How to choose the herbal tea that suits you?

With the arrival of summer, the temperature rises, and it is easy to get heatstroke in hot weather. And for people who like spicy food, even if it is particularly hot in summer, they still like spicy food, so it is easy to get angry. We generally like to drink herbal tea in summer. There are many kinds of herbal tea. Only by choosing herbal tea that suits you can you get rid of summer heat and keep healthy.

1, drinking herbal tea is also very particular.

1, full of vigor and blood

Symptoms: vigorous blood gas, high fever, polydipsia, red face and eyes, yellow urine and dry stool, yellow fur and other symptoms.

Category of herbal tea: It is best to choose Chinese herbal medicines with the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, cooling blood, such as Houttuynia cordata, Prunella Spica, honeysuckle, mulberry leaves, chrysanthemum, mint, forsythia suspensa, bamboo leaves, cogongrass rhizome and rehmannia glutinosa.

2. People with yin deficiency.

Symptoms: dry mouth, irritability, dry stool, night sweats, insomnia, red tongue with little fur and other symptoms.

Herbal tea: It is best to choose Radix Rehmanniae, Radix Adenophorae, Rhizoma Polygonati Odorati, Radix Ophiopogonis, Radix Asparagi, Radix Scrophulariae, Tremella, Herba Dendrobii and other Chinese herbal medicines with the functions of clearing away heat and nourishing yin, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst.

3, yang deficiency.

Symptoms: spontaneous sweating, mental fatigue, shortness of breath and laziness, easy to catch a cold at ordinary times, sweating a lot in dog days.

Herbal tea: Ginseng, American ginseng, Radix Astragali, Radix Codonopsis, Atractylodis Macrocephalae, etc. are selected for decoction or tea. This medicine should be taken between early morning and noon. Chinese medicine believes that this "makes people's yang easy to reach."

4, hot and humid.

Symptoms: Most of them are damp-heat symptoms, such as fever, poor sweating, heavy head drowsiness, and depressed heart.

Herbal tea: Choose Eupatorium odoratum, Herba Agastaches, Lotus Leaves, Coicis Semen, Lentils, Lotus Seeds, Watermelon Peel and other Chinese herbal medicines with the functions of clearing away heat, removing annoyance, eliminating dampness and sweating, and make tea for drinking.

5. Patients with hyperactivity of liver yang

Symptoms: dizziness, blushing, impatience, loud voice like Hong Zhong, and so on.

Category of herbal tea: Chinese herbal medicines with the functions of calming the liver, suppressing yang, clearing away heart fire and reducing internal heat, such as Gentiana scabra, plumula Nelumbinis, Notoginseng Radix, Belamcanda, Gardenia, Bupleurum Radix and Stigma Maydis, are selected for decoction or tea drinking. If accompanied by constipation, appropriate amount of raw rhubarb or boat-fruited Sterculia can be added.

6, wind and heat cold.

Symptoms: fever, headache, sore throat, cough, sweating, thirst and other symptoms.

Herbal tea: It is best to use Chinese herbal medicines such as Fructus Forsythiae, Flos Lonicerae, Herba Schizonepetae, Herba Menthae, Fried Douchi, Fructus Arctii, Radix Platycodi, Radix Glycyrrhizae, Folium Bambusae and Rhizoma Phragmitis. It has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials and dispelling wind and heat, and can be decocted or brewed for drinking. This medicine should be taken after a little cooling.

7, neurasthenia

Symptoms: There are many symptoms such as listlessness, insomnia and dreaminess.

Herbal tea: It is best to use Chinese herbal medicines such as Radix Polygalae, Semen Platycladi, Fructus Amomi, Fructus Alpinae Oxyphyllae, Semen Ziziphi Spinosae, Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis, Rhizoma Anemarrhenae, Poria, and Glycyrrhrizae Radix, which have the effects of nourishing blood, calming the nerves, clearing away heart fire and relieving annoyance, to decoct or make tea for drinking. Such drugs should be taken on an empty stomach before going to bed.

8. Obese people

Symptoms: overeating, lack of exercise, fatigue, severe wheezing during exercise, accompanied by "three highs" (hyperglycemia, hypertension, hyperlipidemia) and other symptoms, or suffering from cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and diabetes.

Category of herbal tea: Chinese herbal medicines such as hawthorn, persimmon leaf, chrysanthemum, Gynostemma pentaphyllum, ginkgo leaf, green tea, peanut skin, cassia seed, etc., which can reduce blood fat and lose weight, are selected for decoction or tea.

The herbal tea introduced above is suitable for different physique types, so we need to distinguish physique first when choosing herbal tea. Bian Xiao tip: Although drinking herbal tea in summer can cool off the heat, it is not advisable to drink more herbal tea. It is best to drink one cup at a time. If you have a cold, weakness and other problems, it is not suitable for drinking herbal tea. In short, there are many stresses on drinking herbal tea, and it is very beneficial to know more about the health knowledge of herbal tea.

2. Taboos for drinking herbal tea

1, herbal tea for spleen and stomach weakness.

Wang, director of the Dietotherapy and Nutrition Department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Henan Province, reminded that people with cold stomachs had better drink less herbal tea. Deficiency of spleen and stomach is mainly manifested as indigestion, fear of cold, and stomach pain after eating cold or hard food.

"In addition to stomach cold, patients with hyperacidity, long-term diarrhea and colitis should also use herbal tea with caution." Party Zhong Qin, Chief Physician of Gastroenterology, Henan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, reminded readers of Dahe Daily.

Then, can people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold "get angry" without getting angry? The Party Central Committee said: "When there are symptoms, the human body's tolerance to drugs will increase, so such people can't drink herbal tea at all, but the dosage and time should be reduced appropriately, and it is best to drink it only when there are symptoms."

He told reporters that whether it is suitable for you is whether you are comfortable. If you feel uncomfortable or have a stomachache, it is best to stop using or replace the selected medicinal materials.

2, different fires, different drugs to put out.

Wang told reporters that there are many kinds of Chinese herbal medicines commonly used in herbal tea, but their pertinence is also different. For example, she said: "For example, dandelion can reduce swelling and dissipate blood stasis, which is suitable for headache and fever; Corn silk and bamboo leaves can dispel dampness and relieve summer heat, which is suitable for urinating; Folium Isatidis can clear heat and cool blood; Cassia seed and mint can clear away heat and relieve constipation; Lotus leaf can relieve summer heat, lower blood fat and lower blood pressure. "

Dang Zhong Qin said that in addition to these traditional Chinese medicines, there are many cool and cold herbs with different symptoms, such as dry mouth, aphtha or constipation, sore throat and so on. And different drugs are needed, such as chrysanthemum and honeysuckle, which are suitable for upper respiratory tract infection. If the symptoms are serious, it's best to choose the right medicine at the doctor's suggestion.

3. Drink herbal tea continuously for no more than three days.

The CPC Central Committee suggested that herbal tea is not suitable for drinking every day after all, and it is best not to take it for more than three days continuously. Taking it for a long time is easy to hurt the stomach, resulting in stomach pain, loss of appetite, diarrhea and other adverse reactions. If you use summer heat for a long time, it is best to choose materials with the same origin of medicine and food, such as mung bean tea, or drink some green tea in moderation.

In addition, he also reminded readers that the greater the coldness, the smaller the dosage, when choosing herbal tea with fewer cold medicines, such as Gardenia and Andrographis paniculata, and selecting flat or slightly cold medicinal materials.

4. The boiling time of herbal tea should not exceed 3 minutes.

Wang reminded that because most of the herbs used in herbal tea are flowers or leaves, they can be decocted and soaked in water. Even if the decoction time does not exceed 3-4 minutes, the effective components will volatilize after a long time. At the same time, she also suggested that the water temperature is not enough or good, and it is best to brew with boiling water. The staff of the CPC Central Committee also reminded that herbal tea should not be brewed more than three times, otherwise it will easily deteriorate.

Herbal tea is indeed an effective way to reduce fire, but if your physical condition does not allow it, such as people with weak spleen and stomach, it may bring extra harm to yourself. Therefore, Bian Xiao suggested that it is the most scientific method to reduce fire in summer, not to drink herbal tea blindly, but to follow the principle of healthy eating.