Regarding Pu’er tea, let’s first listen to a true story told by Wang Fang, chief physician of the Cardiology Department of Beijing Hospital:
I have a friend who suffered from coronary heart disease very early, and then underwent surgery to put a stent. Suffering from a bad stomach, it is impossible to take aspirin for a long time after the operation to reduce the formation of blood clots.
This problem has troubled him for a long time, until by chance, he came into contact with Pu’er tea. He specifically measured the platelet aggregation rate before and after drinking tea, and found that its effect was no less than that of aspirin, so he drank it for eight years.
This chance, “accidentally” made my friend recover in good health, and now all indicators are tending to normal.
Pu’er tea can really be said to be “aspirin” in tea! But the benefits of Pu’er tea are not limited to this~
7 authoritative organizations took 5 years to verify
Pu’er can be called Longevity Tea
The story at the beginning of the article is definitely not an example. The “Puer Tea Key Technology Research Project” completed by 7 units including the Institute of Industrial Science of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and the Modern Research Center of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Peking University lasted for 5 years. , lowering blood fat and other health effects!
Chen Zongmao, a researcher at the Institute of Industrial Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, the chief expert of the project, said: This project has passed the clinical trial verification of metabolic syndrome for the first time, confirming that Pu’er tea has health effects in terms of weight loss, blood lipid lowering, blood sugar lowering, anti-oxidation, and immune regulation.
1. Aid in weight loss
In France and Japan, Puer tea is known as “slim tea” and “slimming tea”. It is also said in “Compendium of Materia Medica”: Pu’er tea is bitter in taste, and it can relieve the poison of greasy cattle and sheep… Scraping the intestines and ventilating.
2. Lower blood fat
Many clinical studies on Pu’er tea have found that patients with cardiovascular disease who drink tea for a long time have lower whole blood viscosity, plasma viscosity, and whole blood reduced viscosity than those who do not drink tea.
3. Lower blood pressure
The tea polyphenols in Pu’er tea can help stabilize the blood pressure of the human body. In addition, the caffeine and catechin in Pu’er tea have the effect of relaxing blood vessels, and the diastolic blood pressure will drop when the blood flows through the blood vessels.
4. Strong blood vessels
The catechins in Pu’er tea slow down the speed of atherosclerosis to a certain extent. The aromatic glycosides in Pu’er tea can maintain the normal resistance of capillaries, which is equivalent to enhancing the toughness of blood vessel walls.
5. Raw Pu for weight loss and lipid reduction, cooked Pu for nourishing the stomach and preventing cold
Professor Yang Li from Xiyuan Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences said: Pu’er tea was used for medicinal purposes in ancient times. The raw Pu’er tea has a strong gas and high content of tea polyphenols. It is a good drink for cancer prevention. , diuretic, and fire-dispelling effects, it is an effective partner for women to lose weight; while cooked Pu-erh is slightly fermented, it is basically warm and has the effect of nourishing the stomach and warming the body, so it is more suitable for people with cold stomach.
6. Skin care
Pu’er tea leaves are rich in the trace element manganese, which has a good protective effect on the skin.
7. Warm up and get rid of body cold
Pu’er tea is very suitable for drinking in winter. Song Xin from the Nutrition Department of Beijing Chaoyang Hospital said that Pu’er tea is mild in nature and suitable for people with weak and cold constitutions.
8. Eye protection
According to Qiu Lixin, Director of TCM Ophthalmology Department of Beijing Tongren Hospital Eye Center, when eyes are tired, you can choose warm tea such as cooked Pu’er, add some medlar, jujube, ginger slices, a little chrysanthemum, rock sugar, and drink it warmly in small amounts each time. , Nourish yin and nourish yang and appease the spleen and stomach.
Pu’er is divided into raw and cooked, and the drinking method is particular
Pu-erh tea can be divided into raw and cooked, mainly depending on whether the fermentation is sufficient:
- Raw tea has not been fermented, the soup color is light, chestnut red, yellow-green, crystal clear, the tea soup has an astringent taste, and the aftertaste is quick;
- Ripe tea is processed by artificial fermentation. The soup color is dark red or maroon, and the taste is sweet and pure.
There are also differences in the drinking methods of the two.
1. Drink raw Pueraria in the morning
In the morning, you can drink raw tea to cheer up your spirits. You can drink raw Pu-erh tea when you work in the morning. The degree of ripening and oxidation of raw tea is not high, the taste is strong, and the refreshing effect is good.
2. Drink cooked Puerto in the afternoon
In the evening, I ate big fish and meat, so I was afraid of indigestion, so I drank cooked Pu-erh tea. Ripe tea is fermented, gentle and mellow, not only does not irritate the gastrointestinal tract, but also helps to regulate the stomach, drinking a small amount will not affect sleep.
3. Drink cooked instead of raw before going to bed
Do not drink raw tea before going to bed, because theophylline and other substances in raw tea have obvious excitatory effects on the central nervous system. If you want to drink, you can drink some light cooked tea. The cooked tea is warm and moist, and the content of theophylline is less than 20%. Not only will it not stimulate the central nervous system, but it can also play a role in sleeping.
4. Drink some chrysanthemums in spring
According to Professor Yang Li, cooked Pu’er is warm in nature, and the body’s yang energy rises in spring. Drinking cooked Pu’er is easy to get angry. If you get angry from drinking cooked Pu’er in spring, it is recommended to add some chrysanthemum tea to drink, because chrysanthemum is cooler in nature and can neutralize the warmth of cooked Pu’er.
In addition, when drinking Pu-erh tea in spring, you should control the amount and soaking time. Try to brew the tea as lightly as possible. If you put more tea leaves, the soaking time will be shortened.
5. It is best to drink 2 hours after meals
Some people like to drink Pu’er tea immediately after eating to relieve greasy and digest food, but actually it is not good for health. Pu-erh tea contains tannic acid. If you drink it immediately after a meal, the undigested protein in the stomach will combine with tannic acid to form a non-digestible solidified substance, which will affect the digestion and absorption of protein. It is best to drink Pu’er tea 2 hours after a meal, which will not affect the absorption of nutrients, but also reduce weight and fat.
6. 12 grams a day
For adults who are healthy and often drink tea, it is more appropriate to drink about 12 grams of tea a day and brew it 3 to 4 times.
People who consume a lot of physical labor, eat a lot, like tobacco, alcohol, and greasy food, and are often exposed to high-temperature environments and exposed to toxic substances can increase their daily tea consumption to 20 grams.
However, be careful not to drink tea after drinking, otherwise it will double stimulate the heart and increase the burden on the heart. In addition, patients with constipation, iron deficiency anemia, stomach problems and patients with fever should not drink tea, especially strong tea.
Many people only know to drink green tea to protect the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular, but green tea is cold in nature, and many middle-aged and elderly friends have some Yang deficiency. Compared with green tea, Pu-erh does not have this problem at all!
