What Is a Medicinal Tea?

Medicinal tea is a special liquid beverage with certain curative effect made by adding food or medicine to tea leaves. Medicinal tea in a broad sense also includes tea-free beverages, such as soups, fresh juices, lotions, and emulsions, which are made from food and drugs by brewing, frying, pressing, and distillation.

Medicinal tea is a special liquid beverage with certain curative effect made by adding food or medicine to tea leaves. Medicinal tea in a broad sense also includes tea-free beverages, such as soups, fresh juices, lotions, and emulsions, which are made from food and drugs by brewing, frying, pressing, and distillation.

Chinese name

Herbal tea

Types of

Liquid drink

Make

Brewing, frying, pressing and distilling

Provenance

Guangya by Zhang Huan

Basic introduction of medicinal tea

Tea culture, as a unique indigenous culture in China, has a history of more than 5,000 years.

Limited to China, tea, coffee and cocoa have become the world's three recognized beverages. According to legend, the discovery and use of tea originated from Shennong's. The earliest pharmacological monograph in China "Shennong's Herbal Classic" contains a record of "Shen Nong tastes Baicao, one day encounters seventy-two poisons and is solved by tea."

History of medicinal tea development

Medicinal tea is an important part of the traditional medicine treasure house of the motherland. Its application history is very long. There are no records in medical books of the past. The earliest record of medicinal tea prescriptions is "Guang Ya" by Zhang Jian from the Three Kingdoms Period: "Jingbajian Tea is used to make cakes and made into rice cream. If you drink it, burn it first to make it red, ... its sober drink. "This prescription has compatibility, method and effect, and it is undoubtedly a medicinal tea prescription. Liang Hongtao Tao Hongjing believed that "bitter tea can lighten up bones" and proposed that asparagus and other drugs can also be used on behalf of tea. In the Tang Dynasty, Lu Yu wrote the world's first tea book, the Tea Classic, which was later revered as the "tea saint". In this book, he systematically discussed the origin, types, harvesting techniques, and cooking methods of tea, which promoted the spread of tea drinking knowledge. Sun Simiao contained 10 medicinal tea recipes such as "Zhuru Lulu Tea" in Qian Jin Yao Fang. In the "Outside Taiwan Secret," Wang Xi contained "New Drinks on behalf of Tea", which detailed the preparation and drinking methods of medicinal tea. Chen Zangqi gave a high evaluation of tea in The Compendium of Compendium of Materia Medica, saying that the tea is "upper to heaven, capital of human capital, medicines are the medicine of all diseases, and tea is the medicine of all diseases."

In 992 AD, the large-scale book "Taiping Shenghui Fang Fang" edited by the famous organizations organized by the court of the Song Dynasty was formally published. The 97 volumes of the book contained a section of medicinal tea prescriptions. 8 medicinal tea prescriptions were received. In 1078 AD, There is also a special introduction to medicinal tea in the "Fujian Bureau Prescription" compiled by the Taiyi Medical Bureau of the Song Dynasty. One of them, "Chuanxiong Tea Disperse", can be called the finished medicinal tea that appeared earlier. Song Zhenghe's large-scale book "Sheng Ji Lu" contains a large number of folk experience recipes, as well as experience in applying medicinal tea.

In 1307, the "Shou Lao Yang Qin Xin Shu" edited by Zou Huan of the Yuan Dynasty contained two medicinal tea prescriptions for prevention and treatment of geriatric diseases, one is Huai tea prescription and the other is Xanthium tea. Yuan Sihui, a doctor of diet and drinking in the Yuan Dynasty, concentrated on the production, efficacy, and treatment of various kinds of medicinal teas in "Dining and Drinking". The book "Zhuzhutang Experience Recipe" written by Yuan Tuxu Musu contains herbal tea prescriptions for phlegm and asthma.

In the "Puji Prescriptions" of the Ming Dynasty, there was a special "medicine tea" chapter, which contained 8 medicinal tea prescriptions. Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica contains a number of herbal tea prescriptions, and discusses the medicinal properties and functions of tea. The tea making technology of the Ming Dynasty continued to improve and became more sophisticated, forming six major teas, namely green tea, black tea, flower tea, white tea, oolong tea, and pressed tea. This classification method has been used to this day.

To the Qing Dynasty, the style of tea therapy prevailed, and the content, application range and production methods of medicinal tea were continuously updated and enriched. From the "Cixi Guangxu Medical Recipes" compiled and published in recent years, it can be seen that medicinal tea has become As an integral part of the Qing Dynasty's court medicine, the Qing Dynasty imperial doctor's medical tea for Cixi and Guangxu reflected the higher level at that time. According to the book, Cixi had been drinking tea to clear the heat and relieve cough while coughing. In addition, the herbal tea used by Empress Dowager Cixi also had Shengjin tea. Ziwei and Zhongdai tea. Qingre Liqi tea. Qingrehua Wet tea, Qingre Yangyin tea, Qingre tea, etc .; the herbal teas that Emperor Guangxu once drank were Anshen tea, Liyan tea, Pingwei tea, and spleen tea. Qinggan Cong ear tea on behalf of others.

Since modern times, the health-care effect of medicinal tea has been paid more and more attention by people. A large number of various antihypertensive teas, slimming teas and afternoon teas have emerged, which has continuously enriched and expanded the types and functions of medicinal teas.

In summary, medicinal tea has a history of at least 2000 years since the Han Dynasty. Through the application, development and improvement of medical doctors and health care dynasties, medicinal tea has become a major issue for the prevention and treatment of diseases and health care in China. Features. The development of modern science and technology has made people pay more attention to health care and disease prevention, but also to prevent toxic and side effects of treatment methods and drugs. And many of the ingredients in tea have a very good health treatment effect. The combination of herbal tea and medicine can help to exert and strengthen the curative effect of the drug and help to dissolve and absorb the drug. In recent years, the tea treatment fever is in the ascendant. Not only have all the traditional herbal tea prescriptions been widely used, but many new herbal tea prescriptions have been continuously produced and launched.

Herbal tea operation method

1. Tea is a combination of tea and food,

Tea (1 photo)

A beverage made by mixing medicines. You can add tea, etc.

Herbal tea

Put it into a cup together, pour it into boiling water, soak it for 20-30 minutes, and drink it. After drinking, you can add boiling water for brewing, it is better to brew 3 times; you can also put it in a pot to cook, remove the residue and juice Fry for 2 or 3 times and combine the herbs. Such as Qingyan tea, barley tea and so on. 2. Tangyin brews or decoctions medicines or food with boiling water, and the raw materials with light texture or volatile components should not be fried for a long time. It is suitable for brewing or slightly frying. Tea is generally not included in this type of beverage, but it is also used as a substitute for tea. Such as Lily Mung Bean Drink, Chuanbei Sangye Drink and so on.

3 Fresh juice squeezes juice-rich fresh vegetables, fruits and vegetables to extract juice. It can be diluted by adding an appropriate amount of water, or several fresh juices can be combined or mixed with medicinal juice for drinking. Such as watermelon tomato juice, sugarcane juice and so on.

4 The dew liquid is a liquid beverage made by distilling raw materials such as fresh vegetables, fruits or flowers and plants in a container, which are distilled. Such as honeysuckle, jasmine and so on.

5. Emulsion is a liquid beverage made with dairy products as the main raw material. Such as Qi milk drink, Zhuli sheep milk drink and so on.

Medicinal tea medicinal functions

The therapeutic effect of medicinal tea has been known since ancient times. For example, the book "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" written in the Warring States Period described the medicinal properties and functions of tea: "Tea tastes bitter, drinking makes people think, less lying, light, and eyesight. Tang Dynasty's" Compendium of Materia Medica "also records" Tea long food is thin and fat-free. "Today, the weight loss, bodybuilding, and beauty effects of tea drinking have been widely spread at home and abroad.

In the section "Recognition and Application of Tea in Modern Medicine", 31 functions of tea are listed:

1. Help digestion. 2, refreshing. 3. Longevity. 4. Reduce blood fat and lose weight. 5, eyesight. 6. Diuretic and swelling. 7, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory. 8, anti-arteriosclerosis. 9. Lower blood pressure and prevent hypertension. 10. Prevention and treatment of coronary heart disease. 11. Anti-radiation. For example, the radiation of television. 12, soothe the nerves, calm, temperate temperament. 13. Nutrition. 14. Can cure diabetes. 15. Beauty effect. 16. Prevent and treat anemia. 17, anti-fatigue, anti-fatigue effect. 18, sober, hangover poison. 19. Shengjin quenches thirst. 20. Anti-cancer and anti-cancer. 21. Qi and strength. 22. Antibacterial and antidiarrheal. 23. Detoxify. 24. Increase the resilience of the human body. 25. Fight against tuberculosis. 26. Remove odor and eliminate bad breath. 27. Raise white blood cells, cure white blood cell reduction disease. 28. Anti-virus. 29. Protect your teeth. 30. Adjust the acid-base balance of body fluids. 31. Externally used for anti-inflammatory and antibacterial.

Herbal tea decoction

In addition to brewing method, herbal tea is decoction method. For sencha, casseroles and crocks are used instead of metal utensils, because metal utensils are apt to react with certain medicinal ingredients in tea, which can cause the tea soup to deteriorate, taste or produce sediment, which affects the efficacy and side effects. Sencha is usually tap water, clean river water or well water. The sencha tea is mostly water-fried with tea and other medicinal foods. For example, the heatstroke tea is water-fried with tea and other drugs such as Huoxiang and Pelan. How much water is used for sencha, the water absorption of tea, drugs or food should not be used, the length of sencha is different, and the amount of water is appropriately increased or decreased. Generally, the head is fried with more water, and the plant medicines are more difficult to be fried. It takes a long time and the water needs to be added. First fry the tea leaves with a large amount of water for 15-20 minutes, then add other medicines or foods and fry them 3 to 8 minutes before the other drugs or foods are ready to fry. Or wrap the food and fry it with the tea; some need to fry the tea separately. The fire of sencha is divided into "Wuhuo" and "Wenhuo". Generally, Wuhuhuo is followed by Wenhuo. Wuhu is a fierce and slow fire, with boiling as the degree; Wenhu is slow and not fierce, with boiling as the degree. Fried tonic food, should use gentle fire.

Medicinal tea health application

Herbal Tea Cold

1. Jingsu ginger candy drink 6 grams each of nepeta, perilla leaves and ginger, washed and cut into filaments, brewed with boiling water, added sugar, and replaced tea. Function to relieve wind and cold, and stomach to vomit. It is used for exogenous wind and cold, headache, chills and fever accompanied by nausea and vomiting. 2. 5 grams of honeysuckle mint tea, honeysuckle and mint leaves, 3 grams of green tea, brew with boiling water, drink after cooling. Function to relieve wind and detoxify tables, clearing heat and detoxifying. For wind and cold, headache, red eyes, sore throat.

3 Guanzhong blue root tea Guanzhong, Banlangen each 10 grams, add water to cook for juice, substitute tea. Function: clearing heat and detoxifying, clearing throat and throat. It is used for wind-heat cold, influenza and gills.

Herbal tea cough

1. 2 Sydney pears (washed and peeled), squeeze the juice, 10 grams each of Bai Bu and Lily, cook with water, take the juice, and drink after cooling. Function of clearing heat and lungs, relieving cough and phlegm. For bronchitis and pertussis.

2. Chuanbei mulberry leaf drink 6 grams of Fritillaria chuanxiong, 10 grams of mulberry leaves, add water to cook and juice, add sugar to dissolve the offspring tea. Function: clearing heat and nourishing lungs, relieving cough and reducing phlegm. It is used for cough and sputum of bronchitis and wind-heat and cold, or it is difficult to cough up.

3 Almond, chrysanthemum, tea, almond and chrysanthemum, each 10 grams, add water to decoction and juice, substitute tea. Function to clear heat and moisten lungs, relieve wind and cough. For dry sputum, fever, headache.

Herbal tea sore throat

1. Big sea melon seeds drink fat sea 2 pieces, 15 grams of raw winter melon seeds, add water to cook for juice, replace tea. Function clear throat and throat, swelling and defecation. For dry throat, thirst, sore throat and constipation.

2. White radish juice 200 g white radish, squeezed juice, add sugar, replace tea. Function: clearing heat and swallowing throat, refreshing and quenching thirst. For fever and dry throat.

3 Ginseng ginseng 3g (sliced), ebony 10g, brew with boiling water, add sugar, substitute tea. Function Yiqi Yangyin, Shengjin quenches thirst. It is used for swallowing dry mouth, thirst for drinking, and fatigue.

4 Jade drink 15 grams each of Yuzhu, Dendrobium, brewed in boiling water, substitute tea. Function of clearing heat and nourishing yin, nourishing stomach and promoting jin. For dry throat, sore throat, dry mouth and bitter mouth.

Herbal Tea Heat

1. Honeysuckle fresh honeysuckle 200 grams, collect the distillate after distillation, and drink. Function clears heat and detoxifies, relieves heat and quenches thirst. It is used for thirst in summer heat and heat sores.

2. Bitter Melon Tea Bitter Melon 50g, squeezed. 3 grams of green tea, brewed in boiling water, drink cold bitter melon juice. Function clears heat and detoxifies, relieves heat and relieves annoyance. It is used for thirst in summer heat, diarrhea due to summer heat, and unfavorable urination.

3 Lily mung bean drink 15 grams of dried lily, 20 grams of mung bean, decoction with water, cook with white sugar, and serve frequently. Function clears heat and relieves heat, clears heart and removes annoyance. It is used for summer heat, thirst, upset, insomnia, and unfavorable urination.

4 15 grams of fresh lotus leaf, 10 grams of fresh bamboo leaves (chopped), 3 grams of green tea, boiling water, frequent drinking. Function clears heat and relieves heat, diuretic and annoying. It is used for thirst in summer heat, unfavorable urination, and bovine sore tongue.

5. Watermelon tomato juice Watermelon and tomato 200g each, squeeze the juice, add sugar and stir well, substitute tea. Function clears heat and relieves heat, cools blood and diuretic. For thirst in summer heat, loss of appetite, unfavorable urination, and constipation.

Herbal tea appetizer

1. 50 grams of lemon tea apples, squeezed. 3 grams of black tea, brewed in boiling water and mixed with apple juice. 1 lemon (washed

Slice), take 2-3 slices into the cup, add sugar, soak for 15 minutes, substitute tea. Function refreshes the spleen and appetizers, dispels heat and rejuvenates. For indigestion, heat and thirst, coronary heart disease, hypertension.

2. Radish orange juice 50 grams of white radish, one orange, squeeze the juice, mix the two juices, add sugar, stir well, and substitute for tea. Function appetizer and digestion, qi and phlegm. For loss of appetite, loss of food and cough and sputum. Chest tightness.

3 Hawthorn Tremella tea Hawthorn 50 grams (washed) add boiling water, boil, add 25 grams of tremella fungus after boiling water, cook a little, and replace with tea. Functional spleen and medium, appetizing digestion. For loss of appetite, loss of appetite, coronary heart disease, hypertension.

4 Black Plum Juice 100g, squeeze the juice, dilute with water and drink immediately. Function to eliminate stomach and digestion, refreshing and quenching thirst. For summer loss of appetite, full belly, dry throat and thirst.

Herbal tea stomachache

1. 6 grams of green plum tea, 3 grams of green tea, brewed in boiling water, frequently served. Function Shugan Qi, and stomach pain. For liver qi and stomach pain, involving two threats, bloating and discomfort, do not want to eat.

2. Plum tea 10 grams of white plum, brewed in boiling water, substitute tea. Function appetizers and stagnation, qi and disperse. It is used for stagnation of liver and stomach qi, pain in the stomach and stomach, suffocation, suffocation, glutinous gluten and plum nucleus, suffocation.

3 6 grams of citron tea citron tablets, grind ground powder, brew with boiling water, substitute tea. Function Shugan Qi, and stomach pain. It is used for stagnation of liver and stomach, bloating and abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, less appetite and more cough and sputum.

4 Chenpi red dates drink 5 red dates (washed and pitted), 10 grams of peel, add water to decoction and juice, add sugar, and substitute for tea. Function to strengthen the spleen and relieve pain. For spleen and stomach deficiency, stomach pain, cold, hilarity and nausea.

5. Mangosteen malt drink 15 grams of hawthorn, 10 grams of fried malt, add water to cook for juice, add brown sugar, substitute tea. Functional digestion, and stomach pain. It is used to prevent the accumulation of food, stomach pain, anorexia, and sour stool.

Herbal tea vomiting

1. Basil leaves tea Basil leaves 10 grams, add water to cook, take juice, substitute tea. Functional solution to disperse cold, Qi and vomiting. It is used for nausea and vomiting due to stagnation of qi and stagnation of the wind and cold, exacerbation of chest tightness, fever and chills, headache and nasal congestion, and abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea caused by eating fish and crab.

2. 200ml goat's milk from Zhuli sheep's milk drink, add 20ml of bambooleaf juice, 10ml of honey and leek juice after boiling, stir well. Function nourish yin and stomach, and reduce vomiting. For insufficiency of stomach yin, nausea or vomiting, dry mouth, thirst, upset and insomnia.

3 Ginger ume plum drink 10 grams ume plum, add water to cook, add 10 ml ginger juice, add sugar, substitute tea. Function to strengthen the spleen and stomach, and reduce vomiting. For spleen and stomach weakness, nausea and vomiting, loss of appetite, cold stomach pain and diarrhea.

4 Radish leaves 20g Radish leaves, add water to cook for juice, substitute tea. Functional digestion, and stomach vomiting. It is used to prevent the accumulation of food, nausea and vomiting, abdominal distension and pain, and do not want to eat.

5. Sugarcane juice 200g of sugarcane, squeeze the juice, drink a moderate amount of water. Function of clearing heat and regenerating Jin, reducing backache and vomiting. It is used for fever injury, nausea, vomiting, upset, thirst, dry sputum, and dry stool.

Effect of medicinal tea types

Medicinal tea is a traditional health drink commonly used by rural people in Hakka, Guangdong.

The Hakka area is located in a mountainous area, and many raw materials for pharmaceutical tea can be used.

Collect those vegetables, leaves, and surface grasses of Tianrenyuan with medicinal value, collect them, dry them, and soak them at any time.

There are many types of medicinal teas with different medicinal effects.

The more commonly used medicinal teas in rural households are:

"Boo Jing Ren Tea",

Go to the "radish seed tea" to stop bleeding,

Hot and appetizing "Pickled Leaf Tea",

It has many functions such as clearing heat, removing product, anti-inflammatory, reducing blood fat, losing weight, etc., and is exported to home and abroad.

Related records

There were hawkers specializing in medicinal tea in the markets of the Song Dynasty, which were cooked for customers to drink. Their medicinal properties were mostly for cold-dispelling, tonic, and fitness.

There is still a habit of medicinal tea in Guangdong today.

Song Wu Zimu's "Meng Lianglu. Tianxiao Zhuren Going Out of the Market": "There are Fufu who sell soup medicine Erchen Tang early, and those who adjust their qi and lower their qi and pill to raise their vitality."

The 20th round of "Water Margin": "Song Jiang came out of the gate ... I passed by the county and saw a bowl of lanterns.

At the sight, it was the prince who sold soup and medicine came to the county to hurry to the morning market ... Wang prince said: 'The ambassador is bound to hurt the wine, and please ask for a sober liquor and two Chen soup. '

Song Jiangdao: 'Best. 'Sit on the bench.

That Laozi thickly served an Erchen soup and handed it to Song Jiang to eat. "

Drinking herbal tea pay attention to teeth

A report published by the British "Dental Magazine" pointed out that people who drink herbal tea for a long time should pay attention to protecting their teeth, because herbal tea will erode the enamel protective layer on the surface of teeth. If you drink too much, your teeth will be damaged. Herbal tea is more healthy

The benefits of tea are many, for example green tea has been shown to have anti-cancer effects. Since some people have suggested that "herbal tea is more healthy than traditional tea drinks", this view has been widely accepted. Drinking herbal tea has become popular in Britain and other countries, and has been hailed as "the new trend of modern tea drinking". There are more and more tea enthusiasts, who are eager to take herbal teas, and even say that "herbal tea cures all diseases". For a time, drinking herbal tea became a new fashion in the beauty field. The variety of herbal teas has been continuously renovated and emerged endlessly. Compound herbal tea drinks are very fashionable in France, Spain, Italy, the United States, Canada, Japan and other countries and regions. Herbal teas in the UK have increased at a rate of 25%, and annual sales of herbal teas in the United States have reached $ 100 million. With the advent of SARS, more people are superstitious about herbal tea. Various herbal tea names

There are many types of herbal tea, such as cool mint herbal tea, ice black tea, lemon tea, stevia tea, lemon honey tea, fresh orange tea, brown sugar ginger tea, rock sugar chrysanthemum tea, plum tea, licorice tea, pearl medlar tea, hangover drop Fat tea, liver protection tea, fruit juice tea, flavored tea, soothing hypnotic tea, rock sugar citrus tea, apple tea, grape tea, vanilla tea, horse chestnut tea, kuding tea, eucommia tea, chamomile tea for relaxing nerves, high sugar cloves Tea, selenium-enriched tea, olive tea, red date tea, grass tea, a variety of health teas, warm tea with ginger, licorice and honey, tonic cordyceps tea, wild ginseng vitality tea, ruby leaf tea for diarrhea, containing Aesculus biloba, mangrove leaves, astragalus, red dates, anticancer herbal teas of ginseng and slimming tea containing senna, aloe vera, etc. are endless. One said that herbal tea is the cross of tea and herbal medicine, that is to say that herbal tea includes all kinds of tea mixed with Chinese herbal medicine and containing medicinal ingredients. Americans often refer to herbal decoctions as herbal teas. Of course, this article is not about medicinal soup, but tea. Teeth afraid of herbal tea

As we all know, the surface of each tooth is covered with a layer of enamel (enamel). Enamel is a very hard substance, its hardness is second only to diamond, and it is the hardest tissue in the human body. The overall hardness of the material in the natural world Ranked second. But one thing drops one thing. This second hardest tooth enamel is afraid of acid. After the enamel is abraded and corroded, the dentin is exposed; the larger the exposed area, the more obvious the soreness. Complete enamel wear can cause dental pulp disease or occlusion of the pulp cavity. The "natural enemies" of tooth enamel include acid drinks such as orange juice.

Recently, researchers tested the acidity of herbal teas and found that these drinks were not as perfect as people thought. The researchers said that many of the herbal teas they studied were acidic enough to corrode tooth enamel, and even damage the teeth three times as much as orange juice. As a result, researchers hope that dentists will advise patients who have eroded teeth to drink less, preferably not herbal and fruit teas.

Herbal tea

At the same time, a major British tea maker was at odds with this group of researchers. They tell consumers that fruit teas and herbal teas are not as harmful to researchers as researchers say.

On the whole, tea is not useless. The medicinal value of tea polyphenols, tea polysaccharides, tea pigments, tea saponin, and caffeine contained in tea has become increasingly clear. Tea polyphenols have been clinically used as anti-cancer, lipid-lowering, anti-aging, and antibacterial drugs. It's just that tea is best served in moderation.

From the perspective of oral health, if you want to have healthy and beautiful teeth, you must pay attention to eating habits and try to make your diet reasonable. Everyone hopes to continue to enjoy various foods, chew meat, raw food, fruits, hard food, and enjoy a healthier life. Teeth care tips:

1. Moderate drinking tea, try to replace tea with dairy products to enhance calcium;

2. Strengthen carrots, carrots, white radishes, and apples in the recipe;

3. Eat less snacks, especially sweets, because sugar can be converted into acid;

4. Schedule four meals a day: breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack time. Brush your teeth immediately after each meal.

Recommended herbal tea

Herbal tea

Mix 5 kinds of plants with diuretic, heat clearing, detoxifying, and degreasing effects. They are processed holly leaf holly, parsley, fennel, asparagus, and wild celery. Take 30 grams each, add 1 liter of water and boil 10 minutes, then pour out after 10 minutes.

Drink 3-4 cups of this medicinal tea every day.

Herbal tea

Take 60 grams of processed holly leaf holly (it has good diuretic and detoxifying effects), add 1 liter of water, boil for 10 minutes, and scoop out after 20 minutes. Drink 2-3 cups daily. This medicinal tea can be cooked in advance, but not repeated heating, so as not to destroy the curative effect.

This herbal tea is rich in potassium, calcium, magnesium and other minerals without any side effects.

Herbal tea

Nettle is a plant that is beneficial to the liver, bile, and kidney. It is rich in minerals and vitamin C. Take 25 grams of leaves and 25 grams of rhizomes, add 1 liter of water, boil for 2-3 minutes, and scoop out after another 20 minutes. Drink several times a day.

Herbal tea

Corydalis is a plant with diuretic and nourishing functions, and artichokes have wonderful effects on regulating liver function. The combination of the two can promote bile secretion and effectively remove fat. Mix 10 grams of whole cone violet and 10 grams of artichoke leaves, add 1 liter of water, boil for 10 minutes, and scoop out after another 20 minutes. Drink 2-3 cups a day.

Herbal tea

Seaweed plants are very beneficial to patients with thyroid disease because they are rich in iodine. Seaweed can be boiled with water for 10 minutes, then scoop out after another 10 minutes. Drink 2-3 cups a day. However, be careful not to exceed 4 cups per day to avoid counterproductive results.

Herbal tea

Herbal tea

Take a handful of grape leaves, leaves and black tea leaves, add 1 liter of water, boil for 5 minutes, and scoop out after 3 minutes. Drink 2-3 cups a day. This tea has a strong physical strengthening effect.

Herbal tea

Fennel is familiar to us. It tastes like licorice and has the effects of regulating qi and digestion. Therefore, it is beneficial to drink a cup of fennel tea after a meal. The preparation method is very simple, just add 30 grams of fennel to 1 liter of water, boil for 5 minutes, and scoop out after 10 minutes.

Herbal tea

Melissa plants have a strong refreshing effect, while black tea labels are rich in natural vitamin C. These two plants are mixed to make medicinal tea, which has an anti-fatigue effect.

Herbal tea drinking tea

Medicinal tea

Medicinal tea is a traditional remedy, and in the process of use, the proper formula must be selected. For example, in patients with epigastric pain, if the stomach pain is faint, vomit clear water, and like to warm and press, the stool is thin, the tongue is light, and the pulse is slow, it is cold, and should be used in the middle and cold cold; Long time, difficult to heal for a long time, red tongue, dry mouth, and noisy feeling. Those who have constipation and stomach are yin deficiency, should use Dendrobium tea, Mai Aspart tea, which nourish yin and stomach. Spitting acid, vomiting and indigestion, reduced pain after vomiting, thick greasy moss, is a stagnation of middle burn, should use Xiaoshang tea, hawthorn tea. The previous example shows that the selection and use of herbal tea prescriptions is an important task. If there is no differentiation of stomach pains, and there is no distinction between cold and heat, it is impossible to achieve a reasonable application effect. Dialectical selection can also be inspired by the analysis of a cold. Colds are divided into cold and heat, as well as spring, summer, autumn and winter. General cold and cold, should be used to warm the table, mulberry tea, etc. should be used. Accurate identification, only with quasi-drug tea can achieve significant results.

Medicinal tea suitable water

In order to exert the efficacy of medicinal tea, we must pay attention to the selection of suitable water. Generally speaking, soft water and fresh water should be used for making tea. The Tang Dynasty Lu Yu's "Book of Tea" contains: "The water is used in landscapes, rivers, and wells." According to expert research, it is found that spring water is the best for making tea. It has fewer impurities and soft water. Rivers, lakes, and river water must be fully boiled to decompose and precipitate acid carbonates and soften the water. Otherwise, it can be combined with tea polyphenols in tea, affecting the effect of herbal tea. There is more bleaching powder in tap water, which can be stored overnight or extended boiling time. Well water generally contains the most minerals and oxidizing substances such as calcium and phosphorus. If you use it to brew tea, a thin layer of "color oil" will appear on the tea, which will affect the medicinal effect of medicinal tea.

Herbal tea drinking method

There are three ways to drink herbal tea: brewing, frying, and adjusting: brew. It is to take the flowers or cut into thin slices, mash them, or make coarse tea, or make tea or block tea. Put an appropriate amount into a tea cup, boil boiling water, cover it with a lid, and simmer for 15-30 minutes, then you can drink it with mild taste. Fried. It refers to a part of the compound medicinal tea, which has a lot of flavors and can't be soaked in the tea cup. Moreover, some of the thick flavor medicines and tonic medicines are not easy to bubble out, which naturally reduces the efficacy of the tea prescription. Therefore, the compound medicinal tea must be made into coarse powder, and the casserole is used to decoction, add water for 2 to 3 times, combine the decoction and filter, put it into a thermos bottle, and drink it frequently. Tune. Some tea prescriptions are medicinal powder, which can be added into a paste with a small amount of boiled water, such as Baxian tea.

Herbal tea time

The choice of time to drink herbal tea should be based on the nature of the herbal tea and the disease status. Such as sweating and relieving medicinal tea, it is advisable to drink warmly and take clothes, regardless of time, until the illness is eliminated, sweating to a slight degree of sweating, not sweating, so as not to collapse. Tonic herbal tea should be taken before meals to make it fully absorbed. Medicinal teas that are irritating to the gastrointestinal tract should be taken after meals to reduce gastrointestinal irritation. Laxative medicine tea should be taken on an empty stomach in the morning to make it fully absorbed, and the number of stools and color quality can be observed after taking the medicine. Anshen herbal tea should be taken before going to bed at night. The epidemic prevention tea should be used in the popular season. Medicinal tea for the elderly and medicinal tea for the treatment of chronic diseases should have a certain regularity and be regular and persistent.

Medicinal tea

In order to ensure the safety and effectiveness of clinical tea drinking, in addition to paying attention to the "nineteen fear", "eighteen anti" and pregnancy contraindications of Chinese medicine, you should also pay attention to the "taboo" of taking medicine. It is scientifically reasonable to take medicine after you get sick. This makes sense. After a person is sick, a series of complex pathological changes occur in the human body. Some foods are beneficial to the disease, and some foods have side effects after eating. Therefore, drinking herbal tea must diet. If taking antihypertensive drugs, you should ban cold and sour food, take cough and asthma drugs, take foods such as fish and shrimp; take heat and detoxification drugs, take away greasy spicy, fishy food; take qi and antipyretics, take beans Category, sweet potato, etc.

In addition, drinking medicinal tea is the same as drinking all kinds of tea. You should know the following common knowledge: Children and young children should drink light tea; Adolescents have strong sexual development and should drink green tea; @ and menopausal women, emotionally upset, can Drinking tea to relieve liver and stagnation, regulating qi and regulating menstruation; drinking black tea is better for exogenous wind and cold, green tea for patients with dysentery; patients with arteriosclerosis, coronary heart disease, cerebral embolism should drink Tieguanyin; Laosong tea for patients with diabetes, That is, the leaves of old tea over 70 years are better; green tea, fat reduction should drink green tea, high blood pressure patients and cancer prevention, it is better to take green tea cold drinks; drinking black tea for the elderly can reduce constipation; manual workers should drink black tea; When writing or working quietly, drink green tea. Drinking tea also needs to be clear about the "tea bogey": one avoids hot tea hurting people, two avoids cold tea stagnation and sputum, three avoids cold stomach drink excessive tea, four avoids breastfeeding women drink strong tea, five avoids coronary heart disease Those who drink too much strong tea, six avoid drinking aspirin after drinking tea, seven avoid taking tea with medication, eight avoid drinking tea on an empty stomach to dilute gastric juice, hinder digestion, nine avoid drinking overnight tea, hurt the spleen and stomach, make people lose weight, and ten avoid drinking moldy tea. .

Antihypertensive medicinal tea

When selecting herbal tea for hypertension patients, we must consider the antihypertensive effect of herbal tea and pay attention to eliminating the discomfort symptoms of hypertension patients such as headache, dizziness, tinnitus, red eyes, blurred vision, and limb numbness, etc., and actively eliminate these discomfort symptoms. , It is helpful to relieve the patient's mental stress and make the excessively high blood pressure drop smoothly, so as to achieve more results with less effort.

Liver-yang hyperactivity type: symptoms include headache, dizziness, red face, red eyes, heavy head and feet, trembling hands, numbness, bitter constipation, yellow fur, and pulse strings. The medicinal tea with the effect of calming the liver and burying sun should be selected.

Chrysanthemum tea: 10 grams each of chrysanthemum and locust flowers, 3 grams of green tea. Put the three flavors together in the tea cup, rinse it with boiling water, and soak it for 10 minutes. Add boiled water while drinking, 1 dose daily. It has the effects of relieving liver and expelling wind, clearing fire and lowering blood pressure, and has better effects on headache, dizziness, red eyes and swelling and pain, fundus bleeding, and nosebleeds caused by early hypertension. Second child tea: 50 grams of rock sugar, cassia seeds, 15 grams of wolfberry. Slightly stir-fry cassia seeds and mash them. Put them into a teapot together with zizi and rock sugar. Pour in an appropriate amount of boiling water. Cover for 15 minutes. Drink frequently on behalf of the tea. One dose per day. It has beneficial effects on liver and kidney, eyesight and laxative, suitable for dizziness, dry eyes, blurred vision, dry stool and other symptoms caused by hypertension.

Prunella antihypertensive tea: 10 grams of prunella, 12 grams of plantain. Wash the prunella and plantain, put them in a teapot, and brew the offspring tea with boiling water. Take 1 dose daily. Function of clearing heat and flattening the liver. Diuretic and antihypertensive, suitable for hypertension headache, dizziness and other symptoms. Cassia apocynum tea: 12 grams of cassia seeds, 10 grams of apocynum. The two medicines can be drunk with boiling water for 15 minutes. 1 dose daily, frequent drinking of tea. The function of clearing heat and flattening the liver is suitable for those with hypertension accompanied by dizziness, irritability, and those with liver-yang hyperactivity.

Yin deficiency and yang hyperactivity type: symptoms include dizziness, tinnitus, blurred vision, weakness in the waist and legs, blushing, red tongue, few red moss, and pulse. Should use nourishing liver and kidney, Pinggan antihypertensive medicine tea. Respect for Cassia tea: Respect for 10 grams, Cassia, 3 grams of chrysanthemum, 6 grams of locust flower. Brew water, replace tea, 1 dose daily. Functional tonify liver and kidney, Pinggan antihypertensive. It is effective for those with hypertension of Yin deficiency and Yang hyperactivity. Mulberry tea: 30 grams of mulberry and 15 grams of prunella. Decoction for tea. Fang, Zhongsang parasitism is longer than the liver and kidney, and strong bones and bones; pharmacological studies have confirmed that sang parasitism can relax coronary blood vessels and increase coronary blood flow. Prunella and clear liver and lower blood pressure. Therefore, this formula is particularly suitable for those with hypertension due to liver and kidney deficiency and waist and knee aches.

Reminder: Blood pressure should be measured during taking tea to prevent discomfort caused by low blood pressure.