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丨 First published in the headline number: Xiao Chen Tea Affair
丨Author: Village Gu Chen
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In white tea, when it comes to seniority, it is the white silver needle that has the most seniority.
People were the first to use the tea buds of white tea as raw materials to make white silver needles.
The white silver needles that we are familiar with now already had prototypes in the Song Dynasty.
In the Song Dynasty, there was a kind of silver thread water bud in the tea, and its preparation method had the prototype of the current white silver needle.
This tea was recorded and described in the 1121 Xuanhe Beiyuan Gong Tea Record:
Xuanhe Gengzi age, Caochen Zheng Gongke Jian, the original creation of silver line water buds, cover the hot buds that have been picked and then removed, only take a wisp of its heart, with a treasure vessel to store the clear spring stain, bright and clean, poor silver line Ran.
So how is this silver wire water bud made?
In the Southern Song Dynasty Yao Kuan's "Two Streams Cong Language", the practice of this tea bud is recorded:
Only the dragon tuan shengxue, white tea two kinds, called water buds, first steamed and then picked, each bud, first go to the outer two small leaves, called Ooty, and then take two young leaves, called white, leave careful buds, placed in the water, called water buds... Tea is extremely refined, no reason for this... Although other teas are good, they are first picked and then steamed, and their taste is reduced.
This practice of removing the 2 small leaves on the outside is very similar to the current needle extraction.
However, because the process of making this silver wire water bud was extremely complicated and inefficient, it was not widely promoted at that time.
Moreover, the buds of tea picking are thin and small, and they are not suitable for making white silver needles.
It was not until the fifteenth year of Guangxu (1889), with the emergence of large white tea and large millet tea, that the harvesting of white silver needles officially began.
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At that time, the price of white silver needles could be equivalent to gold, and the status was lofty.
In addition to the price of white silver needles, its efficacy is also a major focus.
The "Tea Classic" once recorded the efficacy of tea leaves, that is, to cure the six symptoms of "hot thirst, condensation, brain pain, astringency, limb annoyance" and "100 knots are not comfortable".
In the era of lack of medical treatment, white tea was brought to Southeast Asia by overseas Chinese as a household essential, due to the use of overseas Chinese, to promote the popularity of white tea in Southeast Asia, and then tea into the circulation field.
As the top tea in white tea, white silver needles have become a sought-after commodity for major drug stores.
In Southeast Asia, white silver needles are often used as medicines by pharmacists, and have good auxiliary effects in the treatment of measles and fever in children.
In addition to these two effects, the health benefits of white silver needles are many.
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1. Refreshing tea
White silver needles are made from bud heads and are rich in amino acids.
These rich amino acids are most intuitively reflected in pekoe.
The amino acids contained in the white silver needle have a classification called theanine.
Because of the large amount of theanine, white silver needles have the effect of pleasing the mood, refreshing the brain, reducing blood pressure, etc., especially suitable for office workers.
2. Health tea
Pekoe silver needle tea has 6 major health care effects, namely nourishing the heart, nourishing the liver, nourishing the eyes, nourishing the spirit and nourishing the qi, and nourishing the face.
3. Anti-radiation effect
White silver needles have anti-radiation substances, which have a significant protective effect on the hematopoietic function of the human body and can reduce the harm of radiation to the human body.
4. Pure heart and tranquility tea
White silver needle is a tranquilizing tea, white silver needle has the effect of clearing heat and lowering fire, purifying the heart and calming the spirit, long-term adherence to drinking, which helps to healthy and good sleep.
5, women's tea
Pekoe silver needle is a women's tea that can delay aging, beauty and beauty, so it is popular with urban women.
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These effects, whether new or old, have both.
The old silver needle, after a long period of storage, the content of flavonoids increased.
Don't underestimate these flavonoids, the main effect of old white tea can be inseparable from them.
The main effects of flavonoids are as follows:
1. Improve the activity of the cardiovascular system
2. Improve antibacterial and antiviral activity
3. Improve anti-tumor activity
4. Improve antioxidant free radical activity
5. Liver protection activity
In addition, a large number of studies have shown that flavonoids also have pharmacological activities such as lowering blood pressure, lowering blood lipids, anti-aging, improving the body's immunity, diarrhea, antitussive, expectorant, antispasmodic and anti-allergic.
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After reading these effects, I have to sigh the health care effects of white silver needles.
Such a powerful white silver needle, no wonder Crooked Nut loves it!
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