Kuding tea has very noticeable medicinal effects. Traditional Chinese medicine believes it can disperse wind-heat, clear the head and eyes, and relieve restlessness and thirst. It is used to treat headaches, toothaches, red eyes, febrile diseases with thirst, dysentery, and more. Below is an introduction to the characteristics of Kuding tea.
Chemical composition: Contains ursolic acid, β-amyrin, lupeol, taraxerol, etc.
Properties and taste: Very cold in nature, bitter and sweet in taste.
Finished product characteristics: The leaves are ovate-oblong, leathery, not wrinkled, some slightly longitudinally curled. The upper surface is yellowish-green or grayish-green and glossy, the lower surface is yellowish-green. Taste is slightly bitter.
Kuding tea (Ilex kudingcha C. J. Tseng) is an evergreen tree of the Ilex genus in the Aquifoliaceae family, commonly known as Cha Ding, Fu Ding Cha, or Gao Lu Cha. Kuding tea contains over 200 components such as kuding saponins, amino acids, vitamin C, polyphenols, flavonoids, caffeine, and proteins. The finished tea has a fragrant aroma, initially bitter then sweet and cool. It possesses multiple effects including clearing heat and relieving summer heat, improving eyesight and intelligence, promoting saliva production and quenching thirst, diuresis and strengthening the heart, moistening the throat and relieving cough, lowering blood pressure and aiding weight loss, inhibiting and preventing cancer, anti-aging, and activating blood circulation. It is often praised as "Health Tea", "Beauty Tea", "Weight Loss Tea", "Blood Pressure-Lowering Tea", and "Longevity Tea". In recent years, research on Kuding tea has focused on processed tea products and tea beverages for nutrition and health purposes. Products like bagged Kuding tea, Kuding tea granules, Kuding tea lozenges, and compound Kuding tea have been successfully developed. Current research on cultivation, processing, physiology, biochemistry, and applications is very active. However, further in-depth exploration is needed regarding fine and deep processing, trade, physiological and biochemical mechanisms, especially the functional components of Kuding tea, to promote the development and utilization of Kuding tea beverage resources.
Functions and indications: Disperses wind-heat, clears the head and eyes, relieves restlessness and thirst. Used for headaches, toothaches, red eyes, febrile diseases with thirst, and dysentery. Aids digestion and resolves phlegm, relieves restlessness and thirst, benefits the two excretions (urination and defecation), removes greasiness, disperses liver wind, treats tinnitus and deafness, activates blood circulation, and cools the uterus.
The above is an introduction to the characteristics of Kuding tea, hoping to help everyone understand this knowledge.