Today is the 21st of April in the lunar calendar, that is, at 10:24 this morning, the last festival of spring this year will be ushered in - Gu Yu.
In the Chinese tradition, Gu Yu should be with Gu Yu tea on this day, which means that on this day, the human body is full of yang qi and liver fire, and it is necessary to drink tea to lower the "spring fire".
We know that tea contains a lot of vitamins, catechins, tea polyphenols and other mineral elements, these nutrients are easily absorbed by the human body, can play a better health care role.
Therefore, in daily life, there are many people who especially like to drink tea, hoping to play a role in health care by drinking tea. But when drinking tea, there are some misunderstandings that must be avoided. Otherwise, not only will it not achieve any health care effect, but it will also cause great harm to health.
Below, let's take a closer look at it.
What are the misunderstandings to avoid when drinking tea?
First, like to drink hot tea
Drinking hot tea is an act of most people when drinking tea. The tea temperature is high, and it can emit the fragrance of tea leaves. However, if the tea temperature is relatively high, not only will the oral mucosa be burned, but also the esophageal mucosa and gastric mucosa will also be burned accordingly, and the probability of inflammation and ulceration in these mucous membranes will be particularly high.
If the behavior of drinking hot tea occurs for a long time, it will cause the mucous membranes in these areas to become cancerous in the process of self-repair, which will induce the emergence of cancer.
Second, drink overnight tea
Many people will drink the remaining tea of the first day in the early morning of the second day and pour it into hot water to continue drinking. This overnight tea not only tastes very bitter, but also the various vitamins and other nutrients contained in the tea are almost lost.
Moreover, the sugars and proteins contained in overnight tea will become the best nutrients for mold and bacteria to multiply. Once left for too long, a large amount of mold and bacteria will grow in these overnight teas. Moreover, the tannic acid component contained in the overnight tea has a strong irritation, which is easy to cause great damage to the spleen and stomach.
Third, do not drink tea according to the physique
There are many types of tea, such as green tea, black tea, black tea, white tea, as well as some Pu'er tea, flower tea and so on. Although these teas contain more nutrients, the effects on the human body are different.
For example, for people with cold spleen and stomach, do not drink green tea, it is best to drink some black tea, which can play a role in warming the spleen and stomach. For people who are prone to fire, it is best to drink green tea, which has the effect of clearing heat and defeating fire.
If you choose tea according to your own physique when drinking tea, it will not play any health care role, and it will also aggravate some uncomfortable symptoms.
Fourth, the tea drinking time is wrong
Many people will make obvious mistakes in the choice of time to drink tea, such as the behavior of drinking tea on an empty stomach. If you drink tea on an empty stomach, the theophylline in the tea will stimulate the gastric mucosa, and a large amount of stomach acid will be secreted, causing a series of gastrointestinal discomfort. When it is serious, it can even cause people to have a series of problems such as panic, dizziness, fatigue, and unsteadiness.
If you drink tea before going to bed, the caffeine in the tea will stimulate the nervous system and it is easy to insomnia. In addition, if you drink tea after just finishing eating, it will make the gastric juice diluted, which can easily affect the health of the gastrointestinal tract.
Fifth, the temperature of the tea is not exquisite
There are many people who like to use freshly boiled boiling water to make tea when making tea, if you use 100 degrees of boiling water to brew tea, it will make the vitamins and other nutrients in the tea lose.
And it will make a large amount of caffeine in the tea leaves overflow, resulting in the taste of tea soup becoming bitter. If the temperature of the tea is too low, the active ingredients in the tea leaves are difficult to leach, and the taste of the tea soup is also very light.
Although drinking tea helps to maintain health, if the above 5 misunderstandings occur when drinking tea, it will not only fail to have any health effect, but also cause greater harm to health.
In addition, before drinking tea, be sure to thoroughly clean the tea set, and there must be no tea scale. If the tea leaves are moldy, damp or have passed their shelf life, then do not continue to drink. Such tea leaves are easy to breed some bacteria, which is more harmful to health.