The benefits of tea: An in-depth exploration of the health effects and secrets of tea

Benefits of Tea 

The ancient Chinese knew through observation and practice that tea benefits human health. "Shen Nong's Food Classic" once recorded that "long-term consumption makes people strong and happy," and "Miscellaneous Records" also recorded that "bitter tea lightens the body and changes the bones." As people's understanding of tea continues to deepen, its anti-aging effects are also widely recognized.

So, how does drinking tea fight aging? It starts with free radicals. Although genetic factors control human growth and metabolism, they are also affected by some internal and external substances. Free radicals are atoms or molecular groups with asymmetric electrons, such as hydrogen radicals, superoxide ion radicals, hydroxyl radicals, peroxyhydroxyl radicals, organic free radicals, etc. These are incredibly active and highly reactive particles. In addition to being produced in the body through food and drugs, radiation, high temperature, or abnormal environmental factors can also form free radicals.

The harm caused by free radicals to the human body is vast. It can cause damage to deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), thereby promoting mental decline, muscle atrophy, and premature aging; it can also oxidatively damage proteins in the human body and can oxidize unsaturated fatty acids in the body, causing fat to deteriorate and causing damage to cell membranes and mitochondria. The membrane and lysozyme membrane hardens, resulting in arteriosclerosis. From this point of view, free radicals are the culprit that accelerates human aging.

Even so, free radicals are not terrible. They harm the human body, which has the instincts of elimination and defense. The human body can remove free radicals through hydrolysis reactions, and people often inhale antioxidants in their diet to alleviate the harm of free radicals. Therefore, oral administration of some non-enzymatic vitamins C and E is usually beneficial to the human body, and tea contains these nutrients.

In addition to high levels of vitamins C and E, tea also contains catechin compounds that benefit the human body. Catechin compounds have strong antioxidant properties and can be vital in anti-aging and prolonging life. The tea polyphenols contained in tea also have strong antioxidant properties and physiological activity. Tea is a scavenger of free radicals in the human body. It can effectively block lipid peroxidation and remove active enzymes. Its anti-aging effect is better than that of vitamins. E is 18 times stronger.

In today's world, drinking tea is a way to improve dietary structure and has potent antioxidant activity. More and more people have recognized its role in delaying aging.

Memory loss is no longer just a symptom of older people. Nowadays, life is too stressful, and many young people often suffer from this condition. When researchers at Newcastle University in the UK studied patients with Alzheimer's disease, they found that regular tea drinking can help improve people's memory. One of the hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease is the decline in acetylcholine levels, and researchers from the Medicinal Plant Research Center of Newcastle University conducted a series of experiments on green tea and black tea. The experimental results showed that green and black tea can inhibit the effects of Alzheimer's disease. The activity of enzymes related to pathogenesis keeps acetylcholine at a reasonable level.

From this point of view, tea's significant effect is improving people's memory. Therefore, we can enjoy a cup of fragrant tea in our leisure time, relieving nervousness and fatigue and improving memory. Faced with modern society's high efficiency and fast pace, office workers often eat lunch unreasonably or in a hurry. A nutritionally balanced afternoon tea can not only drive away sleepyheads but also help restore physical strength and memory. Drinking afternoon tea is different from simply eating snacks. The calories from snacks will be stored in the body, and afternoon tea, like other meals, consumes a considerable portion of the calories for the body. It can help people maintain energy until dusk, making dinner lighter and developing good eating habits.

Nutritionists tell us that tea's effectiveness in promoting body fluids and moisturizing the throat is due to its unique free amino acids. Research has found that theanine can increase the physiological activity of dopamine in the brain, making people happy, enhancing memory, and improving learning ability. Therefore, people who drink afternoon tea have an average score of 15% to 20% higher than others in terms of memory and adaptability.

In addition to the nutrients the human body needs, tea contains substances that have special curative effects on specific diseases. Although people's daily intake of tea is minimal, regular supplementation of these substances can indeed play a role in nutritional health and physical fitness for the human body. Therefore, calling tea a natural health drink is worthy of its name.

1. Drinking tea can enhance the body’s immunity

Immunity is the body's defense mechanism, which helps the body identify and eliminate any foreign matter that invades from the outside (such as bacteria, viruses, etc.), deal with aging, damage, death, and mutated cells, as well as identify and deal with mutant cells and virus-infected cells in the body. Ability. Although an individual's immunity is related to their constitution, one's immunity can also be enhanced through appropriate scientific methods. Tea contains high levels of vitamin C, which can effectively improve immunity. At the same time, some studies believe that the amino acids contained in tea can also enhance the body's resistance. In short, drinking tea is a convenient, healthy, and effective way and has a significant effect on improving the body's immunity.

2. Drinking tea can prevent osteoporosis

Black tea has a mild character and mellow aroma, which helps strengthen bones. Tea is rich in flavonoids, which can reduce people’s risk of osteoporosis.

Drinking more tea is a feasible way to enhance physical fitness and keep fit.

Many ancient Chinese documents mentioned that tea can remove fat, which modern people call its weight loss effect.

For example, the Tang Dynasty's "Supplements to this Chapter" records the efficacy of tea: "Eating for a long time makes people thin and removes human fat."

Studies have shown that tea's caffeine and flavanols can enhance the digestive tract's peristalsis and help digest food; substances such as choline and folic acid in tea also regulate fat metabolism and improve the ability to break down fat. The flavonoids, aromatic substances, alkaloids, and other components in tea can reduce the content of cholesterol, triglycerides, and blood lipid concentrations and have a solid lipolytic effect. In contrast, tea aids digestion; it can also protect the gastric mucosa and prevent Bleeding caused by gastric ulcers. It has a perfect protective impact on the intestines and stomach. Under the combined action of various substances, tea can help digestion and improve the body's ability to decompose fat, thereby naturally losing weight.

Now that everyone knows that drinking tea regularly can achieve the purpose of eliminating fat and losing weight, here is a brief introduction to the specific weight loss effects of some types of tea:

1. Black tea

If you want to lose weight, drinking hot black tea is best. No sugar, creamer, or sugar substitutes are added, and it is best not to drink it immediately after a meal. It is best to drink it after an hour.

2. Green tea

Green tea contains vitamins C and E, amino acids, dietary fiber, and other nutrients that help lower cholesterol and aid digestion.

3. Oolong tea

Oolong tea is rich in amino acids and fiber. In addition to lowering cholesterol and being a diuretic, it helps break down fat and promote metabolism. Compared with other teas, regular consumption of pressed teas such as oolong tea, Pu'er tea, brick tea, and Tuo tea is more conducive to lowering fat and losing weight. These teas have varying degrees of weight loss effects on people of all ages, especially those aged 40 to 50. Clinical experimental results show that more than 70% of people can significantly reduce the content of triglycerides in the human body.

Oolong tea and other pressed teas are rich in caffeine, theophylline, theobromine, volatile oil, vitamin C, quercetin, tannins, and other substances that have apparent fat-decomposing effects. Some ethnic minorities in my country mainly eat high-fat foods such as beef, mutton, and cheese without gaining weight. One reason is related to the regular drinking of pressed tea.

Although some substances in tea can eliminate cellulite, tea does not have a direct "weight loss" effect, so do not be misled by unfair propaganda when purchasing tea. Nowadays, more and more people want to lose weight directly, but as everyone knows, obesity is related to a person's daily diet and amount of exercise.

Therefore, people need to eat reasonably and scientifically, actively exercise, and use tea as an aid. This will achieve the effect of weight loss.

Today's society is developing rapidly. More and more electrical appliances, such as mobile phones, computers, and televisions, are powerfully resonant. People live in them all day long. Although they enjoy the spiritual enjoyment they bring, they are also profoundly harmed by their radiation. So, how can we reduce the harm of radiation in such an environment? People who have the habit of drinking tea are less seriously injured by radiation, have a lower incidence of blood diseases, and have a lower mortality rate caused by radiation.

The tea polyphenols contained in tea have strong antioxidant properties and physiological activity. They are scavengers of free radicals in the human body. They can block the synthesis of various carcinogens, such as nitrate, in the body and cause cancer in patients during radiotherapy. For mild radiation sickness, the treatment effectiveness can reach more than 90%; in addition to tea polyphenols, tea contains lipopolysaccharides. After the human body ingests lipopolysaccharide, it will produce non-specific immunity, which can not only protect the body's hematopoietic function but also improve It can improve the body's resistance and reduce the harm of radiation to the human body and the amino acids and other substances contained in tea can also resist radioactive damage to a certain extent.

In addition, tea can also reduce radiation pollution caused by smoking. According to Dr. Joseph DiFranzan of the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, a person who smokes 30 cigarettes a day will receive as much radiation from radioactive material in cigarettes in his lungs in one year as his skin will receive in a chest X-ray machine. Approximately 300 fluoroscopy sessions were performed. Drinking tea can effectively prevent radioactive substances from harming the body. Clinical trials using tea leaves to treat mild radiation sickness caused by radiation have shown that the overall effectiveness can reach 90%. Therefore, those who usually work in a highly radioactive environment can drink more tea to resist radiation and reduce the damage to the body.

The two types of tea introduced below have significant effects on radiation protection for your reference:

1. Green tea Among various teas, green tea has the best radiation protection effect, and its anti-radiation and antibacterial effects are naturally more evident than other teas. Because it is cured without fermentation, it contains much more vitamin C and tea polyphenols than other teas, which can effectively block the formation of nitrosamines in the human body.

2. Chrysanthemum tea

Scented tea is generally made from green tea and flow, which also has the same effects as green tea. Take chrysanthemum tea as an example. It is made from white chrysanthemums and high-quality green tea. The white chrysanthemums in the tea have a detoxifying effect and can resist and eliminate the heat, harmful chemicals, and radioactive substances accumulated in the body. Efficacy. Therefore, it is a must-have for office workers to be exposed to electronic pollution daily.

These two kinds of tea can be easily purchased. People often live in various environments, so they should drink tea regularly to reduce radiation hazards.

Tea has the effect of refreshing and relieving fatigue. The main reason is that tea contains 2% to 5% caffeine, theophylline, theobromine, and other substances. These alkaloids can stimulate the kidneys, prompt urine to be quickly excreted from the body, increase the kidneys' filtration rate and shorten the retention time of harmful substances in the kidneys. They can also stimulate the declining central nervous system of the brain, prompting it to change from sluggish to excited, allowing for concentrated thinking. It has the effect of refreshing the mind and calming the mind.

Caffeine can also excrete excess lactic acid in the urine, helping the body eliminate fatigue as quickly as possible. In addition to these alkaloids, tea also contains caffeine. Caffeine can stimulate the sensory center of the brain, making it more sensitive and excited, soothing the mind and relieving fatigue. Therefore, when people feel tired, smell the fragrance, and taste the refreshing tea, their spirits gradually become fuller, and their sleepiness and fatigue will also be relieved. Not only will their thinking become better, more precise, and more responsive, but this is also a sound effect of tea, as it calms the nerves and refreshes the mind.

The following two types of tea are recommended, which have apparent effects on refreshing and relieving fatigue:

1. Tieguanyin

Tieguanyin can refresh the mind and improve thinking. Caffeine can stimulate the central nervous system, enhance thinking, and improve work efficiency. Drinking tea can break sleep, refresh your mind, relieve irritability, relieve fatigue, clear your mind, improve your thinking, and significantly improve your oral defense ability and logical thinking respresponse-ability the same time because Tieguanyin contains polyphenols and other compounds, it offsets the adverse effects of pure caffeine on the human body. In addition, regular drinking of Tieguanyin can also stimulate appetite and promote the body's skin pores to sweat and dissipate heat, making people feel relaxed and comfortable.

2. Jasmine tea

Jasmine tea is very beneficial for soothing your mood and refreshing your mind. Drinking a cup when you feel drowsy in the afternoon has the best effect. Add dried longan meat to the scented tea if you still think flustered, w, weak, and tired.

In short, when people feel dizzy, unable to lift their spirits, or tired, they can brew a cup of fragrant tea to refresh themselves, which will significantly help.

A person's face is a mirror of the human body. The formation of facial spots is caused by various factors, which can be roughly summarized into two major factors: internal causes and external causes. The internal cause is mainly caused by the body's inability to excrete toxins in time, thus allowing harmful substances to remain in the kidneys. Regular tea drinking can expel these toxic substances in time, smooth the intestines, and achieve a diuretic and laxative effect.

Drinking tea can be a diuretic and laxative, and the principle is straightforward. When a certain amount of tea is consumed, the combined effect of caffeine, cocoa, and aromatic oils can stimulate the kidneys, accelerate the filtration of urine from the kidneys, and reduce the retention time of harmful substances in the kidneys. Since lactic acid and other fatigue-causing substances are excreted in the urine, physical strength will be restored, and fatigue will be relieved. However, drinking too much and drinking strong tea will increase the burden on the kidneys and cause the body to urinate too much, which is not conducive to kidney function and sleep, and will also cause too little water in the body. Therefore, tea should be consumed in moderation.

At the same time, drinking tea in moderation also has a specific bactericidal effect. The tea in tea leaves can bind to bacterial proteins, causing the bacterial proteins to coagulate and denature, leading to the bacteria's death, thus eliminating inflammation. Therefore, taking Chaxiangku has a good auxiliary effect on chronic colitis, abdominal distension, simple diarrhea, and other diseases. However, it has an activating and prosperous impact on the beneficial intestinal flora, such as bifidobacteria. Tea polyphenols can enhance the contraction and movement of the intestines, promote the peristalsis of the digestive tract, and effectively discharge waste and toxic and harmful substances accumulated in the digestive tract. Therefore, tea polyphenols are also known as "the best cleaning guardians of human organs."

The following introduces several types of tea with apparent effects:

1. Lotus leaf tea

Since ancient times, China has regarded lotus leaf as a good medicine for losing weight. Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that lotus heart and lotus leaves have the effects of calming liver fire, clearing heart fire, purging spleen fire, lowering lung fire, lowering blood pressure and diuresis, clearing heat and nourishing the mind, astringing fluid and antiperspirant, stopping bleeding and solidifying essence.

People who have lived in bustling cities for a long time can alleviate various urban diseases such as a bloated body, bulging waist and abdomen caused by a greasy diet, and long-term sitting, which can be relieved by drinking lotus leaf tea. If you drink too much coffee, strong tea, and sweet flavored sodas that hurt your stomach, try some simple, fragrant natural lotus leaf tea, which can not only keep your intestines healthy but also achieve a diuretic and laxative effect, making your body light and your complexion bright. Change for the better, why not?

2. Cassia seed tea

Cassia seed tea is the mature seed of the leguminous herbaceous plant. It tastes bitter, sweet, and calm, soothing the intestines and laxative. Modern pharmacological research believes cassia seeds are rich in chrysophanol, emodin, cassia, and other ingredients and have laxative, antihypertensive, antibacterial, and cholesterol-lowering effects. Drinking cassia seed tea for older people helps smooth stools and functions such as lowering blood pressure and regulating lipids. You can take 15 grams of roasted cassia seeds and make tea directly until the tea is colorless.

The effects of these two types of tea are highly significant, so try them.

Tea's ability to protect teeth is mainly due to the joint action of multiple substances. For example, tea contains fluorine, polyphenols, and tannins.

1. Fluorine

We all know that fluoride toothpaste can strengthen and make teeth more acid-resistant. In other words, fluoride is essential for teeth. Tea also contains this substance that protects our teeth: fluorine. It comes from tea leaves and the water in which tea is brewed. An appropriate amount of fluorine is an essential element in inhibiting the occurrence of dental caries. It can also protect the enamel of teeth from erosion.

Tea trees collect fluorine absorbed from the soil into their leaves, which is why tea leaves are rich in fluorine.

Dried tea leaves contain about 400 parts per million of fluorine, and a cup of brewed tea contains 0.3 to 0.5 mg.

Experiments have shown that 34% of the fluoride can be retained in the mouth after drinking tea, and some of it will be very firmly adsorbed on the enamel on the tooth surface. In fact, in countries where tea is often consumed, 70% of residents’ fluoride intake comes from tea. In other words, drinking tea can provide better tooth protection.

The fluoride-containing substances in tea can kill bacteria remaining in the gaps between teeth and prevent tooth decay, a far better effect than fluoride preparations. Tea can also inhibit the reduction of calcium in the human body, which is beneficial for preventing dental caries, protecting teeth, and strengthening teeth. In addition, tea can also eliminate residual proteins in the mouth, freshening breath and eliminating bad breath.

2. Tea polyphenols

These compounds can inhibit the formation and reproduction of dental bacteria, thus preventing dental caries. Both black and green tea contain tea polyphenols, antioxidant plant compounds that prevent plaque from adhering to teeth, reducing the chance of oral and dental disease. In addition, because tea itself is alkaline, and alkaline substances can prevent the reduction and loss of tooth calcium, drinking tea can strengthen teeth.

3. Tannic acid

Tea is the best source of natural tannins. Research shows that the tannins in a cup of tea can inhibit the growth of bacteria and the occurrence of dental caries, which are the main factors in the growth of dental plaque. In addition to removing dental plaque, tannic acid can interact with other substances in tea soup, such as catechins, caffeine, and vitamin E, to enhance the acid resistance of tooth enamel. Moreover, with the participation of fluoride, the ability of teeth to resist acid will be significantly enhanced.

From this point of view, drinking tea combined with a good diet can effectively prevent tooth decay and help us establish and maintain a healthy oral environment. Therefore, in recent years, more and more people have begun to drink tea to maintain oral health.

Since ancient my country, people have discovered the medicinal value of tea. At that time, people often used tea to disinfect wounds. Today, people have found more and more medicinal effects of tea, the most important of which is anti-inflammatory and sterilization. Strong tea is commonly used by Chinese folk to treat bacterial dysentery or to apply to wounds to reduce inflammation, detoxify, and promote wound healing. Nowadays, patent medicines made from tea as raw materials for treating dysentery and colds are also more effective.

The reason why tea has such effects is mainly due to the catechins, flavanols, and polyphenols it contains. The catechins in tea have apparent inhibitory effects on various pathogenic bacteria such as Typhimurium, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus aureus, and dysentery; flavanols are equivalent to hormone drugs and can promote the activity of the adrenal glands. It has a direct anti-inflammatory effect; the polyphenolic compounds in tea also have an astringent solid impact and have apparent effects on anti-inflammatory and antidiarrheal effects. Tea polyphenols combine with single-cell bacteria to coagulate proteins and kill the bacteria. For example, the most seriously harmful cholera bacteria, typhoid bacilli, Escherichia coli, etc., will lose their vitality if brewed in strong tea for a few minutes.

In addition, tea also contains a variety of bactericidal ingredients. Modern research has found that organic compounds such as alcohols, aldehydes, and esters in tea have bactericidal effects, but the bactericidal mechanisms differ. Some denature proteins in bacteria, while others interfere with bacterial metabolism. In addition, sulfur, iodine, chlorine, and chloride in tea are water-soluble substances that can be brewed into tea soup and have sterilizing and anti-inflammatory effects. A single component causes some of the bactericidal effects of tea. At the same time, more are the result of the combined impact of concentrated components, which will not cause harm to the human body.

Let’s use black tea and Pu’er tea to explain tea's anti-inflammatory and bactericidal effects in detail.

1. black tea

Black tea contains more polyphenols, which have anti-inflammatory effects. The catechins in it can combine with single-cell bacteria to coagulate and precipitate proteins, thereby inhibiting and eliminating pathogenic bacteria. Therefore, drinking black tea is quite beneficial for patients with bacterial dysentery and food poisoning. Folks also often use strong tea to apply to wounds, bedsores, and tinea pedis to achieve anti-inflammatory effects.

2. Pu’er tea

Pu'er tea contains many physiologically active ingredients, which have the effect of sterilization and disinfection and can relieve intestinal diseases, such as cholera, typhoid, dysentery, enteritis, etc. If the skin develops sores, ulcers, and pus, or trauma breaks the skin, rinse the affected area with strong tea, which can reduce inflammation and sterilize. Relevant experts used Pu'er tea to conduct tests on its ability to inhibit the adhesion of Proteus. They found that Pu'er tea has the effect of antibacterial plaque formation, with the best effect at a concentration of 1%.

In addition to drinking, we can also take a bath with Pu'er tea, which enhances physical fitness. Because Pu'er tea contains many tea polyphenols and other substances, it can have anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effects on the human body. Suppose we accidentally fall and scratch the skin or cause skin redness and swelling due to collision, and we cannot find anti-inflammatory medicine. In that case, we could use tea soup to clean the affected area, chew some tea leaves, and apply them to the injured area. Treatment in this way can not only prevent bacterial infection but also reduce inflammation and relieve pain. This is one of the emergency treatment methods.

The so-called cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases are collectively referred to as diseases of the heart, blood vessels, and cerebrovascular. Nowadays, as people's pace of life accelerates and changes, many people suffer from the "three highs," namely high blood pressure, hyperglycemia, and hyperlipidemia. Especially among older people, surveys show that 40% to 45% of people over 60 years old suffer from hypertension as well as hyperglycemia or hyperlipidemia. For this reason, we need to pay more attention to suppressing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

1. Drinking tea can prevent heart disease

When experts studied the efficacy of tea, they analyzed that tea can release high concentrations of tea pigments in high-temperature water, which can not only remove the hardened atherosclerotic substances on the arterial walls and gradually return the arterial tissue to normal but also prevent the deposition of cholesterol substances. On the arterial wall, thus preventing the occurrence of arteriosclerosis.

2. Drinking tea can help lower blood pressure

Long-term use of blood pressure-lowering drugs has both benefits and disadvantages for people. Drinking tea can not only achieve the purpose of lowering blood pressure but also prevent the body from being harmed by drugs. Here are some teas that can lower blood pressure:

(1) Corn silk tea. Corn silk has a good effect on lowering blood pressure. Make tea and drink it several times a day, 25 to 30 grams each time. The clinical application of corn silk tea is particularly effective in treating edema and hypertension caused by nephritis.

(2) Ganoderma lucidum tea. Ganoderma lucidum tea enters the five internal organs and replenishes the qi of the whole body. Anyone with a weak heart, lungs, liver, spleen, and kidneys can take it. Ganoderma lucidum tea strengthens the body, boosts immunity, improves the body's resistance, and lowers blood pressure.

3. Drinking tea can help lower blood sugar and slow down diabetes

The sugar in the blood is called blood sugar. Most of the energy required for the activities of cells in various tissues of the human body comes from glucose.

Although blood sugar is indispensable to humans, it cannot exceed the standard and must be maintained at a certain level. People with high blood sugar can lower their blood sugar by drinking tea, and patients with diabetes can also alleviate their symptoms by drinking tea because the tea polyphenols contained in tea can maintain the average toughness of capillaries and control their permeability, so they can reduce the risk of diabetes with fragile capillaries. The patient returned to microvascular normality.

4. Drinking tea can help lower blood lipids

Blood lipids refer to lipid substances in plasma, including cholesterol, triglycerides, phospholipids, and fatty acids. Drinking tea can lower blood fat. The blood cholesterol levels and the incidence of coronary heart disease among residents in my country's tea-growing areas are significantly lower than those in other regions, which is related to the fact that local residents often drink tea.

We conducted an experiment using oolong tea to lower blood lipids in adult women. After drinking 7 cups of regular-concentration oolong tea every day for six weeks, the levels of triglycerides and phospholipids in the plasma of those who drank oolong tea dropped significantly, which shows that tea does have the ability to lower blood lipids.

In addition to oolong tea, Pu'er tea also protects cardiovascular health. Kuding tea has better functions of softening blood vessels and lowering blood lipids than other teas. It is most suitable for people with high blood pressure and a fat body constitution to drink it for health maintenance. Pu'er tea is mild in nature and ideal for people with weak and cold constitutions.

Tea contains many natural health-preserving effects, and beauty and skincare are some of the critical effects. The vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients in tea can regulate skin function and make the skin more energetic; tea polyphenols can be antioxidant, anti-aging, antibacterial, and anti-obesity; caffeine has refreshing, skin tightening, and astringent effects; tannins Acid absorbs and removes melanin from the human body, making the skin whiter; sugar can enhance skin immunity; chlorophyll promotes tissue and blood regeneration……From this point of view, as long as you insist on drinking and using tea every day, you will inevitably have beauty and skincare effects.

The following are the specific effects and methods of tea beauty and skin care:

1. Whitening and rejuvenating skin

Green tea can deeply cleanse the skin of dirt and oil, soften the cuticle, and make the skin soft and white.

Moreover, tea baths can warm the body from the inside out, especially for those with weak and cold constitutions.

We can use green tea powder rich in vitamin C to make a facial mask. Compared with lemon, which is also rich in vitamin C, it is not acidic and does not irritate the skin. The tannic acid contained in the tea powder can also increase skin elasticity and help moisturize and nourish the skin. In addition to whitening the skin, tea powder has a bactericidal effect and is very effective in treating acne and suppuration. We can also apply barley and almond powder with jasmine tea on the face and massage it briefly. This can exfoliate and make the skin smooth and elastic.

2. Shrink pores

Tea also has skin rejuvenation effects. When the skin is dull, add a little rose pollen and warm black tea and apply it on the forehead and cheeks to make the skin rosy and energetic. The unfinished herbal green tea can also be used as cleansing water. Soak a cotton pad and wipe it on the skin. The catechins in it can shrink pores and increase skin elasticity.

3. Remove acne

Since ancient times, folk prescriptions have used tea as an ointment to treat skin diseases. Therefore, if the face if you have acne or inflammatory acne, you can use a small amount of copy powder mixed with herbal green tea to make a paste and apply it on the affected area once a day to help get rid of annoying acne.

4. Reduce dark circles and edema

Lack of sleep, overuse of eyes, etc., can cause dark circles. In addition to regular work, rest, and adequate sleep, tea is an excellent way to reduce dark circles and edema.

We can use overnight or slightly chilled tea bags to apply on the eyes, which can effectively relieve temporary dark circles, fatigue, and eye puffiness caused by staying up late, edema, and other reasons, accelerate blood circulation in the eyes, clear and prevent Melanin precipitation. Strengthen the maintenance effect and make your eyes look radiant. Moreover, regular hot compresses with green tea bags can also effectively reduce eye bags.

It has consistently been recognized that drinking tea can improve beauty. The beauty nutrients contained in tea are precious and have an excellent moisturizing effect on the skin. On the other hand, drinking tea can help the body eliminate toxins, making the skin look healthier and refreshing. Therefore, if you love beauty, you must take advantage of such an effective and convenient beauty method!

Brew a pot of tea and let the fragrant aroma hit your face. The gentleness of the tea leaves and the blend with the water will soothe people's souls. "To clear your heart, you can use tea, and tea can clear your heart; if you want to clear your mind, the only way is fragrant tea." This is indeed true. When people feel sad, tea can dilute their worries; when people feel confused, tea can reduce their irritability; when people are depressed, tea can soothe their mood with the comfort of tea. Therefore, tea has been loved by people since ancient times.

Tea can not only clear the mind and reduce fire but also improve eyesight. Drinking more tea can prevent cataracts. Cataracts are caused by free radicals produced by oxidation reactions in the human body acting on the eye's lens. The antioxidant metabolites produced by the decomposition of tea polyphenols in tea can prevent the production of free radicals in the body. Oxidation reaction of radicals. The incidence of cataracts is closely related to the carotene content and concentration in human plasma. For patients with cataracts, the carotene concentration in their plasma is often deficient, and the incidence rate is 3 to 4 times higher than that of ordinary people. Therefore, these patients need to take a carotene supplement in time. In addition to supplementing the diet, tea contains much higher carotene than ordinary vegetables and fruits. When people drink tea, these healthy elements included in the tea quietly enter the human body and exert their special effects. From this point of view, not only do people suffering from cataracts need to drink tea appropriately, but regular drinking of tea by ordinary people can also protect the eyes.

Here are several teas that are good for your eyes, for reference only:

1. Green tea

Green tea contains powerful antioxidants, vitamin C, and catechins, which can not only remove free radicals in the body but also relieve people's tension and effectively relieve optic nerve fatigue.

2. Wolfberry tea

Wolfberry is rich in carotene and vitamins, which are vital for protecting the eyes. It has a sweet taste, and when used to make tea, it can enhance the flavor. It is a delicious and nutritious drink.

In addition to the above two teas that have significant effects on the eyes, there are many more that we can choose according to our own needs.

As a trendy drink among modern people, tea has a thirst-quenching effect. When the tea slides down the thirsty throat, the smooth feeling spreads to the bottom of the heart, infiltrating the internal organs. Those thirsty feelings deep in the heart will slowly disappear as the tea flows, making people comfortable and comfortable. Especially in the hot summer, the scorching air and blazing sunshine can easily make people thirsty or suffer from heat stroke. At this time, if you set up a small table in the courtyard and enjoy tea and chat with three or five friends, there will be something unexplainable. Enjoyment.

Tea is an excellent drink to quench thirst and relieve summer heat. Tea contains high nutrients, including vitamins A and C, which can improve the body's tolerance to high temperatures in summer. Drinking hot tea can dissipate heat through sweating, dissipate heat in the body, and replenish body water in time. Tea also contains sugar, pectin, amino acids, and other ingredients, which can interact with saliva to relieve heat and promote fluid production. Studies have shown that after drinking hot tea for 9 minutes, the skin temperature drops by 1°C~2°C. Therefore, drinking tea can make people feel relaxed.

Among all tea types, black and white tea is more effective in quenching thirst and relieving heat. Experiments have shown that black tea contains more polyphenols, sugars, amino acids, and pectin, which can stimulate saliva secretion, moisturize the mouth, and produce a cooling sensation; at the same time, some aspects in black tea control the body temperature center, Therefore, regular drinking of black tea can also regulate body temperature and maintain physiological balance in the body.

White tea has remarkable effects in clearing away heat, reducing fire, and balancing blood sugar. Especially the 20-year-old Chen Yun white tea can be brewed more than 15 times, and the tea soup will not deteriorate for 36 hours, which is especially suitable for people to drink in the hot summer.

In addition to the two kinds of tea mentioned above, cassia seed tea and lotus leaf tea can relieve summer heat, quench thirst, and replenish water in the human body. People can make different choices according to their tastes.

On a scorching afternoon, sitting in the shade with a cup of tea and sipping slowly achieves quenching thirst and refreshes people.

The body and mind feel relaxed and comfortable.

The liver is an organ in the body whose primary function is metabolism, and one of its functions is detoxification. Due to the blood flow during liver detoxification, other body parts will continue to produce metabolites during regular operation during detoxification.

Therefore, there will always be some toxins in the blood. These can only maintain normal bodily operations, but it is difficult to relieve those imposed toxins. If people often stay up late, drink alcohol, take medicine, etc., it will only put a significant burden on the liver and damage its detoxification function. This will lead to accelerated aging of cells in other organs, significantly increasing toxins in the body, which is harmful to the human body. There is no benefit.

Tea is rich in vitamin C, which can enhance the liver's detoxification function. Therefore, regular tea drinking can reduce the toxins in people's bodies and protect the liver.

In addition to protecting the liver, tea also warms the stomach, but not all types of tea have this effect. For example, people may feel stomach discomfort when drinking green tea without eating it. This is because tea polyphenols, an essential substance in tea, have astringent properties and a specific stimulating effect on the stomach. Stronger sex. Therefore, green tea does not have a stomach-warming effect.

Some people may say that neither black tea nor green tea contains tea. So why can black tea warm the stomach? Because black tea is made through fermentation and baking, the tea polyphenols undergo a fermentation-promoting oxidation reaction under the action of oxidase. The content is reduced, and the irritation to the stomach is naturally reduced. The oxidation products of these tea polyphenols can also promote Human digestion. Therefore, compared with green tea, black tea can regulate the gastrointestinal tract better. Some people like adding milk and sugar to black tea, which can nourish and warm the stomach.

Tea contains various chemical components, including more than 20 amino acids alone. Theanine accounts for about 50% of its total amino acid content. The decomposition products of theanine in the human body can promote the immune response of T lymphocytes to the invasion of external pathogenic microorganisms and stimulate the secretion of interferon. Interferon is a protein with broad-spectrum antiviral effects in the human body. Another effect of tea is that it prevents and fights cancer.

We already know that free radicals in the human body are highly harmful to the human body. They are a group of dangerous "garbage" produced by the human body while consuming oxygen during the respiratory metabolism. It exists in almost every cell of the human body and is a significant hidden danger and "ticking time bomb" of the human body. Research shows that free radicals are also a significant cause of genetic mutation and carcinogenesis. Under normal circumstances, the human body is in a dynamic balance where free radicals are constantly produced and eliminated. Once too many free radicals are created, the possibility of causing cancer in the human body increases.

Catechins, the main component of tea polyphenols in tea, are antioxidants and potent inhibitors of free radicals. After tea polyphenols enter the human body, this substance combines with carcinogens to decompose them, reducing the activity of carcinogens, thereby inhibiting the growth of cancer cells, blocking the synthesis of various carcinogens such as nitrite in the body, and controlling the growth of cancer cells. Proliferate and can directly kill cancer cells and improve the body's immunity. According to relevant data, drinking tea is beneficial to preventing and auxiliary treatment of various cancers, such as gastric and intestinal cancer.