The Infinite Benefits of Tea & How-to
There are many types of tea, the common ones include green tea, flower tea, black tea, etc. However, everyone’s body constitution is different, and not everyone is suitable for drinking tea. Some people have diarrhea after drinking green tea. This is actually due to a weak spleen and stomach. According to Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners, green tea is inherently cold. Healthy people can drink green tea in summer to clear away heat and diuresis. In winter, people with weak constitutions, people with weak spleen and stomach, and the elderly should not drink green tea because the cold nature of green tea will have an impact on the body.
Therefore, no matter how delicious tea is, you should drink it with caution, and people with poor sleep should drink less. Tea leaves are bitter and cold and can reduce fire. Young and strong people with strong internal organs and abundant fire are very suitable to drink tea. Warm drinks can lower the fire, and hot drinks can dissipate it. It can also dissolve toxins from alcohol and food, making people feel refreshed and free from drowsiness. If you have a cold constitution or weak qi and blood, drinking tea will cause your spleen and stomach to become cold; your spleen will not move and turn dampness and turbidity; your body will gradually lose essence and blood; and you will experience phlegm, abdominal distension, limb flaccidity and difficulty in flexion and extension, yellow face and thin skin, easy vomiting, etc. Therefore, when drinking tea, you should also distinguish between strong and weak physiques. Those with weak physiques can drink fermented warm teas such as black tea and red tea.
Some people can be prone to facial itching and or inflammation after drinking flower teas. There are many types of flower teas, including Jasmine tea, Rose tea, Peony tea, Chrysanthemum tea, etc. Various flowers have different effects. Flowers are mostly divergent in nature, which can cause some people's weak fire to spread outward. For people with weak qi and blood and people with allergies, if they drink it every day, it will dissipate every day, making the qi and blood weaker and weaker.
Pregnant women need to protect their fetus, which requires all the internal organs of the body to work together. Tea is a diuretic and has a downward tendency, so it is not suitable for pregnant women to drink. Children are not suitable for drinking tea, because tea has bitter properties, which will have a negative impact on growing children; in addition, children have a weak spleen and stomach, and drinking tea will also have an impact on these organs.
If you have decided to incorporate drinking tea into your lifestyle, it is most suitable for people to drink 3 cups of tea daily.
The first cup is morning tea. Use 200 ml of boiling water to brew 3 grams of tea, suitable for drinking between 8:30 and 9:30 after breakfast. It can refresh, detoxify, and fight fatigue. It is the most important of the three cups of tea. Because it can refresh the mind and face the day's work with a fully invigorated mental state.
The second cup is afternoon tea. It is best to drink between 2pm and 3pm. Afternoon tea can be appropriately strong. Use 180 ml of boiling water to brew 4 grams of tea, which has a certain effect on lowering blood lipids and protecting blood vessels. When drinking, make sure to sip it, not to chug it all at once.
The third cup is evening tea. The time should be between 6 pm and 7 pm, and the tea should not be too strong. Use 150 ml of boiling water to brew 2 grams of tea, which has the effects of lowering blood lipids and aiding digestion. Remember, it is not advisable to drink tea after 9 pm. Otherwise sleep quality will be affected.
Different teas have different effects. Green tea protects the liver and improves eyesight, while black tea warms the stomach. If you drink it blindly, it may be harmful to your health.
The ancients believed that if you drink cold tea, dampness and turbidity will condense into phlegm; drinking tea after being thirsty or drunken can easily damage the kidneys, causing cold pain in the waist, legs and lower abdomen, and suffering from edema, limb spasm and pain. Therefore, it is better to drink tea with less heat, especially on an empty stomach. People who are strong, obese, and or prone to internal heat should drink tea; people who are thin and weak in Qi and blood should drink less tea.
You should not drink tea when you are hungry, you should not drink tea when you are sick, you should not drink tea when taking Chinese medicine, and you should not drink tea overnight.
Many people believe that strong tea can relieve hangover, because hangover requires more urination, but they do not know that drinking too much strong tea can be harmful to the body. If you want to relieve hangover, it is better to eat some refreshing fruits, which can also make people urinate more.
Drinking tea can help people get rid of worries and greasiness, however, drinking tea on an empty stomach and adding salt is especially harmful to the kidneys, and makes the spleen and stomach cold. Only gargling your mouth with strong tea after meals can remove greasiness without irritating the spleen and stomach. In addition, tea can also strengthen teeth!
In short, the type of tea as well as dosage should be chosen carefully according to your own body constitution, so that you can better enjoy the benefits of tea.
