Drink herbal tea in summer

Drinking herbal tea has curative effects such as heat and heat. In summer, people like to drink a cup of herbal tea to cool and cool, but how to drink it is the most healthy? If you drink too much and you are wrong, it will have a negative effect and cause harm to human health. Therefore, it is necessary to pay attention to several “don’ts” when drinking herbal tea in summer.

1. Do not drink overnight herbal tea.

This has already heard a lot of people in life. In the past, many people would put their herbal tea in a large teapot with an earthenware broom before going to bed. After a night's soaking, they would be exceptionally cool. The next day, the family could drink a day. Xiao Bian had such an experience when he was a child. But in fact this is unhealthy. Do not drink any tea overnight, even if you are using a good purple teapot.

2. Do not drink herbal tea for a long time.

We said that herbal tea is also a medicine and it is a poison for three drugs. Herbal medicine ingredients in herbal tea, even if it is drug-like nature, drink too much hurt the spleen and stomach, not to mention drink over the years, destroy the balance of the intestinal micro-ecology, weak body immunity, respiratory tract infections, gastro-intestinal diseases, allergies, etc. The chance of disease will also increase. Therefore, herbal tea should not be consumed for a long time.

3. Do not drink bitter cold herbal tea.

Chinese medicine said that "cold cold is the injury to the lungs," "strong cold water is injured kidney," so drink cold herbal tea is not very good for the lungs and kidneys. In particular, children are more focused because the children are weak in the spleen and stomach and cannot be cold. If you drink too much herbal tea, it will have a serious impact on your body.

4. Do not only soak herbal tea.

At first, the ancients used tea to put the tea into a kettle and boil it, which is roughly the same as the current method of decocting. It was not until the Song Dynasty that the tea-making method began to appear. The ingredients of herbal tea are special compared to the usual sense of “tea ingredients”. Most of them have efficacy properties, and if cooked, they are more likely to exert their effects. It's best to use the old-style lidded clay pot on the container. One is not to hurt the material, and the other is that it does not contain tea. Three of them have more cooling effect than other containers. The poured tea is cold and gargles.

5. Do not drink tea on one side.

The variety of herbal teas varies from person to person. The herbal teas that are suitable for you are not necessarily suitable for others. Therefore, drinking herbal teas should be based on people and cannot be abused. Otherwise, drinking may not only be ineffective, but also cause side effects. Therefore, people need to consider the factors such as body composition and symptoms to choose suitable herbal tea.