Drinking tea can actually stimulate people’s meridians? Tea should be familiar to everyone. When it comes to the efficacy of tea, many people may not be able to talk about it for three days and three nights, but when it comes to tea can stimulate and open up people’s meridians, you may think that this is “Metaphysics”, but there are real and serious human experiments!
I. Fudan Research: Can tea stimulate people’s meridians?
Currently, the theory of meridians is widely used in the diagnosis and treatment of traditional Chinese medicine, especially acupuncture. Meridians are the general term for meridians and collaterals, which are the channels through which qi and blood flow in the body.
Last March, a research team from Fudan University published a paper in the journal Quantitative Biology, titled “Tea-induced human infrared Image Displays Meridian System.” A total of 42 volunteers were convened to drink tea of different varieties on Taimu Mountain in Fujian, and the thermal imaging after drinking tea was taken, and the temperature distribution of different parts of the human body was analyzed by thermal imaging. “Extremely obvious pattern”.
(Photo source: School of Management, Fudan University)
However, this study is highly controversial , Whether drinking tea can open up and stimulate people’s meridians is still a question mark. Let’s take a look at the benefits of drinking tea that are currently internationally recognized.
Second, what are the benefits of drinking tea?
Chinese Academy of Sciences Gu Dongfeng’s team published a study in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, which included 100,902 18 Chinese-PAR patients. The subjects over the age of 2 were divided into two groups, one group was the regular tea drinking group who drank tea ≥3 times per week, and the other group was the non-tea drinking habit group who drank tea less than 3 times per week.
Researchers followed subjects for up to 17 years and found that the tea-drinking group was more frequent than no tea-drinking group. In the habitual group, the incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases decreased by about 20%, the mortality rate decreased by about 22%, and the overall risk of death decreased by about 15%.
In other words, for 50-year-olds, drinking tea regularly can delay the occurrence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases by 1.41 years and prolong their life expectancy by 1.26 years.
Chen Zongmao, the only Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in the national tea industry, said that tea is not a medicine, and it does not have that effect. However, of the 86 elements necessary for the human body, tea contains 28. Drinking tea can help reduce the risk of disease in the human body, and can be used as a body regulator, enhance physical fitness, and improve immunity.
Although drinking tea has many health benefits, you also need to pay attention to drinking tea every day. Not all teas are suitable for drinking. It is recommended that you discard these four kinds of teas immediately. Third, these teas are not recommended for drinking! 1. Deteriorated tea
Tea is very easy to absorb moisture and mildew. Many people are not willing to discard the tea after it has deteriorated. The spoiled tea may contain a lot of substances and bacteria that are harmful to the human body, and even Carcinogen aflatoxin will bring adverse health threats after drinking.
2. Hot tea
Too hot tea will cause strong irritation to the throat, esophagus and stomach. Long-term drinking of hot tea may also cause these organs to become cancerous.
3. First Tea
In the process of planting, processing and packaging modern tea, It will inevitably be polluted by pesticides, dust, fertilizers and other substances. Toudao tea is tantamount to “washing tea”. Long-term drinking of toudao tea may lead to chronic poisoning of the body, which is not good for health.
4. Brewing tea for a long time
If the tea is brewed for too long, it will cause the tea polyphenols, lipids and aroma in it Substances oxidize, and tea will lose its tasting value as a result. In addition, if the tea is kept for too long, it will be easily polluted by the surrounding environment, and the number of microorganisms in the tea will also increase. This type of tea is not suitable for drinking.
In addition to the above-mentioned tea not to drink, daily tea drinking also needs to avoid these special time points, it is best not to drink tea. Fourth, sometimes it is not appropriate to drink tea! 1. After getting drunk
Many people think that tea can relieve hangover, but tea has a certain role in stimulating the nerve center. For drunk people, drinking tea will increase the burden on the heart. Especially for some elderly people with poor heart and kidney function, they should be especially careful not to drink strong tea after drinking.
2. When getting up on an empty stomach
Tea contains alkaloids such as caffeine. Drinking it on an empty stomach will lead to excessive caffeine absorption in the intestines, and the body may As a result, symptoms such as dizziness, palpitation, and weakness of hands and feet will appear.
3. Before going to bed
After the theophylline contained in tea is absorbed by the human body, it will It has an excitatory effect on the central nervous system, which will affect normal sleep and easily cause insomnia.
4. When taking some medicines
Some people who need to take sedative and sleep aids and antiarrhythmic drugs are not recommended to drink tea, because the Theophylline and other ingredients contained will reduce the efficacy of the drug, which is not conducive to the control of the disease. Tea is a treasure handed down by the Chinese nation for thousands of years. Under the premise of drinking tea correctly, it can bring certain health benefits to health, but it is only a kind of food after all, so don’t have too much “expectation” for it, and Don’t over-exaggerate the efficacy of tea, and have the right attitude about it.
References:
[1] “Li Hui: Tea, the “Key” to Open the Meridian”. School of Management, Fudan University. 2021.5.25
[2] “Controversial Fudan professor’s experiment on drinking tea to stimulate human meridians”. Southern Weekend. 2021.5.12
[3] “Drinking tea reduces cardiovascular and cerebrovascular mortality? The research of Fuwai Hospital is here”. Science Net. 2020.1.10
[4] “After listening to this forum, I have a new understanding of tea”. Qianjiang Evening News. 2018.5.20
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