In reality, many people enjoy a cup of hot tea in winter to warm themselves and maintain their health. There's a saying: drink flower tea in spring, green tea in summer, and oolong tea in autumn. But what should women drink in winter?
What kind of tea is good to drink in winter?
1. German Chamomile
Chamomile strengthens liver and gallbladder function, treats toothache and gastritis, improves anemia, relieves migraines, treats sensitive skin, regulates the respiratory system, regulates menstruation, and helps children with difficulty falling asleep. It can also be consumed for sore throats and hoarseness. Furthermore, it stimulates appetite and aids digestion.
2. Violet
Violets can clear heat and detoxify, whiten and remove blemishes, moisturize the skin, remove wrinkles and blemishes, eliminate bad breath, enhance luster, protect against ultraviolet radiation, relieve hangovers, and treat colds and flu.
3. Lemon Verbena
Lemon verbena essential oil has a gentle calming effect and can help with sleep, detoxification, anti-inflammation, pain relief, and reduce varicose veins and leg swelling.
4. Purple Winged Sky Sunflower
It has calming, antihypertensive, digestive-promoting, gastrointestinal-regulating, diuretic, nerve-soothing, skin-nourishing, and radiant effects. It can also relieve colds, sore throats, and coughs.
5. Lemongrass
It effectively prevents diseases, enhances immunity, and achieves the effects of treating illness and strengthening the body when healthy. It can aid digestion, promote urination, moisturize the skin, prevent anemia, and also treat diarrhea and migraines. Not suitable for pregnant women.
6. Peppermint
It treats influenza, red eyes, fever, sore throat, swollen and painful gums, etc., and can stimulate appetite and digestion, relieve stomach pain and headache, and promote metabolism.
7. Cornflower
Cornflower can beautify the skin, relax the mind, promote urination, aid digestion, relieve rheumatic pain, and help treat stomach pain and bronchitis.
8. Rosemary
Rosemary enhances memory, refreshes the mind, relieves headaches, and is also effective for colds and obesity. It can aid digestion and improve bloating and abdominal pain.
What tea is best for weight loss in winter?
Oolong tea, also known as blue tea, belongs to the fermented tea category. It is mainly produced in Fujian province, with Wuyi rock tea and Anhui Tieguanyin being particularly famous. It possesses both the delicate fragrance and floral aroma of green tea and the rich, fresh, and mellow flavor of black tea, and is warm in nature and sweet in taste. Oolong tea has a significant fat-decomposing effect; regular consumption can aid digestion, promote urination, help with weight loss, and may also lower cholesterol.
Pu-erh tea, also known as "daughter's tea," is harvested before the rainy season. It has a bitter and cooling nature, and is believed to expel phlegm, regulate qi, clear the stomach, and promote the production of body fluids. It can be used to reduce fat and greasiness, and is beneficial for digestion and absorption. It is said to have weight-loss and cardiovascular disease prevention effects. It is reported that regular consumption of Pu-erh tea can significantly reduce weight in people aged 40-50, and also has varying degrees of weight-loss effects in other age groups.
Will drinking black tea in winter cause internal heat?
The polyphenols in black tea have anti-inflammatory effects. Experiments have shown that catechins can bind to single-celled bacteria, causing proteins to coagulate and precipitate, thereby inhibiting and eliminating pathogens. Black tea can improve vascular function, which is actually due to the inhibitory effect of theaflavins on angiotensin I converting enzyme, and the fact that catechins can relax blood vessel walls, thus dilating blood vessels.
The benefits of black tea include: promoting gastrointestinal digestion. Furthermore, people often experience increased appetite and consume more oily foods in winter; drinking black tea can help remove greasiness, stimulate appetite, aid health, and promote urination, reduce edema, and strengthen heart muscle function. Additionally, black tea has strong antibacterial properties; gargling with black tea can prevent colds caused by viruses, prevent tooth decay and food poisoning, and lower blood sugar and blood pressure. Therefore, regarding the question of whether drinking black tea causes internal heat, we now know that it will not.
The above is a brief introduction to "What should women drink in winter?" Hopefully, this has given you a better understanding. Women's health is not limited to spring, summer, autumn, or winter; it starts with daily habits and dietary improvements.
