White Tea has a slightly cool nature, and drinking it can have a heat-clearing and fire-reducing effect. Patients with measles can also drink white tea in moderation, as it has an auxiliary therapeutic effect. White tea is protective of the liver; drinking it in moderation after alcohol consumption can promote the Metabolism of alcohol and reduce damage to the body, and it is also beneficial for vision. White tea contains essential active enzymes that can accelerate the breakdown of fats and sugars, helping to regulate blood Sugar.

Benefits and Effects

1. Heat Prevention and Detoxification: White tea contains multiple amino acids, and its cool nature makes it effective in retreating fevers, eliminating summer heat, and detoxifying the body.

2. Blood Pressure Reduction: White tea contains xanthines, which have vasodilatory effects. Additionally, white tea can promote urination, thereby contributing to lowering blood pressure.

3. Eye Health: White tea is rich in vitamin A precursors, which convert into vitamin A after being absorbed by the body. It can help prevent night blindness and dry eye disease, and white tea also has radiation protection properties.

4. Beauty and Skin Care: White tea has potent antioxidant functions, strengthening skin resistance and preventing discomfort caused by external environmental factors. It delays skin aging and maintains a lustrous complexion.

5. Dental Protection: White tea contains high levels of fluoride, which can effectively prevent tooth decay and protect teeth.

Suitable for

Those with a hot stomach

Avoid for

Those who are physically weak due to kidney deficiency, heart patients, those with severe constipation, those with severe nervous debility, and those with iron-deficiency anemia

Not Suitable for Co-consumption

1. Medications: The tannins in white tea can chemically react with certain medications, forming precipitates that may interfere with drug absorption.

2. Lamb: White tea should not be consumed together with lamb because the rich proteins in lamb can react with the tannins in tea to form a substance called tannate of protein. This substance has a certain astringent effect on the intestines, weakening intestinal peristalsis and reducing water content in stools, potentially leading to constipation.

Methods of Consumption

1. Pomegranate White Tea

Remove the seeds from the pomegranate and use a garlic press to extract the juice. Steep white tea in 95-degree water and strain out the liquid. Add an appropriate amount of pomegranate juice to the tea water.

2. White Tea Nourishing Porridge

Rinse glutinous rice and regular rice and soak them in cold water for a while. Once the water for cooking the rice comes to a boil, add the white tea and cook until the cooking program ends.

Nutritional Value

White tea is a slightly fermented tea and one of the six major types of Chinese Tea. White tea has a sweet, slightly bitter taste and is cool in nature. It primarily enters the Heart, Lung, and Stomach meridians and has effects such as nourishing the liver and blood, clearing heat and moistening the lungs, sobering up and improving vision. It can be used for redness and swelling of the eyes due to liver fire, lung heat cough, and injury to the spleen and stomach from alcohol consumption. White tea contains polyphenols, vitamins, catechins, flavonoids, and other compounds, which have antioxidant properties and can help regulate blood sugar, lipids, and blood pressure. The fluoride content in white tea is very high, which can effectively prevent tooth decay and protect teeth. A distinctive feature of white tea is its richness in amino acids, especially theanine, which not only enhances the aroma and freshness of the finished tea but also boosts the immune system and benefits overall health.