of boiled water.
rose
Rose tea has the functions of regulating female physiology, caring skin, mild nature, reducing fire, relieving fatigue, healing wounds, protecting liver and gastrointestinal function, and promoting metabolism after long-term drinking. It can regulate blood and qi, calm the liver and promote blood circulation, make the skin rosy, treat stomachache caused by stagnation of liver qi (emotion), and have the effects of calming the nerves and relieving depression. Has the effects of beauty beauty, regulating qi, relieving depression, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. Used for abdominal pain, irregular menstruation, leucorrhea with red and white discharge, breast pain, etc. caused by stagnation of stomach qi. Brewing method: 3 grams of roses, 2 grams of tea, boiled water.
In traditional medicine in China, roses are called stray flowers and Rosa davurica.
Its nature is sweet and bitter, and its nature is warm and non-toxic. Entering the two meridians of liver and spleen.
Efficacy 1: Regulate qi, relieve depression and remove blood stasis. Indications: liver and stomach pain, chronic wind arthralgia, hematemesis and hemoptysis, irregular menstruation, leucorrhea with red and white discharge, dysentery, breast abscess and toxic swelling.
Efficacy 2: Put 3-5g of processed flower buds in boiling water for 5 minutes, add sugar or honey, or add your favorite tea to brew together, which has the functions of regulating qi and blood, soothing the liver, relieving depression, reducing fat and losing weight, moistening skin and caring skin.
Especially for women with dysmenorrhea and irregular menstruation.
Efficacy 3: Roses are very adaptable. Besides rose oil, flowers, stems, buds and roots can all be used as medicine. Fruits are rich in vitamins and can be used as natural drinks and foods. Roses can be made into rose wine, rose dew and rose sauce, which have the peculiar effects of clearing away heat and fire and beauty beauty.
Efficacy 4: There is a secret recipe for adding rose buds and brown sugar to make cream. After taking it, it can play the role of nourishing blood, benefiting qi and caring skin. The method is to add about 500 grams of clear water to1000 grams of rose buds, decoct for 20 minutes, filter off flower residues, then decoct into thick juice, add 500- 1000 grams of brown sugar, and decoct into paste. If you take it for a long time, you can put it in the refrigerator and take 1-2 teaspoons a day. If used for a long time, the effect will be better.
chrysanthemum
Chrysanthemum is not only pleasing to the eye, but also can be made into health tea. At the end of each year 10, when chrysanthemums are in full bloom, pick chrysanthemums from Tongxiang County, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province and Florists Chrysanthemum, the top of Huangshan Mountain, steam-deactivate them, dry them until the water content is below 70%, and crush the petals by hand for later use. There are also chrysanthemums produced in Bozhou, Anhui, Chuju in Chuzhou, Chuanju in Zhongjiang, Sichuan, and Deju in Deqing, Zhejiang, all of which have high efficacy. "Compendium of Materia Medica" recorded in detail the efficacy of chrysanthemum tea: sweet in nature, cold in taste, and effective in dispelling wind and clearing heat, calming the liver and improving eyesight. According to Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica, chrysanthemum tea can "cure dizziness, swelling and pain, drowsiness, dead skin, aversion to rheumatism, joint pain, benefit qi for a long time, be intellectual and hardworking, and prolong life." What I want to mention here is Florists Chrysanthemum, which grows in the fog of Shan Ye, inherits the aura of Huangshan Mountain and absorbs the essence of mountains and rivers in southern Anhui. Its pollution-free nature has high drinking value for modern people.
When soaking chrysanthemum tea, it is best to use a transparent glass, put four or five capsules at a time, and then brew with boiling water. If there are many people drinking, you can use a transparent teapot, put a handful at a time, soak in boiling water for 2-3 minutes, and then pour the tea into everyone's transparent glass. When drinking chrysanthemum tea, you can put a few crystal sugar in the cup to make it sweeter. Chrysanthemum tea has a certain curative effect on dry mouth, intense fire and astringent eyes, or limb pain and numbness caused by pathogenic wind, cold and dampness. Healthy people can also drink boiled water as boiled water. Every time you drink, don't drink it all at once. Save the third cup of tea, add new tea, soak for a while, and then drink. Chrysanthemum tea is widely loved by people for its efficacy. Modern science has been able to extract the effective components from chrysanthemum and make it into drinks such as chrysanthemum crystal and chrysanthemum cola, which is more convenient and saves time for people who like to drink quickly. Chrysanthemum tea is a kind of tea drink suitable for all ages.
There are many drinking methods of chrysanthemum tea, which can be selected according to different needs.
① Take chrysanthemum 10g and brew it with boiling water instead of tea, which can dispel wind and clear heat, calm the liver and improve eyesight, and has preventive and therapeutic effects on dizziness, headache and tinnitus.
② Take chrysanthemum 10g and tea 3g and brew them together to prevent and treat early hypertension.
(3) Take Flos Chrysanthemi, Fructus Crataegi, Flos Lonicerae 10g, decoct with water instead of tea, or grind into powder, and drink with water instead, which has the effects of removing blood stasis, lowering blood pressure, lowering temperature and reducing weight, and is suitable for patients with obesity, hyperlipidemia and hypertension.
④ Take chrysanthemum 10g, mulberry leaf 5g and loquat leaf 5g, grind them into coarse powder, and brew them with boiling water instead of tea, which can prevent autumn bath and is suitable for eating after symptoms such as fever, dry throat, dry mouth and cough caused by autumn dryness invading the lungs. It can also prevent influenza, epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis, Japanese encephalitis, mumps and chickenpox.
Chrysanthemum Tea
Making tea with chrysanthemum has a fragrant smell, which can relieve summer heat, promote fluid production and dispel wind, moisten throat, nourish eyes and relieve hangover.
Chrysanthemum soup
Boil or steam chrysanthemum, tremella and lotus seeds into soup, and add a little rock sugar to clear away heat, benefit the five internal organs and treat dizziness.
Chrysanthemum wine
The wine brewed with chrysanthemum, glutinous rice and distiller's yeast was called "longevity wine" in ancient times. Its taste is cool and sweet, and it has the effects of nourishing liver and improving eyesight, strengthening brain and delaying aging.
chrysanthemum porridge
Cooking porridge with chrysanthemum and japonica rice can clear the heart and remove troubles, which is pleasing to the eye.
Chrysanthemum cake
Mixing chrysanthemums into rice slurry and steaming them into cakes, or making cakes with mung bean powder and chrysanthemums, has the therapeutic effect of reducing temperature and reducing fire.
Juhuayao
Fried pork with chrysanthemum slices or cooked with fish and chicken is nourishing but not greasy, refreshing and can be used for dietotherapy of dizziness and wind-heat disorder.
Chrysanthemum paste
Decocting fresh chrysanthemum in water, filtering to obtain medicinal juice, adding honey, and making into ointment, which has the effects of expelling wind, clearing away heat and improving eyesight.
Chrysanthemum fragrance
It has the effect of expelling wind and calming the liver, and it has an auxiliary therapeutic effect on colds and headaches.
Chrysanthemum pillow
Dry chrysanthemum petals in the shade and put them into a pillow, which has a good curative effect on hypertension, dizziness, insomnia and red eyes.
Chrysanthemum kneepads
Tamping Chrysanthemum and Folium Artemisiae Argyi into coarse powder, and packing into gauze bags to make knee pads, which can dispel wind and remove dampness, reduce swelling and relieve pain.
camomile
It has the effects of helping sleep, moistening skin, treating long-term constipation, relieving tension and eye fatigue, moistening lung and preserving health. Brewing method: 2 grams of chamomile, 0/0 grams of rock sugar/kloc, and boiling water.
stevia
Suitable for diabetes, obesity, hypertension, regulating functional balance and endocrine disorders. Brewing method: As a sugar substitute, any kind of herbal tea and tea can be added.
chrysanthemum
Dispel wind and clear heat, reduce swelling and detoxify. It can be used for treating heat furuncle, skin wet sore and ulcer in summer, and also for preventing common cold. Brewing method: 20 grams of wild chrysanthemum can be brewed with boiling water.
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Eight beauty functions of green tea:
1, anti-aging:
Antioxidants contained in green tea help to fight aging. Because in the process of human metabolism, if it is over-oxidized, it will produce a lot of free radicals, which are easy to age and cause cell damage. SOD (Superoxide Dismutase) is a kind of free radical scavenger, which can effectively remove excess free radicals and prevent the harm of free radicals to human body. Catechins in green tea can significantly improve SOD activity and scavenge free radicals.
2, antibacterial:
Studies have shown that catechins in green tea can inhibit some bacteria that cause human diseases without harming the proliferation of beneficial bacteria in the intestine, so green tea has the function of whole intestine.
3. Reduce blood lipids:
Animal experiments made by scientists show that catechins in tea can reduce total cholesterol, free cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglycerides in plasma, and at the same time increase high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. Human experiments show that it can inhibit platelet aggregation and reduce the incidence of arteriosclerosis. Green tea contains flavonol, which has antioxidant effect, prevents thrombosis and platelet aggregation, and reduces cardiovascular diseases.
4, slimming and fat reduction:
Green tea contains theophylline and caffeine, which can activate protein kinase and triglyceride lipolytic enzyme through multiple functions, reduce the accumulation of fat cells, and thus achieve the effect of losing weight.
5, prevent dental caries, remove bad breath:
Green tea contains fluorine, in which catechins can inhibit the action of cariogenic bacteria and reduce the occurrence of dental plaque and periodontitis. Tannic acid contained in tea has bactericidal effect, which can prevent food residues from breeding bacteria, so it can effectively prevent bad breath.
6, cancer prevention:
Green tea can inhibit some cancers, but its principle is limited to the inference stage. Drinking more tea is bound to have a positive encouraging effect on preventing cancer.
7, whitening anti-ultraviolet function:
Experts found in animal experiments that catechins in green tea can resist skin cancer caused by UV-B.
8, can improve indigestion.
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black tea
Can be used to reduce eye bags and dark circles. ...