Due to dieting and reduced food intake, there may be insufficient food residue, sometimes accumulating for several days before elimination, easily leading to dryness. It is recommended to drink oolong tea.
Ingredients: Oolong tea
Method: Simply steep in boiling water.
Effects: Aids digestion, removes phlegm, relieves greasy food and alcohol toxins, reduces fat.
2. For edema: Drink Coix seed tea
There are many causes of edema. If it is simply due to water retention, it is recommended to drink coix seed tea.
Ingredients: 10g stir-fried coix seeds, 5g fresh lotus leaves, 5g hawthorn.
Method: Boil in hot water and drink.
Effects: Clears heat, promotes diuresis, treats edema.
3. For stress-induced constipation: Drink lotus leaf tea
Low mood and high mental stress may increase intestinal sensitivity, leading to constipation. It is recommended to drink lotus leaf tea.
Ingredients: 3g lotus leaves, 6g stir-fried Cassia seeds, 3 rose buds.
Method: Steep in boiling water.
Effects: Clears summer heat and dampness, treats water swelling, promotes vitality and smooth flow.
4. For diet-related constipation: Drink Cassia seed tea
People with slow intestinal motility (especially those dieting for weight loss) are prone to stool accumulation and constipation. It is recommended to drink Cassia seed tea.
Ingredients: Cassia seed tea
Method: Steep in hot water.
Effects: Clears liver, improves vision, promotes diuresis and bowel movement.
5. For bloating: Drink barley sprout tea
Poor gas expulsion can cause abdominal and stomach bloating. It is recommended to drink barley sprout tea.
Ingredients: 5 Qian (approx. 15g) stir-fried barley sprouts, 5 Fen (approx. 1.5g) hawthorn.
Method: Steep with rock sugar in water.
Effects: Stimulates appetite, strengthens spleen, harmonizes middle burner, relieves food stagnation and bloating.
6. For fat reduction: Drink lemon tea
It can both reduce fat, remove greasiness, and whiten the skin.
Ingredients: Sliced lemon.
Method: Squeeze lemon juice, mix with warm water, and add appropriate honey.
Effects: Reduces fat, aids digestion, whitens skin, moisturizes lungs.
7. For indigestion: Drink Pu'er tea
Food stagnating in the stomach not only affects gastrointestinal function but also prevents normal consumption of fats and sugars, leading to weight gain. It is recommended to drink Pu'er tea.
Ingredients: Pu'er tea leaves, 5 dried chrysanthemum flowers.
Method: Steep in hot water.
Effects: Aids digestion, eliminates grease.
8. For stomach protection: Drink rose tea
Versatile roses can be used in tea or wine. Drinking more can protect the stomach.
Ingredients: 5g roses.
Method: Steep in warm water.
Effects: Activates blood, dissipates stasis, treats liver and stomach pain.
9. For clearing heat and detoxification: Drink chrysanthemum tea
The most convenient drink for clearing heat and losing weight.
Ingredients: A few dried chrysanthemum flowers.
Method: Steep directly in hot water.
Effects: Clears summer heat, detoxifies, reduces fat, lowers blood pressure.
10. For greasiness: Drink tangerine peel tea
If you accidentally eat too much greasy food, brew a pot of tangerine peel tea to remove the grease.
Ingredients: 4g tangerine peel.
Method: Steep in boiling water.
Effects: Regulates Qi, harmonizes middle burner, soothes liver, strengthens spleen, relieves stagnation.
11. For meat eaters: Drink hawthorn tea
Hawthorn tea is more suitable for obese people who like to eat meat.
Ingredients: 10g hawthorn.
Method: Decoction in water.
Effects: Eliminates grease, helps excrete waste, dissipates stasis and phlegm.
12. For diuresis and lipid reduction: Drink sour and astringent root tea
An excellent drink for weight loss. Boil a cup after meals to achieve weight loss goals while enjoying a sweet and sour taste.
Ingredients: 10g hawthorn, 10g shepherd's purse flowers, 10g corn silk, 10g tea tree root, a little sugar.
Method: Grind all ingredients into coarse powder, decoct and extract juice.
Effects: Promotes diuresis and lowers lipids, suitable for obese people and those with high blood pressure.
What tea is good for the skin? What tea can be used for skincare?
Green tea: Removes spots, whitens, enhances skin elasticity. (West Lake Longjing, Xinyang Maojian, Biluochun)
Black tea: Boosts immunity, suitable for winter consumption. (Dianhong, Yixing black tea)
Oolong tea: Lowers blood lipids (can add white chrysanthemum). (Anxi Tieguanyin, Dongding Oolong tea)
Dark tea: Weight loss. (Pu'er tea)
White tea: Reduces internal heat. (White Peony, Baihao Yinzhen)
Yellow tea: Quit smoking. (Junshan Yinzhen, Mengding Huangya, Huoshan Huangya)
Flower tea: Stress relief. (Jasmine tea)
Non-tea "tea": Detoxification. (Kuding tea)
Rose: Reduces internal heat, regulates blood flow, promotes blood circulation, beautifies skin, and has the effect of relieving fatigue, protecting the liver and stomach.
Lavender: Relaxes nerves, helps with sleep, an ideal flower tea for treating migraines.
Jasmine: Has a refreshing effect, can stabilize emotions and relieve depression. People with chronic bronchitis should drink more, and it is also helpful for constipation.
Calendula: Has excellent therapeutic effects on digestive system ulcers and lymphadenitis. Helps relieve menstrual pain; women are advised to drink more.
Linden flower: Can alleviate colds, helps treat neurasthenia, lowers blood pressure, and prevents arteriosclerosis.
Violet: Helps treat respiratory diseases and can also solve bad breath caused by tooth decay.
Drink flower tea in spring
In spring, the earth returns to life, and all things revive. Like nature, the human body is in a state of stretching. At this time, it is suitable to drink flower teas such as jasmine and osmanthus. Flower tea is warm in nature. Drinking flower tea in spring can dispel the cold accumulated in the body during winter and promote the growth of yang energy. Flower tea has a strong aroma, fragrant but not greasy, refreshing and not turbid, which lifts the spirit, eliminates spring fatigue, and improves human efficiency.
Drink green tea in summer
Summer has scorching heat and high humidity, causing excessive sweating and loss of body fluids. At this time, it is suitable to drink green teas such as Longjing, Maojian, and Biluochun. Green tea is slightly bitter and cold in nature, with functions of clearing heat, relieving summer heat, detoxifying, reducing internal heat, quenching thirst, producing body fluids, and refreshing the mind. Green tea has a green liquor and green leaves, a clear and refreshing taste, sweet and slightly bitter, rich in vitamins, amino acids, and minerals. Drinking it not only relieves summer heat but also supplements nutrition.
Drink oolong tea in autumn
Autumn weather is dry, "dryness Qi prevails," often causing dry mouth and tongue. It is suitable to drink oolong, Tieguanyin, and other oolong teas. Oolong tea is neutral in nature, between red and green tea, neither cold nor hot, suitable for autumn climate. Regular drinking can moisturize the skin, benefit the lungs, produce body fluids, and soothe the throat, effectively removing residual heat in the body and restoring body fluids, greatly benefiting health in autumn. Oolong tea has a golden liquor, plump and uniform shape, tight and curled, greenish luster, rich aroma, and a refreshing, sweet aftertaste.
Drink black tea in winter
Winter has low temperatures and strong cold Qi. Human physiological functions decline, yang Qi gradually weakens, and demands for energy and nutrition are higher. The way of health lies in keeping warm and improving disease resistance. At this time, it is suitable to drink black teas such as Qimen and Dianhong, and dark teas such as Pu'er and Liubao. Black tea is sweet and warm in nature, rich in protein. Drinking it in winter can nourish the body, store yang Qi, generate heat, warm the abdomen, thereby enhancing the body's adaptability to winter climate.
