Black Tea is a fully Fermented tea, with a dark brown and lustrous color and a sweet, rich aroma, hence its name. Its main benefits are to invigorate the stomach and aid digestion, as well as to promote diuresis and reduce swelling.
What are the effects and benefits of black tea?
Firstly, it has a stimulating and fatigue-relieving effect, as black tea can excite the central nervous system, speed up blood circulation, which is conducive to metabolism, helping to concentrate and eliminate fatigue.
Secondly, black tea has a saliva-stimulating and heat-clearing effect. The polyphenols, sugars, amino acids, pectin, etc., in black tea can stimulate the secretion of saliva. The Caffeine it contains can control the body temperature center in the hypothalamus, maintaining physiological balance within the body and achieving the effect of stimulating saliva secretion and clearing heat.
Thirdly, drinking black tea has a diuretic and swelling-reducing effect. The caffeine in black tea can dilate the microvessels of the kidneys and inhibit the reabsorption of water by the renal tubules, increasing urine volume. This helps to eliminate lactic acid, Uric acid, excess salts, harmful substances, etc., from the body and can alleviate edema caused by heart disease or kidney disease.
Fourthly, black tea has an anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effect. The catechins in black tea can bind to single-cell bacteria, causing the proteins in the cells to coagulate and precipitate, thus inhibiting and eliminating pathogens. In folk medicine, concentrated black tea juice is also used to treat wounds and bedsores. It also has a detoxifying effect; the theabasin in black tea can adsorb heavy metals and alkaloids, precipitating them and discharging them from the body, providing a detoxifying and purifying health benefit.
Fifthly, black tea can strengthen bones. The polyphenols in black tea can inhibit substances that destroy bone cells. Long-term consumption can strengthen muscles and bones and prevent osteoporosis in women.
Sixthly, black tea has an anti-aging effect. Black tea is rich in antioxidants that can completely disrupt the chemical pathways of cancer cells, demonstrating a clear anti-aging effect.
Seventhly, it has a stomach-nourishing and stomach-protecting effect. Since black tea is a fully fermented tea, it can nourish the stomach and promote digestion. If Sugar or milk is added to black tea, it can have an anti-inflammatory and protective effect on the gastric mucosa, having a certain effect on gastric ulcers.
Eighthly, black tea has a strengthening effect on the heart. Black tea has an exciting effect on the circulatory system and the heart, enhancing cardiac function, accelerating blood circulation and metabolism.
Black tea has the effects of nourishing the stomach and warming the body, refreshing the mind, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling, and aiding digestion and stopping diarrhea. Black tea is warm in nature, sweet in taste, and enters the Heart, Lung, and Stomach meridians. It has the effects of nourishing the stomach and warming the body, refreshing the mind, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling, and aiding digestion and stopping diarrhea. Prepare an appropriate amount of tea leaves and steep them with boiling water above 90 degrees Celsius. The first infusion should not be too long, just a few seconds, this is known as washing the tea. After the second pouring of water, you can wait about 2 minutes before drinking.