It's summer again, as the saying goes, the hottest time of the year. Is it okay to drink ginger jujube tea during the hottest days of summer? Let's take a look!
Can you drink ginger jujube tea during the hottest days of summer?
Yes, you can.
After winter and spring, our bodies accumulate a lot of cold and dampness. The hottest period of the year is during the hottest days, when the pores of our bodies are open and it is easy to cause yang deficiency. Drinking a cup of ginger jujube tea during this time can help take care of our bodies.
Can you drink ginger jujube tea every day?
Yes, you can.
The main ingredients of ginger jujube tea are ginger and red dates, both of which belong to warm nourishing ingredients. In the hot summer weather, the body's yang energy is easily depleted. Drinking a cup of ginger jujube tea every day can warm the body and help it disperse heat. Long-term consumption of ginger jujube tea can improve the body's immune system and promote overall health.
Can you drink ginger jujube tea on an empty stomach?
Yes, you can.
Drinking ginger jujube tea on an empty stomach in the morning has the effect of warming and nourishing the yang energy, as well as nourishing the yin and blood. In the morning, the body's yang energy is weak, making it a good time to warm the body. Although ginger can be stimulating, red dates are stomach-warming, which can neutralize the stimulation. Drinking ginger jujube tea on an empty stomach does not cause any harm.
Who should not drink ginger jujube tea?
Diabetics
Ginger jujube tea is not only made of ginger and red dates, but also contains a lot of brown sugar to improve the taste, making it sweet. Therefore, it is best for diabetics not to drink ginger jujube tea to avoid discomfort.
People with excessive internal heat
Ginger and red dates are both warm and hot foods. People with excessive internal heat are already "hot" enough, so drinking ginger jujube tea would only worsen the situation. Therefore, it is not recommended for people with excessive internal heat to drink ginger jujube tea.
Can you drink ginger jujube tea overnight?
It is best to make and drink ginger jujube tea immediately, without leaving it overnight.
The main ingredients of ginger jujube tea are ginger and red dates, both of which are natural ingredients. It is best to make and drink ginger jujube tea right away, without leaving it for too long or overnight.
What are the benefits of drinking ginger jujube tea from the beginning of summer to the hottest days of summer?
From the beginning of summer, we officially enter the summer season. If we persist in drinking ginger jujube tea from the beginning of summer to the hottest days, our physical condition will be very good during the hottest days, making us less susceptible to heat and less likely to get sick in the winter.
What are the benefits of drinking ginger jujube tea during the hottest days of summer?
Nourishing the body
After going through a winter and a spring, our bodies accumulate a lot of pathogenic factors. In the hot summer weather, when the pores of our bodies are open, our yang energy becomes deficient. Drinking a cup of ginger jujube tea with brown sugar can nourish the deficient yang energy and disperse the cold. As the "Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon" says, "Nourish the yang in spring and summer." As common folks say, "Eat radish in winter and ginger in summer." Drinking ginger jujube tea during this time can effectively expel pathogenic factors from our bodies, making us feel comfortable throughout the summer. Moreover, after the weather becomes hot, the spleen and stomach become weak and cold. Drinking ginger jujube tea in advance can nourish the spleen and stomach, ensuring a good summer.
Treating winter diseases in summer
In the hot summer weather, our bodies are actually hot on the outside but cold on the inside. In addition, people tend to eat cold food and stay in cool environments, which can easily harm the spleen and stomach and lead to abdominal pain, diarrhea, and other diseases. At this time, you need to consume something warm to regulate your spleen and stomach. Ginger jujube tea not only relieves menstrual pain, but also prevents and treats colds, nourishes the spleen and warms the stomach, and promotes blood circulation. It can be consumed by postpartum women and people with weak spleen and stomach.
How to brew ginger jujube tea?
Red Date Ginger Tea
Main ingredients: 7-8 red dates, 3-4 slices of ginger, a little brown sugar.
Time: 30-45 minutes.
Instructions: 1. Wash 7-8 red dates and 3-4 slices of ginger, then put them in a thermos filled with boiling water. Cover the thermos tightly and let it sit for an hour before drinking.
2. You can add brown sugar or honey when drinking (Note: When adding honey, the water temperature should be below 60 degrees Celsius, otherwise the nutrients in honey will be lost. Remember, remember!)
Snow Pear Rock Sugar Ginger Tea
If you have a persistent cough that causes pain in your lungs, drinking this tea can relieve these symptoms and moisturize your lungs. You can also add an appropriate amount of Fritillaria cirrhosa to enhance the effect, but adding too much will make it bitter.
Main ingredients: 1 snow pear, 50g ginger, 80g rock sugar, 600ml water.
Time: 30-45 minutes.
Instructions: 1. Wash and drain the snow pear, then peel and slice it.
2. Wash and peel the ginger, then slice it.
3. Take a pot, put the snow pear slices, ginger slices, and rock sugar into it, then add 600ml of water and boil for about 15 minutes. Drink it when cooled.
Brown Sugar Ginger Tea
It has the effect of inducing sweating, dispelling external cold. It is especially suitable for drinking when cold symptoms first appear, as it can relieve fever, chills, headache, and body aches.
Main ingredients: 30g old ginger, 20g brown sugar.
Time: 30-45 minutes.
Instructions: Wash the old ginger, cut it into shreds, put it in boiling water, simmer for 10 minutes on low heat, then add brown sugar and stir until dissolved.
What are some good teas to drink during the hottest days of summer?
Watermelon Peel Cooler
Wash and chop watermelon peel, remove the residue, then add a small amount of white sugar and mix well. This cool tea has the effect of relieving heat and diuresis, making it particularly suitable for people with a hot constitution and edema. However, it is not suitable for people with a cold constitution or those with a cold stomach.
Honeysuckle Tea
Soak honeysuckle flowers and hawthorn in water, simmer over low heat for about 30 minutes, strain out the residue, and add honey to the liquid. Honeysuckle tea has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, and moistening dryness.
Goji Chrysanthemum Tea
Ingredients: 4g chrysanthemum, 2g goji berries, 3g seedless red dates. Add the ingredients to 800ml of water, bring to a boil over medium heat, remove the residue, and drink the liquid. Chrysanthemum clears the eyes, goji berries nourish the liver and blood, and red dates nourish the blood and invigorate the spleen. It is suitable for people with symptoms such as redness of the face, body heat, dry mouth, constipation, and bad breath caused by dry heat.
Chrysanthemum and Peony Drink
Ingredients: 10g chrysanthemum flowers, 10g honeysuckle flowers, 12g white peony root, 1-2 teaspoons of white sugar. Put the ingredients in a cup, pour in 300ml of boiling water, cover and steep for 10 minutes, filter out the residue, add white sugar and mix well, then drink. This tea clears heat, detoxifies, relieves heat, and quenches thirst.
Chrysanthemum Silver Tea
Ingredients: 6g white chrysanthemum flowers, 4g loquat leaves, 2g cassia seeds, 2g honeysuckle flowers. Put the ingredients into a pot, add water, boil over high heat for 8-10 minutes, then drink. Chrysanthemum silver tea can relieve heat, clear heat, detoxify, and help with weight loss and lowering cholesterol.
Maogen and Winter Melon Tea
Ingredients: 20g maogen, 50g winter melon, an appropriate amount of rock sugar. Wash the maogen and winter melon, cut the winter melon into slices or strips, put them into a pot with an appropriate amount of water, simmer on low heat for 20 minutes, then add rock sugar to taste. This tea has the functions of clearing heat, detoxifying, diuresis, and relieving summer heat, and is often used to treat symptoms such as summer heat stroke, difficulty urinating, and heatiness.
Lotus Root Cooler
Ingredients: 75g lotus root, an appropriate amount of white sugar. Wash and slice the lotus root, add water, simmer over low heat until the water is reduced by 2/3, then add an appropriate amount of white sugar. After cooling, it can be consumed. This tea can clear heat, remove heat, and nourish the stomach and yin, suitable for people with a hot physique and those with spleen and stomach discomfort.
Chrysanthemum Peppermint Tea
Ingredients: 3 chrysanthemum flowers, a little honeysuckle, 3 peppermint leaves, honey, water. Wash the peppermint leaves, put the chrysanthemum flowers and honeysuckle in a cup, add a little hot water to shake and pour out to wash away the dust from the petals, then add honey and peppermint leaves, and pour in hot water once again. Steep for about 3 minutes before drinking.
What are the precautions when drinking ginger jujube tea during the hottest days of summer?
In general, only people with very hot constitutions should not drink ginger jujube tea because ginger jujube tea mainly nourishes qi and blood, and can promote blood circulation and generate warmth in the body. It is mainly consumed by people with weak constitution, deficient qi and blood. Therefore, you must pay attention to your own situation and not drink ginger jujube tea casually, as it may cause adverse reactions between different teas, which can make you feel uncomfortable. If you feel that you have a weak constitution, you should eat more goji berries and red dates, as they can warm the womb.
