Treating Measles
White tea is known for its properties in preventing cancer, combating heatstroke, detoxifying, and relieving toothaches. Aged white tea, in particular, can be used as a fever reducer for children with measles, with its effects surpassing those of antibiotics.
In northern China and Fujian, it is widely regarded as a remedy for measles patients. As noted by the Qing Dynasty scholar Zhou Liangong in "Min Xiao Ji": "White Peony Silver Needle tea, produced in the Hongxue Cave of Taimu Mountain, has a cold nature and effects similar to rhinoceros horn, making it a sacred remedy for measles."
Promoting Blood Sugar Balance
Market research on health teas shows that white tea contains not only the nutrients found in other teas but also essential active enzymes. Medical studies confirm that long-term consumption of white tea can significantly increase lipoprotein lipase activity, promote fat metabolism, regulate insulin secretion, delay glucose absorption, and break down excess blood sugar, thereby balancing blood sugar levels. Rich in amino acids, white tea has cooling properties that help prevent heatstroke, making White Peony tea a summer staple in its production regions.
Improving Vision
The longer white tea is stored, the higher its medicinal value.
White tea is also rich in provitamin A, which converts into vitamin A in the body. Vitamin A synthesizes rhodopsin, enhancing night vision and preventing night blindness and dry eye syndrome.
Additionally, white tea contains anti-radiation compounds that protect hematopoietic function and reduce harm from TV radiation. Drinking white tea while watching TV is highly beneficial, especially for children, as it supports eye health and overall well-being.
Liver Protection
White tea leaves are rich in natural flavonoids like dihydromyricetin.
Excessive alcohol consumption overwhelms the liver's metabolic and detoxification capacities, leading to liver cell damage, fat synthesis, hypoxia, and acetaldehyde production, which disrupts liver function. This can result in alcoholic hepatitis, fatty liver, fibrosis, cirrhosis, or even liver cancer.
Acetaldehyde, a byproduct of ethanol metabolism, is the main cause of hangovers and liver damage.
Clinical trials demonstrate that dihydromyricetin in white tea protects the liver by accelerating the breakdown of acetaldehyde into non-toxic substances, reducing liver cell damage. It also inhibits collagen fiber formation in hepatic stellate cells, providing lasting liver protection and serving as an effective remedy for hangovers.