The Medicinal Marvel: Unveiling the Healing Powers of Tea

Tea is known as the "medicine of all medicines" and is one of the earliest discovered medicinal herbs in China. With the development of technology, people's understanding of tea has deepened, and the application of tea has become increasingly wide-ranging. Whether it is for medicinal, health, or food purposes, the relationship between tea and our lives is becoming more and more closely intertwined. Below are some common medicinal tea recipes and their benefits.

1. Noon Tea

Noon Tea is a traditional Chinese medicine that can be brewed with boiling water and has the effects of relieving surface symptoms and regulating the middle. It can assist in the treatment of colds, indigestion, fever, vomiting, and other diseases.

Noon Tea is made by refining and combining various Chinese herbal ingredients, such as tangerine peel, angelica dahurica, bupleurum root, licorice, perilla, balloon flower, and patchouli, among which there are components of black tea.

2. Qingyuan Tea Cake

The ingredients of Qingyuan Tea Cake are 2/3 Oolong tea and 1/3 of 43 kinds of Chinese medicinal herbs, and then a certain amount of wheat flour is added as a binder. It is baked until completely dry and can be stored for a long time without spoilage. It can assist in the treatment of dysentery, colds, and other ailments.

3. Perilla Compound

Perilla Compound is made from the flowers of Perilla frutescens and dwarf tea. It helps to relieve cough, eliminate phlegm, dispel wind, detoxify, and reduce inflammation. It has a good effect on chronic bronchitis.

4. Bitter Tea

Bitter tea is made from tea leaves from Anhui Province and bitter tea. It has the effects of dispersing liver wind and treating tinnitus.

5. Wax Tea Powder

Wax tea and gallnut are taken in equal amounts, and a small amount of glutinous rice flour is ground into powder. Wax tea powder is used to assist in the treatment of scrotal sores and painful urination in children.

In addition, in order to enhance the health benefits of drinking tea, various Chinese medicinal herbs (such as lingzhi mushroom, eucommia bark, and notoginseng) or certain nutritional and nourishing ingredients (such as ginseng, American ginseng, and red dates) are often added to tea. These are commonly seen as health tea products in the market.

These products are mostly named after the added ingredients, such as Eucommia Tea, Notoginseng Tea, etc.; some are named after their effects, such as Slimming Tea, Quit Smoking Tea, Tooth Health Tea, etc.; and some are named in a unique way, such as Tai Chi Tea, Six Gentlemen Tea, etc.

Since these products are often made in the form of tea bags, they are very convenient to drink. It is worth noting that although the medicinal properties of tea have been diluted, its application in health and beauty has reached an unprecedented height. It can be said that the health and wellness value of tea is becoming increasingly important.