Nong Tianyi asked: Mother, what is the relationship between tea and medicine?

Wu Qing replied that it is often said that when drinking traditional Chinese medicine, you can't drink tea, and tea can cure medicine.

Wang Ziwei poured tea and water on the side.

Nong Tianyi asked again: Is this sentence correct?

Wu Qing said with certainty, it is obviously not right, tea only detoxifies, not antidotes.

In fact, tea itself is a traditional Chinese medicine. Of the more than 4,000 years of tea use, more than 3,000 years have been mainly used for medicinal purposes. Tea as a medicinal use is recorded in many ancient books in China.

Wang Ziwei interjected: "Shennong's Materia Medica" is the earliest existing pharmaceutical monograph, and there is a clear record of the function of tea: "Tea tastes bitter, drinking it makes people think, lie less, light body, and clear eyes." ”

Nong Tianyi remembered the legend of Shennong, the ancestor of tea: according to legend, when Shennong tasted a hundred kinds of herbs, when he tasted the golden-green rolling mountain beads and was poisoned, he happened to fall under the tea tree, and the dew on the tea tree leaves flowed into his mouth, so that he woke up and was saved. Although this is a legend, it records the fact that tea has a detoxifying function.

Nong Tianyi went on to say: Hua Tuo, a famous doctor in the Three Kingdoms period, wrote in the "Treatise on Food" that "bitter tea is beneficial for a long time", which shows that the ancients have long known that drinking tea has the effect of refreshing and refreshing the mind.

Zhang Zhongjing, a famous doctor in the Han Dynasty, described the verification of "tea is very effective in treating pus and blood in the stool" in "Treatise on Typhoid Fever and Miscellaneous Diseases".

Tao Hongjingyun, a famous doctor in the Liang Dynasty: "Drinking tea for a long time can change the body." Although this is an exaggeration, it also shows that tea has the effect of strengthening health care and prolonging life.

They nodded yes.

Wu Qing followed the train of thought, and then looked at the ancient recipe of using tea as medicine.

Medicinal properties of tea: "Bitter, sweet, and cool." Return to the heart, lungs, stomach, and kidney meridians. It has the effect of "clearing the head, removing polydipsia, eliminating appetite, dissolving phlegm, diuretic, and detoxifying".

Wu Qing took a sip of tea and said, just two examples: one example, the "green onion tea" in the Song Dynasty's "Taiping Shenghui Fang" to treat "typhoid fever headache and strong heat" is to use "3 white stems of green onion (to whisker), half a tael of soy bean, 1 point of nepeta, 30 leaves of mint, 5 gardenia kernels, 3 taels of gypsum (mashed), and 3 coins of tea." Take two large cups of water, decoction a large one, remove the trickle, add the end of the tea, fry it for 4~5 boils, and serve it at 2 degrees. ”

An example is the "ginger tea powder" in the Song Dynasty's "Continuation of Yi Jian Fang", which uses "10 slices of ginger (and skin, slices) and 2 coins of aged tea." Fry to 1 pot with 2 cups of water, remove the drain, and serve hot before eating. "Treatment" white dysentery. The "Introduction to Medicine" of the Ming Dynasty called "Ginger Tea Decoction", and it was not until the Qing Dynasty's "Medical Forest Compendium" called "Ginger Tea Drink", which shows that this small recipe has been used in all dynasties.

Wu Qingdao, it is more effective to choose tea with medicinal properties suitable for physical fitness.

The cold temperature of tea has a great relationship with the degree of fermentation, and the lower the degree of fermentation, the greater the coldness. The higher the degree of fermentation, the greater the temperature. Non-fermented green tea is cold, fully fermented black tea and dark tea are warm, and the "four natures" of re-fermented oolong tea and old white tea are between green tea and black tea. In addition, the freshly fried tea, whether it is green tea or black tea, contains fire gas and is on the hot side.

Nonglu also joined in the discussion, and he further explained the process of different teas:

The core process of green tea is "finishing", which is not fermented tea; The water is clear and the tea is green, giving people a refreshing and new feeling, and the nature is cold.

The core process of yellow tea is "stuffy yellow", and the taste is more mellow than that of green tea; The tea properties are very close to green tea.

The core process of black tea is "Wudui", which has a high degree of fermentation; The tea taste is mellow and mild.

The core process of black tea is "fermentation", and the degree of oxidation of polyphenolic compounds is very high; The floral and honey aromas are mellow, and the taste is sweet and warm.

The basic process of white tea is "withering" and "drying", and the attributes and efficacy of new tea are mostly close to green tea, but in the process of aging year by year, the tea properties will also change from cold to cool to peaceful.

Green tea (oolong tea) tea is between green tea and black tea, tends to be peaceful, and the core process is "green" and "roasting". The lightly fermented fragrant Tieguanyin has a tea property closer to that of green tea; The moderately fermented or heavier ones are close to black tea.

Nong Tianyi and Wang Ziwei praised again and again.

Wu Qing drank the tea, put down the teacup and continued, different teas have different medicinal properties. When drinking, it suits your physique, there are no contraindications, and there is no antidote. If you have a cold constitution, you can choose a warm black tea, etc., and if you have a hot constitution, you can choose a cool green tea. If you are taking Chinese medicine, you don't need to stagger the time of medicine and tea, and there is no problem in drinking it at the same time.

She also said that from ancient times to the present, health care has been drinking medicinal tea, are you still worried that tea will be the antidote? The right compatibility is integrated to enhance the efficacy of each other.

Nonglu said more essentially: learning to drink tea is better than taking medicine. Tea is not only a drink, but also a science. Drinking tea seems to be a simple thing, but it contains too much not simple, learning to drink tea, learning to live a simple life, is better than taking medicine.

However, the medicinal effects of tea have been precipitated through a long historical process. As early as the "Shennong Materia Medica", there is a record of the earliest use of tea as a medicine. Later, in Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica", there was a further explanation of tea: "Tea tastes bitter, sweet, slightly cold, and non-toxic. ”

Wu Qing is proficient in traditional Chinese medicine: tea is a kind of medicinal material that can be attacked and retreated, which not only has a more comprehensive warming and tonic effect on the five internal organs, but also has a preventive effect on many diseases, and truly achieves the essence of traditional Chinese medicine health preservation: prevention first, prevention and treatment combined.

Therefore, tea can be medically divided into three forms: tea substitute formula, medicinal tea and single flavor tea.

One is teas for external use.

External use, as the name suggests, is used on the surface of mucous membranes and skin, and the commonly used methods are: fumigation, sprinkling, throat blowing, dressing, gargling, etc. Examples of tea pillows with health care functions can be found almost everywhere in everyday life.

The second is tea.

Tea diet is one of the ways for tea to be taken internally. Tea diet is to combine tea soup or tea leaves with the food you usually eat, so that the taste of tea can penetrate into simple food. On the one hand, it can increase the umami of food, and on the other hand, it also brings the health benefits of tea, killing two birds with one stone.

Tea has a long history, tea can not only be added to rice to make tea porridge, but also can be used to make tea dumplings, tea noodles, etc., and can also add flavor to candy, biscuits, snacks, cakes, ice cream.

This not only satisfies the needs of the sense of smell for tea flavor, but also visually pleasing a touch of new green, and can be presented more light and delicate in the taste buds.

The third is tea.

Among the complicated tea applications, the simplest should belong to tea drinking. Tea is also the most widely accepted and preferred way.

Tea is most easily absorbed when dissolved in water, and it is most completely preserved from the color and aroma of the tea soup, as well as the medicinal value.

On the basis of tea, the integration of traditional Chinese medicine treatment theory, the proportion of tea and Chinese herbal medicine together decoction or brewing, can play a complementary effect.

Wang Ziwei said with a smile, what my mother said is really practical, and we will practice more in the future.

Nong Tianyi hurriedly said, yes, the mechanism of these tea medicines still needs to be used for a long time, so that they are familiar with it.

Let's look at the medicinal uses of tea.

After taking a sip of tea, Nong Tianyi said, I have seen a piece of information, modern scientific researchers have found that drinking tea can reduce the total blood cholesterol level by 25%. Another study on the relationship between tea drinking and the incidence of hypertension found that the incidence of hypertension was 10.55% in people who did not drink tea, and 6.95% in people who drank tea regularly. It seems that tea does have a certain antihypertensive effect.

The British "Daily Mail" once reported that a study found that drinking 3 cups of tea a day can reduce the risk of myocardial infarction by 70%. Studies in Finland and France have also shown that drinking 2-3 cups of tea a day can reduce the risk of stroke.

Egyptian researchers experimented with 28 species of bacteria using "green tea plus antibiotics". The results showed that green tea can greatly increase the antimicrobial power, increase the maximum sterilization efficiency by more than 3 times, and also reduce the resistance of various bacteria.

Therefore, tea is good for health.

Tea has long been applied to all aspects of life, in addition to the use of tea in leisure time to nourish the temperament, there are also some used to show respect and respect: apprentices to give tea, newlyweds to in-laws to offer tea and so on. Therefore, tea has become a well-known health drink.

For example, the effects of tea include beautifying the body and reducing fat, regulating menstruation and invigorating blood, strengthening the kidneys, strengthening the stomach and spleen, nourishing the liver and protecting the liver, and prolonging life.

In daily life, you can also use some tea drinks that are suitable for your different physical conditions, which is a simple and effective method for those who have been sick for a long time but are not too serious.

Wu Qingdao, the most noteworthy thing is that tea has few side effects on the body.

Nonglu also said that tea can also eliminate fatigue, refresh, brighten the eyes, eliminate food, diuretic and detoxify, prevent tooth decay, eliminate bad breath, and so on. Therefore, tea deserves to be the healthiest beverage for human beings.

Today, his father and his mother gave an in-depth explanation, which benefited Nong Tianyi and Wang Ziwei a lot.