For modern people, although the standard of living is improving year by year, due to the emergence of some bad diet, work and rest, mentality and other habits, the body's immunity is getting worse and worse, and the probability of suffering from various diseases is also relatively increasing. Therefore, more and more people are beginning to pay attention to health work.
In addition to paying attention to all aspects of life, many people will choose to use some traditional Chinese medicine to soak water to drink, such as goji berries. Drinking with some Chinese herbal medicines does have nutritional, health and medicinal value, but this is not suitable for all people. In particular, the following types of the most common Chinese herbal medicines, once drunk in water, are likely to have a certain impact on health.
Which Chinese herbal medicines can not be drunk in water?
1. Lotus Heart
In daily life, there are many people who have some sleep problems, such as insomnia, unsteady sleep, and dreaming. In addition, there are many people who will suffer from some cardiovascular diseases or high blood pressure. Then such people will choose to drink with lotus heart soaked water, hoping to play a role in regulating sleep, lowering blood pressure, and protecting the heart.
However, it is worth noting that the nature of the lotus heart is relatively cold, and if it is taken for a long time and in large quantities, it will cause body chills. Especially for people with cold constitutions, once they drink too much, they will aggravate a series of uncomfortable symptoms, which is not good for health.
2. Ginkgo biloba leaves
Ginkgo biloba can play a role in lowering blood lipids, blood pressure, enhancing the elasticity of blood vessel walls, and preventing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. In addition, there is a function of preventing and assisting in the treatment of some lung diseases.
It is worth noting that the ginkgo flavonoids and ginkgolides contained in the leaves of ginkgo biloba are a series of substances beneficial to the human body and are not directly dissolved in water.
Therefore, drinking with ginkgo biloba leaves in water does not have any health benefits, and the ginkgo acid components contained in it will be directly dissolved in water. Ginkgolic acid has a certain toxicity, and once drunk, it is very likely to cause obvious toxic reactions.
Three, dandelions
Dandelion is also a particularly common source of food, with a very good detoxification, detoxification, swelling and stasis, bacteriostatic and anti-inflammatory and other effects. Especially when suffering from breast disease or fire phenomenon, proper soaking in some dandelion water can effectively improve these uncomfortable symptoms.
However, the nature of dandelions is very cold, which will cause great damage to the spleen, stomach and intestines, and it is easy to cause serious diarrhea, abdominal pain and other problems. If it is drunk for a long time, it will also lead to an increase in the burden on the liver and kidneys, and there will be no health benefits.
4. Goji berries
Especially for some middle-aged men, they especially like to drink with goji berries in water, and even the behavior of soaking goji berries in a thermos cup for a long time will occur. Goji berries are not tolerant to high temperatures, and if they are soaked in the thermos cup for a long time, they will lead to a large loss of various nutritional and medicinal ingredients, without any health care effect.
And goji berries have a strong tonic effect, for the internal fire and kidney deficiency of the population, if you drink goji berry water, it will aggravate a series of uncomfortable symptoms.
All in all, although the above 4 kinds of Chinese herbal medicines have good nutritional, medicinal and health value for human health, they are not suitable for everyone to drink in water. And once the behavior of long-term or large-scale use occurs, it will increase the burden on various organs and have no health benefits.
In addition, all Chinese herbal medicines have a certain degree of toxicity. No group of people can be used to soak water to drink, or to boil soup or porridge. If necessary, it should be taken under the guidance of a physician.