Treating Measles
White tea has anti-cancer, anti-oxidation, heat-relieving, detoxifying, and toothache-relieving properties. In particular, aged white tea can be used as an antipyretic for children suffering from measles, with a fever-reducing effect even better than antibiotics. It is widely regarded as a remedy for treating and nursing measles patients in northern China and Fujian. Therefore, the Qing Dynasty scholar Zhou Lianggong recorded in Min Xiao Ji: "Baihao Yinzhen, produced in the Hongxue Cave of Taimu Mountain, is cold in nature and as effective as rhino horn, making it a holy medicine for treating measles."
Promoting Blood Sugar Balance
Health tea market research shows that in addition to the inherent nutrients of other teas, white tea also contains active enzymes necessary for the human body. Medical research at home and abroad has proven that long-term consumption of white tea can significantly increase the activity of lipoprotein lipase in the body, promote fat decomposition and metabolism, effectively control insulin secretion, delay the intestinal absorption of glucose, break down excess sugar in the blood, and promote blood sugar balance. White tea is rich in various amino acids and has a cold nature, making it effective for reducing fever, relieving heat, and detoxifying. In tea-producing regions, drinking a cup of Bai Mudan tea in summer rarely leads to heatstroke. Therefore, Bai Mudan is one of the essential white teas for local tea farmers in summer.
Improving Eyesight
The longer white tea is stored, the higher its medicinal value. White tea is also rich in provitamin A, which, after being absorbed by the human body, is quickly converted into vitamin A. Vitamin A helps synthesize rhodopsin, enabling the eyes to see more clearly in dim light, and preventing night blindness and dry eye syndrome. At the same time, white tea contains anti-radiation substances that significantly protect the hematopoietic function of the human body and reduce the harm caused by television radiation. Therefore, drinking more white tea while watching TV is highly beneficial, especially for children, as it helps protect their eyesight and promote health.
Protecting the Liver
White tea is rich in natural flavonoids such as dihydromyricetin. When alcohol intake exceeds the liver's metabolic and detoxification capacity, alcohol can directly or indirectly damage liver cells, stimulate fat synthesis, cause hypoxia, produce acetaldehyde, and induce various enzyme activities, disrupting liver metabolism. This can lead to a series of clinical symptoms, including alcoholic hepatitis, fatty liver, liver fibrosis, cirrhosis, and even liver cancer. In addition, acetaldehyde, a metabolite of ethanol, is the main cause of hangovers and headaches the day after drinking, and it is a major substance that damages the liver.
Numerous clinical trials have proven that natural flavonoids such as dihydromyricetin in white tea can protect the liver, accelerate the breakdown of acetaldehyde into non-toxic substances, and reduce damage to liver cells.
On the other hand, dihydromyricetin can improve the increase in serum lactate dehydrogenase activity caused by liver cell damage, inhibit the formation of collagen fibers in hepatic M cells, thereby protecting the liver and quickly restoring normal liver function. At the same time, dihydromyricetin takes effect rapidly and has a lasting effect, making it an excellent product for liver protection and hangover relief.