In costume dramas, there are often plots such as giving poisoned wine and poisoning in wine. For example, in "The Legend of Zhen Huan", Zhen Huan was forced by the emperor to poison the king of Guojun, which is poison in wine.
In addition to chasing the drama, Xiao Zhi can't help but have a question: Why is it that poisons wine at every turn in costume dramas, but rarely sees poisoning in tea? What is the reason for this?
Tea is as expensive as gold, and the cost of poisoning is high
It is reported that the preciousness of tea by ancient people can be described as more than gold and silver hard currency. The Song Dynasty writer Ouyang Xiu wrote in the "Records of Returning to Tian": "Every twenty cakes weigh one catty and are worth two taels of gold. ”
This sentence shows how valuable tea was in ancient times, and it also shows that the cost of poisoning tea is very high. In contrast, expensive tea is relatively common, affordable for people and nomads, and it is cheaper to add poison to wine than tea.
Light tea is warm, it is difficult to hide the poisonous smell
Ancient poisons were usually extracted from grass and wood ores, such as crane top red, arsenic, aconitum, etc., which had a pungent smell. People drink tea to pay attention to "weak tea warm drink is the most nourishing", if you add a strong smell poison to the tea, you will be detected.
Therefore, the success rate of poisoning in tea is low! And the smell of wine itself is strong, which can mask the taste of poison. And drinkers tend to drink without thinking, raising a glass, so the success rate of poisoning in wine is higher.
Tea is medicinal and can detoxify and detoxify
Chen Zangji, a great physician of the Tang Dynasty, said in his book "The Collection of Materia Medica": "All kinds of medicines are medicines for curing diseases, and tea is a medicine for treating ten thousand diseases." "In Chinese medicine, tea is widely used in unilateral or compound medicines.
Especially in ancient times, tea and Chinese medicine have considerable value and have a certain detoxification and detoxification effect, so poisoning in tea is likely to be futile! Drinking alcohol can speed up blood circulation, and poisons will also reach all parts of the body with accelerated blood circulation, accelerating the onset of toxins.
So, can tea really detoxify? In the treasure house of medicine on the mainland, tea is quite common as a single or compound medicine. So, what substances in tea detoxify or detoxify?
What is detoxifying in tea?
According to the results of modern related scientific research, tea polyphenols in tea are the main components of tea to play a detoxification and detoxification effect. Tea polyphenols have health care functions and have certain antiviral and antibacterial properties.
According to the research results of Yang Xianqiang, a professor at Zhejiang University, after receiving radiation therapy, the number of white blood cells increased significantly after taking tea polyphenols extracted from green tea, reducing the toxicity of radioactive substances.
Tea polyphenols in tea can precipitate nicotine in cigarettes and excrete it in urine, thereby inhibiting and mitigating the adverse effects of nicotine on health. However, quitting smoking is the fundamental way to prevent the dangers of nicotine.
Studies have also shown that the unique theophylline in tea can increase the blood flow of the kidneys and the filtration rate of the glomerulus, while inhibiting the reabsorption of the renal tubules, playing a role in diuresis and detoxification.
In addition, studies have also found that caffeine in coffee can enhance the contractile ability of the myocardium, promote blood circulation, strengthen diuresis, and help excrete toxins from the body to a certain extent.
Tea has a wide range of therapeutic effects. In the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, poison belongs to heat, so tea is used as a medicine to clear heat and detoxify.
It is worth noting that modern Western medicine also uses substances such as tea polyphenols and theophylline extracted from tea as therapeutic drugs. For mild poisoning, tea therapy can be used for treatment. However, for moderate to severe poisoning, it is necessary to seek medical attention in time for professional treatment.
In summary, there may be multiple explanations as to why poisoned liquor flourished in ancient times instead of poisoned tea.
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