Spring is the season of flowers. Appreciating flowers, smelling flowers, praising flowers, singing flowers, people who love flowers always have various ways to accompany flowers. Among the hundreds of flowers, jasmine can be called “the first fragrance in the world” if it is ranked by its fragrance. Taking it into the meal, in addition to making people’s lips and teeth fragrant, there are many health benefits. Eat jasmine in spring, nourish the spleen and regulate the liver. Jasmine is a common Chinese herbal medicine. It is sweet, pungent and warm in nature. It belongs to the liver, spleen and stomach meridians, and has the functions of dispelling dampness, regulating Qi and relieving depression. “Suixiju Diet Spectrum” records that it can “reconcile middle and lower qi, remove filth and turbidity, and treat diarrhea and abdominal pain”. Jasmine is available in all seasons, but eating it in spring has many benefits.
1. Soothes the liver and relieves depression
This is one of the most important effects of jasmine. Chinese medicine believes that the corresponding viscera in the spring is the liver, and the function of the liver should be paid special attention to in order to maintain health in the spring. At this time, if the liver is not released in time, the syndrome of “liver qi stagnation” will appear. Liver qi stagnation is often manifested as depression, abdominal distention or pain, sighing, belching, hiccups and other symptoms. In fact, to solve this problem, jasmine is a good choice. Friends who often drink tea all know that when you are irritable, you can drink a cup of jasmine tea and smell the refreshing fragrance, and your mood will also improve unconsciously. This is because some of the aromatic substances contained in jasmine can have a calming effect by reducing heart rate and improving parasympathetic excitation.
In addition, these aromatic substances can also regulate the body’s circadian rhythm to eliminate mental tension, reduce discomfort, soothe the liver and relieve depression. What is even more commendable is that in addition to soothing the liver and relieving depression, jasmine can also calm the liver and lower qi. When we are angry but have nowhere to vent, drinking a cup of jasmine can quickly expel this “anger” and reduce the damage caused by bad emotions to our body.
2. Regulating Qi and Zhong
The “Zhong” refers to the spleen and stomach in the middle. Generally speaking, when we have abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea and other gastrointestinal symptoms, drinking jasmine tea properly can have a good improvement effect. Studies have confirmed that jasmine extract has the effect of protecting the mucosa of the gastrointestinal tract. Therefore, jasmine has a good repairing effect on inflammatory diseases in the gastrointestinal area.
3. Relief of bad breath
An in vitro antibacterial test has shown that jasmine flower extract is effective against common deformities Bacillus, Staphylococcus, Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis all have a certain killing effect, which can significantly reduce the number of bacteria in the oral cavity, and the effect is better than that of normal saline.
Therefore, people with oral inflammation, sores on the tongue and chronic pharyngitis, drinking jasmine tea properly can promote the recovery of the disease. Jasmine has a strong fragrance. When we eat some foods with a strong smell, gargle with jasmine water or jasmine tea. The fragrance of the flowers can suppress bad breath and improve bad breath.
How to use jasmine
The easiest way to take jasmine is to soak it in water, take jasmine 3- 6 grams, drink after brewing in boiling water. You can also find a “partner” for Jasmine to improve some common small problems in life. For those with damp-heat diarrhea, jasmine and green tea can be soaked in boiled water. For dizziness and headache caused by insufficient yang qi, you can choose to drink jasmine and sweet-scented osmanthus with tea. For red eyes and swelling and pain caused by wind-heat, you can use jasmine, honeysuckle and wild chrysanthemum in combination.