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 finish it for three days and three nights, but when it comes to tea It can stimulate and open up people’s meridians, you may think 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 Quantitative Biology span> magazine, the paper is titled “Meridian System of Human Infrared Image Excited by Tea”. A total of 42 volunteers were convened to drink tea of ​​different varieties on Taimu Mountain in Fujian. The thermal imaging after drinking tea was taken, and the temperature distribution of different parts of the human body was analyzed by thermal imaging.Therefore It was found that there are “extremely obvious rules” in the meridians corresponding to different tea leaves.

Source: School of Management, Fudan University

However, there is a lot of controversy in this study. 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.

Secondly, 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 Chinese -100,902 subjects over the age of 18 in PAR were divided into two groups, one group was a regular tea drinker group who drank tea ≥3 times a week, and the other group was a non-drinking group who drank tea less than 3 times a week. Tea drinking habit group.

Researchers followed subjects for up to 17 years and found , Compared with the subjects in the non-tea drinking habit group, the incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases decreased by about 20%, the mortality rate decreased by about 22%, and the total death rate decreased by about 22%. The risk was reduced by about 15%.

In other words,for 50-year-olds, drinking tea regularly can delay the occurrence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases 1.41 years, and the life expectancy is extended by 1.26 years.

The only tea industry in the countryChen Zongmao, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering said, Tea is not a medicine, it does not have that effect. However, among 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. These four kinds of tea are recommended You discard immediately.

Third, these teas are not recommended for drinking!

1. Deteriorated tea

Tea is very easy to absorb moisture and mildew, and many people will If you are willing to throw it away, the spoiled tea may contain a lot of harmful substances and bacteria, and even carcinogen aflatoxin. adversely affect health.

2. Hot tea

Too hot tea can be harmful to the throat, esophagus and stomach All parts of the body bring strong stimulation, and long-term drinking of hot tea may also cause cancerous changes in these organs.

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In the process of planting, processing and packaging of modern tea, will inevitably be polluted by pesticides, dust and fertilizers, Toudao tea is tantamount to “washing tea water”. Long-term consumption 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 aromatic substances in it are oxidized, and the tea will lose its tasting value. 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.. Tea is not suitable for drinking.

In addition to the above-mentioned tea not to be drunk, it is also necessary to avoid these special time points when drinking tea daily. 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 excitatory 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, onwardsOn an empty stomach

Tea contains alkaloids such as caffeine. Drinking it on an empty stomach will lead to excessive absorption of caffeine in the intestines, which may cause dizziness in the body , palpitation, weakness of hands and feet.

3, before bed

Theophylline contained in tea leaves will stimulate the central nervous system after being absorbed by the human body, which will affect normal sleep and easily cause insomnia.

4. When taking some medicines

some need to take sedative and sleep aids, anti-inflammatory drugs People with arrhythmia drugs are not recommended to drink tea, because theophylline and other ingredients contained in tea 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 part of food after all. Do not have too much “expectation” for it, and do not exaggerate the efficacy of tea, and have a correct attitude towards this.

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