What are the benefits of barley tea? Barley tea is a very popular type of tea and it also has slimming effects. So what are the benefits of drinking barley tea? In fact, drinking barley tea in the summer can help cool down the body. What other benefits does barley tea have?
【Benefits of Barley Tea】
1. According to the "Compendium of Materia Medica", barley has a sweet taste, neutral nature, and can relieve bloating, promote digestion, relieve thirst, cool down the body, invigorate qi, regulate the stomach, nourish blood vessels, improve complexion, strengthen the five vital organs, and aid in the digestion of grains. It can also treat urinary pain, eye irritation, excessive thirst, dry tongue, water retention, heatstroke, acute pharyngitis, tonsillitis, and throat abscess. Barley flour can be used for consumption, and barley can also be used to make beer, which helps digestion, regulates liver and qi, and helps to adjust gastrointestinal function.
2. Barley has many benefits. For those with poor digestion, barley can strengthen the spleen and stomach and aid in digestion. It also has the ability to relieve heat, quench thirst, expel gas, and promote diuresis, helping the body to cool down and detoxify, strengthen the spleen and stomach, and clear heat.
3. Barley tea does not contain theophylline, caffeine, tannins, etc. It does not stimulate the nerves, affect sleep, contaminate tea utensils, or stain teeth.
4. Drinking cold barley tea can help relieve dry heat and prevent heatstroke. Drinking hot barley tea can help with digestion, relieve stomach discomfort and greasiness, and also warm and nourish the stomach. Long-term consumption by women can have a certain beautifying and slimming effect.
5. Barley tea belongs to coarse grains. The dietary fiber in coarse grains can regulate digestion and absorption functions, thereby delaying the absorption of nutrients. Dietary fiber can also produce a sense of fullness, avoiding excessive intake of calories, fat, and carbohydrates, and has the ability to prevent and treat obesity.
6. Whole body whitening. If you have a bathtub at home, you can put used tea bags in the bathtub, or directly pour the tea into the bathtub. You can add some essential oils according to personal needs, such as rose, lavender, etc., to have a full body whitening SPA.
7. Using overnight barley tea to brush eyebrows can make them thicker.
8. Washing the face with warm barley tea can also achieve a whitening effect.
【Drinking Barley Tea in Summer to Cool Down】
Barley can relieve heat mainly because of its cool nature. The "Compendium of Materia Medica" records: "Barley has a sweet taste and cool nature, with the effects of relieving heat, quenching thirst, promoting digestion, nourishing blood, and strengthening the five vital organs." Eating some cool barley appropriately can help the elderly remove internal heat and prevent heatstroke and colds in the summer. In addition, barley porridge and barley tea have good thirst-quenching and diuretic effects, which can help the elderly replenish body fluids in a timely manner, accelerate the metabolism of body fluids, and maintain the balance of water and electrolytes, thereby reducing the occurrence of heatstroke.
It is best for the elderly to cook barley at home in the form of porridge or tea. Since barley is not easy to cook until soft, when cooking barley porridge, it is important to soak the barley separately for one or two hours before putting it in the pot. Add a small amount of rice when the barley is about to bloom. Adding rice makes the porridge stickier and improves the taste of the barley porridge.
You can also add mung beans when cooking barley porridge, which can enhance the heat-relieving effect of the porridge. If drinking barley tea, the elderly can buy ready-made barley tea and new sugar-free barley tea drinks from supermarkets, or make barley tea at home.
The specific method is: roast 100 grams of barley in a pan, put the roasted barley in a cup, and then brew it with 1500 to 2000 milliliters of boiling water. After brewing, let it cool before drinking. The elderly can roast more barley at a time and store it in a used tea canister or a sealed glass bottle. Drink a cup every morning, noon, and evening, and it is also better for the elderly to bring a bottle when going out for drinking at any time.
It is worth noting that since barley belongs to cold food, elderly people with cold stomachs should not drink too much barley porridge or mung bean porridge. However, the cold nature of roasted barley is basically destroyed, so elderly people of any constitution can drink more barley tea. In addition, when buying barley at supermarkets or vegetable markets, pay attention to selecting barley grains that are plump, pale yellow with a shiny surface, and have pointed ends and a bulging middle. Such barley is fresh and has a high nutritional content.
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