During the Spring Festival, every household eats a lot of fish and meat. Eating too much greasy food will put a burden on the stomach and intestines. It is recommended that everyone drink some tea to remove greasiness.

Hawthorn tea

Hawthorn tea is a health-preserving tea therapy. The main raw materials are hawthorn and tea leaves. It has the functions of digesting food, reducing fat and losing weight. The hawthorn component in hawthorn tea is sweet in taste and slightly warm in nature. It enters the spleen, stomach and liver meridians. It can strengthen the spleen and appetite, activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis, resolve phlegm, digest and resolve stagnation. The lipolytic enzyme contained in hawthorn tea can promote the digestion of fatty foods, promote gastric juice secretion and increase gastric enzymes. It can also enhance appetite, improve sleep, maintain the stability of calcium in bones and blood, and prevent atherosclerosis. The effect is particularly obvious for the elderly.

It should be noted that using hawthorn to make tea has a better effect. If you eat hawthorn fruit directly, you need to pay attention to the taboo groups. Because hawthorn contains a large amount of fruit acid, which has the effect of astringing and stimulating the gastric mucosa, the spleen and stomach function of the elderly is weak, and the spleen and stomach function of children have not yet been fully developed. Eating too much hawthorn will consume gastric qi, reduce digestion capacity, and cause indigestion or weight loss. In addition, for people with a lot of gastric acid, hawthorn can stimulate gastric acid secretion, causing gastric acid to increase rapidly and increase its concentration, which can easily cause regurgitation and acid vomiting. In severe cases, it can cause peptic ulcers.

Barley tea

Barley tea is a traditional refreshing drink widely spread among people in China, Japan, Korea and other countries. The barley is fried until it turns brown. Before consumption, it only needs to be brewed with hot water to extract the rich aroma of the tea. Barley tea is made by frying barley and then boiling it. It has a strong aroma of barley. Barley tea is often used as a part of the health package for girls to maintain a good figure, because it is not only rich in vitamins, minerals, protein, dietary fiber and other substances beneficial to the human body, but it can also remove oil, relieve greasiness, strengthen the spleen and stomach, and aid digestion. If you insist on drinking it for a long time, it can play a role in healthy weight loss!

According to the "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Barley is sweet in taste and neutral in nature. It has the functions of removing food and treating bloating, eliminating accumulated food intake, calming the stomach and quenching thirst, relieving heat and relieving heat, replenishing Qi and regulating the mind, broadening the chest and atmosphere, replenishing deficiency, strengthening blood vessels, benefiting color, replenishing the five internal organs, and transforming grains into food. It can cure stranguria and pain in urination; cure wheat awns in the eyes; cure polydipsia, irregular drinking, dry and scorched tongue in the elderly; cure water Qi disease; clears heat in summer; treats acute pharyngitis, tonsillitis, and throat abscesses. Barley flour can be eaten, and barley can also be made into beer to help digestion, soothe the liver, and help regulate gastrointestinal function. It should be noted that because barley malt can return milk or reduce milk secretion, women should not eat it during pregnancy and lactation.

Black tea

During the processing of black tea, a chemical reaction centered on the enzymatic oxidation of tea polyphenols occurred. The tea polyphenols were reduced by more than 90%, and new components such as theaflavins and thearubigins were produced. The aroma substances were significantly increased compared with fresh leaves, so black tea has the characteristics of black tea, red soup, red leaves, and a sweet and mellow aroma. Black tea can help gastrointestinal digestion, promote appetite, be a diuretic, eliminate edema, and strengthen heart function. "The flavonoids rich in black tea can eliminate free radicals, have anti-acidification effects, and reduce the incidence of myocardial infarction. Black tea can assist blood sugar regulation, but there is still no definite conclusion. In winter, the stomach is prone to discomfort, and people who feel uncomfortable after eating too much iced melon fruit can add brown sugar and ginger slices to black tea, and drink it slowly while it is warm. It has the effect of nourishing the stomach and will make the body more comfortable, but it is not recommended to drink iced black tea.

People will feel stomach discomfort when drinking green tea without eating. This is because tea polyphenols, an important substance contained in tea, has astringent properties and has a certain stimulating effect on the stomach. The irritation is stronger on an empty stomach. But black tea is different. It is fermented and baked. Not only does black tea not hurt your stomach, it can actually nourish your stomach. Regular drinking of black tea with sugar and milk can reduce inflammation, protect the gastric mucosa, and is also effective in treating ulcers.

Pu'er tea

Yunnan Pu'er tea is a tea produced by the large-leaf tea tree unique to Yunnan. It is a type of tea that requires the most attention to brewing techniques and drinking art among famous Chinese teas. Its drinking methods are extremely rich, and it can be drunk neat or mixed. In spring, when the human body is relaxing, you can choose Pu'er tea with a certain degree of natural fermentation or a mixture of raw and cooked Pu'er tea. Such tea is both warm and active, which is more conducive to dispersing the cold evil accumulated in the human body in winter. It can promote the growth of Yang Qi in the human body, invigorate people, eliminate spring sleepiness, and enhance the resistance to diseases. At an appropriate concentration, drinking mild Pu'er tea will not cause irritation to the gastrointestinal tract. The thick, smooth, and mellow Pu'er tea enters the human gastrointestinal tract and forms a membrane that adheres to the surface of the stomach, forming a beneficial protective layer for the stomach. Long-term drinking of Pu'er tea can protect and nourish the stomach. This is the main reason why consumers at home and abroad who advocate drinking Pu'er tea call Pu'er tea "beauty tea" and "longevity tea".

The first effect of Pu'er tea is that Pu'er tea is mild in nature, warms the stomach and does not hurt the stomach. This is especially obvious for cooked Pu'er tea. Generally speaking, light fermented tea does have "unbearable lightness" concerns for tea lovers, especially modern people who drink tea all day long and have abnormal diets. Under the long-term immersion of caffeine and tannins, they often suffer from stomachache, so Pu'er tea is especially suitable for friends who socialize a lot. Most friends who drink too much have stomach cold problems. Pu'er tea has unique stomach-warming effects, and drinking it every day will have better effects.

　(Editor: Bonnie)

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