Efficacy and nutrition of brown sugar tea
Chinese medicine believes that brown sugar is warm, sweet and enters the spleen, which has the functions of invigorating qi and enriching blood, invigorating spleen and warming stomach, relieving pain, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. The intake of trace elements and vitamins in the elderly is gradually decreasing, so attention should be paid to supplementing them in the diet to maintain normal metabolic function and delay aging. According to records,1000g of brown sugar contains 900mg of calcium and1000g of iron, which are essential minerals and trace elements for human body. Folic acid and trace substances contained in brown sugar can accelerate blood circulation, increase blood volume, stimulate hematopoietic function, expand blood volume, and improve nutrition, oxygen and water supply of local skin. Chinese medicine believes that women's postpartum body is full of blood stasis and eight veins are empty, which will cause abdominal pain every time. Doctors often prescribe Shenghua Decoction, Stone Dissipation or Jinlingzi Powder to some patients with blood stasis, and instruct them to take it with brown sugar after decoction, so as to achieve the purpose of relieving pain by using the function of brown sugar to "dredge blood stasis" or "expel lochia". Therefore, everyone keeps brown sugar to eat. Usually, we should pay attention to adding some brown sugar to the diet to maintain normal metabolic function and delay aging.