Fashionable Tea Therapy

Author: Cheng Xiaoying
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Publish Date: 2001-11-01
Features: Understanding the properties of tea, supplementing the body's needs, self-selection and self-preparation, cultivating the mind and body; preventing and treating diseases, promoting longevity. Tea itself offers great benefits to human health, as it can invigorate the mind, aid digestion, promote diuresis, and lower blood pressure. It also supplies the body with a variety of essential vitamins, particularly vitamin C. Among them, green tea is cool in nature and has effects such as quenching thirst and clearing the head. After processing, black tea becomes warmer and has the function of warming the stomach. Flower tea is neither too cold nor too hot, with a balanced nature, and also has the function of soothing the liver and regulating qi. The above types of tea, when combined with corresponding traditional Chinese medicines, can achieve the purpose of dispelling diseases and strengthening the body. Herbal teas originate from folk practices and have been tested over the years, proving to be effective. Their ingredients are mostly simple, with clear flavors and efficacy, and the medical principles are not overly complex, making them easily accepted by the general public. Most people prepare and consume herbal teas, not only knowing how to use them but also understanding why they work. This is one of the reasons why herbal teas have remained popular among the people. This book aims to be easy to understand and promote, enabling most people to select and prepare herbal teas through consultation. For easy reference, the book is organized by the efficacy of herbal teas, and the preparation methods are introduced in detail, with annotations added, to ensure that readers are clear about the use of herbal teas when consuming them. May the popularization of herbal teas lead to improved physical health among the general public.