Red sugar ginger tea is a beverage made from ginger and brown sugar in a certain proportion. Many women use red sugar ginger tea to relieve menstrual cramps. In addition, it can also be consumed when the wind and cold symptoms are just starting, as it can warm the body and prevent and treat colds. Let's take a look at the benefits of drinking red sugar ginger tea.
【Recipe for Red Sugar Ginger Tea】
Method 1:
1. Put brown sugar, seedless red dates, and ginger slices in a cooking container.
2. Add a suitable amount of water (preferably mineral water).
3. Cover the container and simmer for half an hour. (I personally steam it directly in a steamer over water).
Method 2:
1. Prepare fresh ginger and brown sugar. Wash the ginger, peel it, and grate it into a bowl.
2. Add brown sugar and mix well. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap.
3. Steam over high heat for 30 minutes. When drinking, scoop a spoonful and dilute it with hot water.
【Benefits of Drinking Red Sugar Ginger Tea】
1. Prevents and Treats Wind-Cold Colds
If you are feeling a slight wind-cold symptoms but not too severe, you can choose to drink red sugar ginger tea. Red sugar ginger tea is effective in preventing and treating wind-cold colds, but it is not suitable for wind-heat colds. If you catch a wind-cold in winter, drinking a bowl of hot ginger soup or making ginger syrup with brown sugar can induce slight sweating and have an effect in dispelling the cold evil.
2. Warms the Womb and Relieves Menstrual Cramps
It is believed that many women drink red sugar ginger tea during their menstrual period. Red sugar ginger tea can warm the womb and help with smooth blood flow and alleviate menstrual cramps. Many people have proven that red sugar ginger tea is very effective in improving menstrual cramps.
3. Alleviates Aging
In traditional Chinese medicine, brown sugar nourishes the blood and regulates qi, which can prevent women from aging prematurely due to anemia. The direct cause of aging is the oxygen free radicals produced during metabolism, which can attack unsaturated acids on cell membranes, leading to aging. However, the gingerol in ginger can produce an antioxidant enzyme after entering the body to counteract free radicals and thereby alleviate aging.
【Precautions for Red Sugar Ginger Tea】
1. People with Hot Constitution
If you often feel hot and dry, or have constipation and often feel irritable, it is best to drink less red sugar ginger tea. Especially during menstruation, ginger tea should not be consumed. If your constitution is already hot, long-term consumption of ginger tea may have a counterproductive effect.
2. Pregnant Women
Pregnant women should not drink ginger tea. Ginger tea is warm and can make pregnant women more irritable. Pregnant women's emotions are already in a very unstable state, and drinking ginger tea may further affect the baby's emotions.
3. Breastfeeding Mothers
Breastfeeding mothers generally have a tendency towards deficiency-heat. They are not suitable for drinking ginger tea. Moreover, some women may experience postpartum depression, so drinking ginger tea, which nourishes blood and is warm in nature, may make them more irritable.
