Tea and health

Such phenomenon is called “drunk in tea?medically, while antibacterial action of tea will reduce along with the increase of strength, which do harm to human body. At the same time, many persons are addicted to drinking cold tea, and also some persons artificially freeze tea in high-temperature season, they think this not only satisfies thirst but also keeps value of tea, in fact, cold tea can not remove heat, but will defer cool and gather phlegm, therefore, it is better for people to drink hot tea. In addition, tea of the previous night should not be drunk because such tea contains nitrosamine, which can lead to cancer.

Besides, elderly and low persons should not drink or drink less tea because they are weak, but tea is cool in nature and is easy to injure spleen and stomach, and often drink tea in large quantity or drink strong tea will wear off original energy, therefore, the ancients had the parlance “Do not drink tea in old age? Secondly, it is not suitable for insomniac to drink tea because the caffeine and thein in tea can excite nervous system to sharpen insomnia accordingly. Thirdly, persons who suffer from active digestible gastric ulcer can not drink more tea and strong tea because caffeine will stimulate stomachic secretion to make it increased and illness aggravated. Therefore, drinking tea should pay attention to health protection and sanitation.

Research says often drinking tea can prevent chronic gastric disease

Tea helps to body health has new proof. A newest research indicates often drink green tea can prevent chronic gastritis and gastric carcinoma. According to the reports of magazine “International Cancer Research?in May, researchers in University of California Los Angeles Branch Cancer Research Center finds for people who drink green tea for longer time, the ratio suffering from chronic gastritis and gastric carcinoma is lower. Researchers made analysis and research on over 2200 respondents selected according to their age, sex, whether smoke or not, drinking quantity and other factors, the result showed that the suffering from gastric carcinoma ratio of persons who like drinking green tea is 48% lower than that of persons who do not like drinking tea.

The scientists first discover green tea owns effect of preventing chronic gastric disease, which is significant for reducing morbidity of gastric carcinoma and providing gastric carcinoma sufferers with dietotherapy for the future. China Shanghai Medical University , American University of Columbia and University of Massachusetts Cancer Research Center also participated in the research.

Function and utility of tea

Liu Zhenliang who was in Tang Dynasty defined the benefits of tea as “Ten Virtues taste flavor with tea, nourish body with tea, drive fishy with tea, prevent morbid qi with tea, preserve vitality with tea, dispel the sulks with tea, benefit manners and humanity with tea, express respect with tea, achieve elegant mind with tea and smooth profession with tea. “Shennong Bencao?compiled in the Warring States Period narratives the medical properties and effects of tea as the following “Tea is bitter, drinking it can benefit mind, reduce weight and improve eyesight.

Actions of reducing weight, beautifying the body and beautification of drinking tea has been popular in the country, and many examples can be found. Such action of tea was ever known by the ancients. “Bencao Shiyi?of Tang Dynasty records “Drinking tea for a long time can make people thin and remove fats.

However, different teas have different ingredients, for example, for the teas having fermented and having not fermented, their ingredients actions are different. For the same tea, different drinking methods also affect utility of tea, such as temperature of used water and time of socking, etc. Besides, saving time of tea also affects its utility, so people often likes drinking new teas.

In the chapter “Knowledge and Application on Tea of Modern Medicine in book of “Preserving Health with Tea and Curing Secret Proved Recipe of Medicinal Tea written under the leading of Hanbin and Hanwen, 31 functions of tea are listed, which should be very complete:

1 . Help digesting.

2 . Refreshment and restoring consciousness .

3 . Prolong life.

4 . Reduce blood fat and weight.

5 . Improve eyesight.

6 . Promote urination and relieve the swelling.

7 . Antisepsis and antiinflammation

8 . Fight against arteriosclerosis.

9 . Decrease blood pressure and prevent high blood pressure.

10 . Prevent and cure coronary heart disease.

11 . Radiation hardening, such as video radiation

How to skillfully arrange to drink tea in four seasons?

People can drink different tea in different season, and generally think black tea is hot natured and green tea is cold natured. Green tea contain more tea polyphenols than black tea, thus it has much bitter flavor. There often is parlance of one is bitter but is cold natured in China Chinese traditional medicine nature, therefore, it is reasonable to say that green tea belongs cold nature and black tea belongs to hot nature. Some old tea drinkers often drink tea as following: drink scented tea which is warm in nature and fragrant in spring and autumn; in summer, drink green tea, or add several Hangzhou white chrysanthemums and honeysuckles or several drips of royal fizz and mint juice can further increase the action of cool and refreshing and removing summer-heat; in winter, drink black tea added with sugar or milk black tea can militate the stomach and warm up body.