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"Ms. Huang, your sweating in the middle of the night may be related to your bedtime eating habits."
These are the words of Dr. Liu to 66-year-old Huang Meiling at Changsha People's Hospital.
For the past two years, Ms. Wong, a retired middle school history teacher, has made it a habit to drink a cup of tartary buckwheat tea every night before bed, believing it will help her lower her cholesterol and control her blood sugar.
Huang Meiling has always believed that tartary buckwheat tea is great for her health, as she has read a lot about the benefits of tartary buckwheat tea online.
However, in recent months, she has often been woken up in the middle of the night by sweating profusely.
At the insistence of her family, she reluctantly went to the hospital for a comprehensive physical examination.
After a detailed consultation and a series of medical examinations, Dr. Lau found that although Huang Meiling's blood sugar and cholesterol levels remained normal, she had problems with her stomach.
Dr Lau explained that although tartary buckwheat tea has certain health benefits, because Huang Meiling drank it on an empty stomach, it caused irritation to her stomach mucosa, which led to stomach discomfort, which in turn affected the quality of sleep.
Dr. Lau advised Wong Mei Ling to adjust her tea drinking habits and not to drink any tea on an empty stomach before bedtime, especially drinks such as tartary buckwheat tea, which may stimulate stomach acid secretion.
He also advised her to add some small snacks, such as biscuits, to her tartary buckwheat tea to reduce direct irritation to her stomach.
Huang Meiling was very surprised when she heard this, she never thought that her health habits might be bad for her health.
She decided to adjust her lifestyle according to her doctor's advice, and began to focus on how to use traditional tea to support her health more scientifically.
In the following months, Huang Meiling not only changed the timing of her tea drinking, but also added appropriate snacks to match, and she found that her night sweating problem had improved significantly.
This change made her deeply aware of how important it is to be scientific in her lifestyle.
She began to share her experiences in the community, using her own stories to warn her friends that even seemingly healthy habits need scientific guidance and proper adjustments.
Her story resonated with some of her peers in the community, who began to pay more attention to the health effects of daily habits.
Huang's example has also spurred more discussion between doctors and patients about how to properly use traditional herbs and teas.
In the following community health talk, Dr. Lau specifically mentioned the case of Huang Meiling, emphasizing that it is best to consult a professional doctor before adopting any self-care measures to promote health in a scientific way.
The article ends with no traditional summary, but asks a question:
For the elderly, how to scientifically use traditional tea and herbs to optimize their health habits?
A detailed analysis of this issue shows that older people should first understand their physique and current health status when using traditional teas and herbs.
Under the guidance of a professional doctor, choose the type of tea that suits you and the time to drink it according to your own conditions.
In addition, tea that may cause stomach upset should be avoided on an empty stomach, consumed in moderation, and monitored how your body reacts to these drinks to ensure that these traditional habits are truly promoting health and not inadvertently causing harm.
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