More and more healthy people are beginning to like "substitute tea". Tea substitute, also known as herbal tea, is to choose one or two or more Chinese herbal medicines to make soup or brew with boiling water, and then drink it slowly instead of tea.
The so-called homology of medicine and food, Chinese medicine on behalf of tea is recognized by more people. Drinking a little herbal tea is really good for treating symptoms, treating diseases and strengthening the body without illness. But-drinking is good for health and disease prevention, and drinking the wrong gas hurts the body!
Medicinal tea has long been available.
Empress Dowager Cixi loves "immortal medicinal tea"
In fact, in ancient times, tea was originally used as medicine. In ancient China, the way to eat tea began with eating fresh leaves raw and chewing. Later, I found that tea is a kind of medicinal material that can detoxify, so I cooked it and ate it. Everyone knows how to cook Chinese medicine. The boiled tea tastes bitter, and the ancients called it "bitter tea [tú]". Therefore, tea was first used as a decoction method of medicinal tea.
From the Han Dynasty to the middle Tang Dynasty, before the Book of Tea, tea changed from the original "medicinal" to "edible". Put onion ginger, orange peel, salt, etc. In tea, or even mix it with rice and vegetables and cook. Boiling porridge is the so-called "porridge tea method" that can be boiled into soup.
Boil the tea in a pot and kettle and drink it in a bowl.
After the development of the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, the clever (lazy) ancients changed from "Tang boiled Song Dian" to boiling water to making tea, and only after the Ming Dynasty did they mainly make tea.
"Medicinal tea" can be said to be the most primitive appearance of tea. The celebrity who prefers this "primitive tea" is Empress Dowager Cixi.
In the original medical records of the Qing Palace, the doctors in Taiji Hospital all like to use medicinal tea to prevent and treat patients. Empress Dowager Cixi's tea substitute has eight records: clearing heat and regulating qi, clearing heat and eliminating dampness, clearing heat and nourishing yin, and clearing heat and relieving cough. ........................................................................................
Chinese medicine replaced tea,
Just soak some Chinese herbal medicine?
People who love to soak things in thermos bottles here are beginning to feel complacent-they are worthy of being healthy. Wake up, it's not that simple to change to tea. It must vary from person to person.
I listed some "Chinese herbal medicines" that are often soaked in everyone's cups. Sit down first and see if your "health tea" is really healthy.
Chinese wolfberry
The drug is mild, and excessive immersion will cause excessive internal heat and increase canthus. In addition, the sugar content of Lycium barbarum is high, so diabetic patients should consult a doctor before making tea, and their blood sugar can be properly controlled before drinking.
chrysanthemum
Chrysanthemum can dispel wind and clear heat, clear liver and improve eyesight, but it is slightly cold, and it is not suitable for people with spleen and stomach deficiency and diarrhea and pregnant women to drink it in large quantities for a long time. Gastrointestinal reactions such as stomach discomfort, loss of appetite and bowel sounds must be stopped in time.
Panghaizi
Boat-fruited Sterculia is only suitable for hoarseness caused by wind-heat poisoning invading the throat, and hoarseness caused by vocal nodules or excessive alcohol and tobacco is invalid. Boat-fruited Sterculia is cool, even patients with pharyngitis can drink boat-fruited Sterculia tea for a week or two. Eating too much will damage the yang and affect the digestive function.
cassia seed
Clearing liver and improving eyesight, lowering blood pressure and regulating fat, but cassia seed is cold, which is not suitable for patients with spleen and stomach deficiency and diarrhea. Because it contains anthraquinone derivatives, it is easy to cause colon melanosis if it is taken in large quantities for a long time. Generally, the maximum daily dosage is 10g to avoid long-term use.
There are also some Chinese herbal medicines commonly used for insomnia, such as roses and bergamot, which often use Chinese herbal pieces with the function of regulating qi. The dosage should be gradually reduced with the improvement of depression syndrome, so as to avoid that these traditional Chinese medicines containing a lot of volatile oil consume gas and hurt yin and fire, which is not conducive to sleep.
Recommended by old Chinese medicine practitioners,
Health tea that can't be separated for life.
The homology of medicine and food does not mean that Chinese medicine can be eaten or abused without restraint. Traditional Chinese medicine pays attention to replacing tea by one person, which is used for diseases, people and medicine. Before using tea substitute, you need to distinguish between symptoms and constitution. If you just "copy your homework" mindlessly, it will be self-defeating
What does the old Chinese doctor recommend to soak? We might as well have a look.
# Three kinds of scented tea #
Drinking method: notoginseng flower 1g, rose 2g, chrysanthemum 3g, Longjing tea 4g, soaked in boiling water twice to make tea.
Efficacy: notoginseng flower has the functions of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, reducing blood lipid and nourishing; Roses can soothe the liver and relieve depression and regulate emotions; Chrysanthemum morifolium can clear the liver, improve eyesight, refresh the mind and lower blood pressure. Sanhua tea has the effects of promoting blood circulation, lowering blood pressure, soothing the liver and relieving depression.
Precautions: Sanhua Tea is suitable for middle-aged and elderly people, as well as people with hypertension and coronary heart disease, but not for pregnant women; Tea can be according to personal preference, except Longjing, black tea, scented tea and Pu 'er tea. Don't put too much tea, 2~4 grams a day is appropriate; Don't drink tea when eating western medicine.
# Ginger, Salt and Bean Tea #
Drinking method: 5~ 10 slices of cooked soybeans or black beans, appropriate amount of ginger powder, cooked sesame seeds and green tea, and a little salt. First put the tea leaves in a crock and blanch them with boiling water, then pour the salt and ginger powder into the pot and stir them evenly, pour them into a teacup, and sprinkle the fried beans or sesame seeds in the cup.
Efficacy: It can clear away heat and reduce fever in summer, dispel cold and wind in winter, strengthen spleen and stimulate appetite. Tea is cold, ginger is hot, a cold and a hot, just make up Yin and Yang.
Precautions: beans and sesame seeds can replenish energy, and ginger can promote blood circulation, dredge collaterals and dispel cold, which is especially suitable for manual workers to drink.
To make tea substitute really play a role in health preservation, it should be prepared according to specific symptoms and physical characteristics, and it is not advisable to drink one kind of tea all the year round.
Finally, I would like to remind you that you can't drink three kinds of tea: heat-clearing tea, laxative tea and slimming tea. Drinking Chinese medicine instead of tea should also be carried out under the guidance of a professional doctor.