Is drinking herbal tea good for the body What are the benefits of drinking herbal tea?

In the hot summer weather, especially when you feel thirsty after sweating, people want to drink a large cup of herbal tea to quench their thirst and relieve fever, which is very happy. In fact, drinking herbal tea in summer is very particular, if the method is not right, it will be harmful to health. Many people think that herbal tea is to brew the tea and put it there to let the tea cool naturally for a long time, some people brew it in the morning and drink it in the afternoon, some people make tea in the afternoon and drink it in the evening, and some people make tea the first day and drink it the next day, that is, the so-called overnight tea.

From a scientific point of view, it is better not to drink this kind of herbal tea. Because herbal tea that has been soaked for too long has at least three major disadvantages: First, after soaking for a long time, the tea polyphenols, amino acids, vitamins, aromatic substances, pectins, sugars and other components in the tea will reduce the nutrients in the tea due to automatic oxidation.

Second, the reduction of the active ingredients in the tea will inevitably lead to the decline of the color, flavor and quality of the tea, so that the original color, flavor and mellow tea will become dark and poor, and lose the taste value of tea. The third is that the tea will be contaminated by microorganisms in the surrounding environment if it is left for a long time. So how to drink refreshing and hygienic herbal tea?

There are two methods: One is to prepare some cold boiled water in advance, then brew slightly stronger hot tea, and then add cold boiled water to the hot strong tea to become herbal tea. Second, after the tea leaves are brewed, put the tea set directly in cold water to cool down, or put it in the freezer compartment of the refrigerator for a while, which will also turn the hot tea into herbal tea.

Drinking such herbal tea in summer is good for your health.

1. In summer, when the weather is hot, especially when you feel thirsty after sweating, people want to drink a large cup of herbal tea, which not only quenches thirst and fever, but also reduces fire and freshens breath.

2. Proper drinking of herbal tea can play a role in resisting and eliminating heat evil.

3. Drinking herbal tea properly can maintain the skin, decompose neutral fat, and achieve the best beauty effect.

4. Proper drinking of herbal tea can reduce blood cholesterol content and blood lipid concentration, and prevent cardiovascular diseases such as arteriosclerosis, hypertension, and cerebral thrombosis.

5. Proper drinking of herbal tea can refresh the human body, make people feel refreshed, enhance memory, and excite the central nervous system and increase exercise ability.

Drinking herbal tea for a long time is harmful to the body, herbal tea has traditional Chinese medicine ingredients, even if the medicinal properties are flat, drinking too much will hurt the spleen and stomach, not to mention drinking it over the years, destroying the balance of the intestinal microecology, the body's immunity is weak, and the probability of respiratory tract infections, gastrointestinal diseases, allergies and other diseases will also increase.