Wuweizi is a highly valued traditional Chinese medicine with multiple effects such as lung nourishment, kidney nourishment, and sweat collection. It is also commonly used in daily life to make tea. Can women drink wuweizi?
Can women drink wuweizi?
Yes, they can.
Wuweizi is a commonly used traditional Chinese medicine with a sour and sweet taste and a warm nature. It has the effects of nourishing the lungs, nourishing the kidneys, generating body fluids, collecting sweat, and astringing essence. It is often used to treat symptoms such as lung deficiency cough, spontaneous sweating, exhaustion, and chronic diarrhea. As long as the dosage and contraindications are taken into account, women can drink wuweizi.
What are the benefits of women drinking wuweizi?
Lung nourishment and cough relief
Wuweizi has a sour taste and has the characteristic of astringing and consolidating. It can consolidate lung qi and relieve cough and asthma. It has a good therapeutic effect on chronic cough, weak cough, rapid breathing, and shortness of breath caused by lung and kidney deficiency.
Diarrhea and sweating relief
According to traditional Chinese medicine, wuweizi has a sour and astringing nature, which can astringe and consolidate body fluids. It has a certain auxiliary therapeutic effect on chronic diarrhea and excessive sweating.
Calming and soothing
Wuweizi can nourish the five organs, especially the kidneys, and has the effect of nourishing the kidneys and calming the mind. Its active ingredients can also inhibit central nervous system excitation. Drinking wuweizi before sleep can help improve sleep to a certain extent.
Liver protection
Wuweizi can promote the repair and regeneration of liver cells, inhibit liver damage, or repair damaged liver cells to a certain extent. In addition, it can inhibit the activity of alanine aminotransferase. Drinking wuweizi can play a certain role in protecting and nourishing the liver for women.
How can women drink wuweizi?
Infuse wuweizi with water
1. Crush the wuweizi and put it in a cup.
2. Pour boiling water over it.
3. Cover and let it steep for about 15 minutes.
4. During this process, you can add water 2-3 times and drink it as a tea.
Wuweizi honey paste
Recipe:
1. Take about 3 grams of wuweizi and 20 grams of honey.
2. Grind the wuweizi into a fine powder.
3. Then add honey and mix well.
4. It can be consumed directly or mixed with warm water and taken orally.
5. Take it three times a day.
Precautions for women drinking wuweizi
1. Do not exceed the recommended dosage
The recommended dosage of wuweizi is generally 2-6 grams. If the dosage exceeds 13-18 grams, it may cause discomfort such as burning sensation in the stomach, belching, acid reflux, and nausea.
2. Prevent allergic reactions
A small percentage of people may have allergic or toxic reactions when taking wuweizi, such as urticaria, fever, headache, and nausea. If you are unsure whether you are allergic, you can take a small amount of wuweizi first and observe your own reaction. If there is no discomfort, you can continue to take it.
Which women should not drink wuweizi?
Women with early-stage cough
Wuweizi has a sour taste and has a strong astringent and consolidating effect on the lungs. It is good at treating chronic cough and weak cough. However, the treatment for those who have just started coughing should focus on dispersing and dispelling pathogenic factors. Taking wuweizi may cause pathogenic qi to be trapped in the body, aggravating cough, headache, and other symptoms caused by external pathogenic factors.
Women with early-stage skin rashes
Women with early-stage skin rashes should not take wuweizi because the treatment for early-stage skin rashes should focus on dispersing and promoting rash eruption, while wuweizi has a consolidating effect. Taking wuweizi may cause the retention of pathogenic qi in the body, exacerbating the symptoms of skin rashes.
