1, the method of drinking tea for health preservation
The ancients said, "tea is the best flower." A pot of herbal tea in hand is full of fragrance, and the mood in hot weather is quiet and distant. Compared with pure green tea and black tea, herbal tea has more comprehensive beauty and health preserving effects. Different kinds of flowers and plants are brewed together, which can be said to complement each other and is the gospel of women. Bitter tastes clear, sweet and sour appetizers, and the taste feeling brought by herbal tea is more complicated and changeable.
The common tastes of herbal tea are: single herbal tea, comprehensive herbal tea, mixed herbal tea with fruit grains, and spiced herbal tea. Because herbal tea does not contain caffeine, and each kind of flowers and plants has its special effect, you must know the flavor and effect of all kinds of herbal tea before buying, and choose the herbal tea that suits your physique according to your personal needs.
Flowers and plants that look extremely delicate are all medicinal, so they have various effects. For example, roses have the effects of promoting blood circulation and skin care; Chrysanthemum has the effect of clearing away heat and toxic materials and improving eye pain; Mint can stimulate appetite, help digestion, relieve stomachache and headache, and promote metabolism. Therefore, it is necessary to choose according to different seasons and different constitutions, and it is not allowed to mix and drink at will. For example, roses can promote blood circulation, so pregnant women should not use them.
Recommended 1: Sunscreen Mulberry Leaf Green Tea
In summer, when the weather is hot, people consume a lot and sweat a lot, which easily leads to an increase in blood viscosity and makes people feel tired. High blood viscosity brings great load to the heart. Green tea is astringent and rich in amino acids, which can relieve summer heat and cool down. It is really the best tea in summer. In fact, the benefits of green tea go far beyond this. Chinese medicine believes that since spring, people's qi and blood have shifted from viscera to limbs. In summer, all qi and blood are mobilized to the surface of the body, and the yang rises outward and the internal deficiency occurs. "The most empty place must be the place where the disease is caused." Green tea is rich in catechins, which can sterilize and diminish inflammation and improve human immunity.
It is good to drink more green tea in summer, but remember that light tea is enough. Not too strong, and don't drink too much. Although the caffeine content in green tea is low, if it is too strong, too much theophylline and too strong stimulation, it will easily cause headache and insomnia. Besides, don't drink green tea on an empty stomach. Drinking tea on an empty stomach will cool the spleen and stomach, which is equivalent to "inviting wolves into the room", so there has been a saying that "hollow tea" is not drunk since ancient times.
Green tea can be used as basic tea, mixed with other flowers and plants to brew more distinctive tea.
In summer, ultraviolet rays are strong, and no matter how good sun protection is, it is easy to get sunburned. Mulberry leaf green tea helps to prevent sun.
Method: A little mulberry leaf green tea, a little rock sugar, and boiled water. You can also add a little mint to make it cooler and more delicious. This is not only good for tea to relieve summer heat, but also has the effect of whitening. It's not easy to get a tan if you drink it often. In summer, women with freckles generally get freckles deeper. However, if you often drink mulberry leaf green tea, compared with previous years, you will obviously find that freckles have not deepened. It is recorded in Compendium of Materia Medica that mulberry leaves also have the functions of expelling wind and dampness, strengthening bones and muscles, calming the liver and purging fire.
Recommendation 2: Heat-clearing and detoxicating honeysuckle water
"There are rattan mandarin ducks, born regardless of race. Golden flowers and silver, vines. " Aromatic honeysuckle is an ancient medicinal material in China and enjoys the reputation of "fairy in pharmacy". According to the medical records of the motherland, honeysuckle is cold and sweet, sweet and cold without hurting the stomach, and its fragrance can dispel evil spirits; It can not only dispel wind and clear heat, but also be good at clearing heat and detoxifying. Can be used for treating various fevers, such as body heat, rash, macula, carbuncle due to heat toxicity, sore throat due to heat toxicity, bloody dysentery, etc., with remarkable effect.
Methods: Take 50g of Flos Lonicerae, add 500ml of water, soak for half an hour, then simmer with strong fire for 65,438 0.5min, pour out the decoction, add water, take two decoctions, then combine the decoctions, cover them and put them in the refrigerator for later use. When drinking tea, if you add a little orange peel, it tastes sweet and can be used as a health drink in summer, which is a good product for clearing away heat and relieving summer heat.
Recommendation 3: Rose flower dew for nourishing blood and benefiting qi
Rose is not only synonymous with romance, but also a very good flower for both medicine and food. As early as 2000 years ago, China began to use roses to treat diseases, especially in beauty care. The use of roses in China is not only for beauty, but also for curing diseases and preserving health. For example, "Herbal Rejuvenation" said that roses can "relieve depression in the liver and gallbladder, strengthen the spleen and reduce fire. Treat epigastric cold pain, cold accumulation in epigastric cavity, and break blood. "
According to "Edible Materia Medica", roses have the effects of "benefiting the lungs and spleen, benefiting the liver and gallbladder, eliminating evil spirits, eating sweet and refreshing". In addition, Quanzhou Materia Medica holds that roses can treat lung diseases, cough, excessive phlegm and blood, vomiting blood and hemoptysis. Compendium of Materia Medica says: "Roses are pure and fragrant, and have a light taste, which can calm the liver and replenish blood, nourish the stomach and broaden the chest, and dispel depression." "synopsis of the golden chamber" holds that rose dew has the effect of "specially treating liver qi and stomach qi"
Purple rose can help metabolism, detoxify and relax bowels, lose weight and regulate endocrine, which is most suitable for obese women due to endocrine disorders. The combination of pink rose and jasmine has slimming effect. Among them, jasmine can improve sleepiness and anxiety, and also has effects on chronic stomach diseases and menstrual disorders.
Nothing embodies the beauty of roses better than rose dew.
Methods: First, 50 grams of rose buds were selected, washed and boiled for three times. For the first time, put about 500 ml of water in the pot, put a spoonful of washed roses in the pot, cook on low heat until the rose buds change color, and then take them out. The second time, add new shoots, cook until the color changes, then take them out, and so on, until there is only one bowl of water in the pot, and then turn off the fire. Finally, pour the beautiful rose flower dew into a glass bottle and make it. After the rose flower dew is made, it's best to put it in the refrigerator to get rid of the fire. This rose flower dew can be taken orally or externally. When taken orally, it can be brewed with boiling water for direct drinking, and can also be flavored with sugar or honey. After taking it, it can play the role of enriching blood, benefiting qi and caring skin. For external use, you can pat your skin with rose dew after washing your face and cleansing, which also has whitening effect.
Recommendation 4: Drink lotus leaves to relieve summer heat and appetizer.
Lotus leaf has the function of clearing away summer heat and promoting diuresis, hawthorn has the function of promoting digestion and strengthening stomach, and rice kernel has the function of reducing swelling, strengthening spleen and clearing heat. These three ingredients are put together, fragrant and appetizing, which can not only relieve summer heat, but also strengthen the spleen and stimulate appetite. Especially in hot weather, brewing a pot has many benefits.
Methods: 5 grams of lotus leaf, 5 grams of raw hawthorn and 3 grams of rice kernels were directly brewed with boiling water until they were light and cool.
Prompt
Different people are suitable for drinking different herbal teas.
Computer series:
1. chamomile: It can help sleep, moisturize the skin and improve premenstrual discomfort of women. It can eliminate body aches caused by various discomforts, relieve liver fire and eliminate eye fatigue.
2. Jasmine: promoting fluid production and benefiting qi, nourishing liver and improving eyesight, nourishing yin and tonifying kidney, detoxifying and beautifying, invigorating stomach and digestion, calming nerves and nourishing brain.
3. Trollius chinensis: It has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, nourishing the liver and improving eyesight, refreshing and invigorating the stomach.
4. Chrysanthemum: It has the functions of detoxifying, clearing away heat and improving eye pain.
5. Don't forget me: clearing away heat and toxic materials, clearing heart and improving eyesight, nourishing yin and removing annoyance, promoting fluid production and moistening throat, invigorating stomach and promoting digestion. Has obvious curative effect on treating headache and toothache.
6. Licorice Green Tea: Helps resist radiation damage and effectively removes toxins from the body.
Weight loss family:
1. Jasmine: It can improve drowsiness and anxiety, and also has effects on chronic stomach diseases and menstrual disorders. The combination of jasmine and pink rose has slimming effect.
2. Jade Butterfly: clearing lung heat, benefiting throat, beautifying skin, lowering blood pressure and losing weight, and promoting body metabolism.
3. Xinyi: Detoxify and beautify, cough in summer, reduce blood pressure and lose weight.
4. Verbena: It can strengthen the metabolic function of the liver, relax nerves, help digest and improve abdominal qi, cure migraine and lose weight. Pay attention to pregnant women to avoid using it.
Stomach deficiency family:
1. Jasmine: It can improve drowsiness and anxiety, and also has effects on chronic stomach diseases and menstrual disorders. The combination of jasmine and pink rose has slimming effect.
2. Mint: It helps to stimulate appetite, promote digestion, relieve stomachache and headache, and promote metabolism. Eliminate bad breath and sober up. It is very effective in relieving flatulence. However, it should be noted that it will reduce maternal milk secretion, which is irritating and should not be used by children.
3. Trollius chinensis: It has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, nourishing the liver and improving eyesight, refreshing and invigorating the stomach.
4. osmanthus tea: It can prevent and treat halitosis, blurred vision, urticaria, duodenal ulcer and stomach cold and stomachache.
5. Calendula: It has the function of relieving pain and promoting wound healing, which is helpful for treating stomach pain and gastric ulcer, but it is not suitable for pregnant women.
2. Nutrition that women should supplement
heat quantity
The body fat content of women is higher than that of men, but the muscle ratio is lower than that of men. Because the metabolic activity of adipose tissue is lower than that of muscle tissue at rest, the basal metabolic rate of women is lower than that of men, and the calorie requirement of adult women is about 400 kilocalories lower than that of men every day. However, the demand for calories during pregnancy and lactation is increasing. The calories of pregnant women should be increased by 200 kilocalories per day on the original basis, and lactating women should be increased by 500 kilocalories per day.
protein
Women's daily demand for protein is about 5- 10g less than that of men. The daily intake of protein should be kept at about 1.2g per kilogram of body weight, and the intake of protein during pregnancy is 10-20g, and during lactation is 20g, so as to meet the needs of health and lactation.
Although the absorption and utilization rate of animal protein is better than that of plant protein, soybean protein in plant protein has a special effect on women. This is because isoflavones in soybean protein have similar effects to estrogen, which can obviously inhibit osteolysis, promote bone calcification, reduce the occurrence of osteoporosis, and have a good effect on preventing and treating female menopausal bone.
iron
Iron is an essential trace element for human body and plays an important role in maintaining life activities. Iron deficiency anemia is one of the nutritional deficiency diseases with high incidence in the world. About 10-30% people in the world have different degrees of iron deficiency. The incidence of male is about 10%, and the incidence of female is above 20%. The incidence rate in Asia is higher than that in Europe. There are many factors that cause iron deficiency, and women are more likely to cause iron deficiency, because the iron loss during menstruation increases and the iron demand during pregnancy increases.
A reasonable diet can prevent iron deficiency. In terms of food types, animal food is rich in heme iron, which is very convenient for human body to absorb; Plant foods contain non-heme iron, which has a high absorption rate, especially rice, so areas where rice is the staple food need to eat some iron-rich foods at the same time. Iron-rich foods include pig liver, lean meat, animal blood, soybeans, spinach and so on. Vitamin C can increase the absorption rate of iron by 5- 10 times, but vitamin C must be taken with food to play its role.
Another measure to prevent and treat iron deficiency is oral iron preparation. Among them, ferric sodium EDTA (ferric sodium EDTA) is an iron source supplement recommended by FAO and WHO expert committee. Its biggest feature is that it will not be deprived of activity by iron inhibitors (such as phytate, oxalate, polyphenols, etc.). ), and the absorption rate is high, which is 2-3 times higher than ferrous sulfate commonly used in clinic, and there is no gastrointestinal irritation.
calcium (Ca)
Calcium deficiency caused by insufficient calcium intake or increased calcium loss is one of the causes of osteoporosis, especially in postmenopausal women, and the incidence of osteoporosis is six times that of men. This is mainly due to the decrease of ovarian energy supply and estrogen level after menopause, which leads to the increase of bone calcium loss and decrease of deposition. Studies have shown that calcium supplementation can slow down the rate of bone loss by 30-50% after menopause.
Calcium in human body mainly comes from food. Foods with high calcium content include dairy products, bean products, seafood, etc. However, not all calcium in food can be absorbed and utilized by human body. Moreover, due to China people's eating habits, simply taking calcium from diet is far from meeting the needs of human body. 1992 national nutrition survey shows that calcium deficiency is the most serious among trace elements, with an average intake of 405 mg per person per day, accounting for only 49% of the recommended amount by the Dietary Nutrition Committee. Therefore, reasonable calcium supplementation has become one of the measures to prevent and treat osteoporosis, especially for postmenopausal women. Taking calcium preparation is the first choice and the most common basic treatment.
vitamin
Free radical damage is an important cause of body aging. Due to the aggravation of environmental pollution, heavy work pressure and tight life in modern society, more and more free radicals are produced, and the antioxidant system of the body has not been completely eliminated. It is necessary to supplement antioxidants to eliminate the damage of free radicals.
Vitamin E, vitamin C and β -carotene are the most important antioxidants, which can protect the body from free radical oxidation damage and reduce lipid peroxidation. In addition, it is necessary to maintain normal immune function.
Lycopene is a more effective antioxidant recently discovered. It belongs to carotenoids and cannot be produced by human body. It can be found in most fruits and vegetables, such as tomatoes, guava, watermelon and grapefruit. It is a natural biological pigment. Because of its unique chemical structure, it can eliminate free radicals, especially oxygen free radicals, thus preventing cell damage and repairing damaged cells. It is reported that the antioxidant capacity of lycopene is 100 times higher than that of vitamin e.