Healthy with green tea

Since ancient times, people have known to use green tea (tea) to refresh and use this traditional drink as a medicine to help young people, healthy.

After boiling water, it is recommended to let the water cool down for about 3 minutes before making tea (Photo: uwm) Dr. Tran Huu Vinh - Ho Chi Minh City Institute of Traditional Medicine - said green tea (fresh or dried leaves) is a tea that has a very good effect on human health. Tea is bitter, acrid, slightly sweet, cool, has heat-relieving effect, refreshment, pepper, diuretic, makes skin cool, relaxed mind, free from dizziness, less pimples .

In fresh tea is rich in vitamin C, B2 increases resistance, anti-aging. In addition to being used for mental alertness, traditional medicine studies show that green tea reduces the risk of cancer (stomach, liver and prostate).

Tea also helps limit the risk of cardiovascular disease: angina, stroke; Help prevent hypertension, prevent hyperglycemia, kill influenza viruses, support weight loss.

Green tea contains substances that kill the bacteria in the teeth that cause tooth decay or bad breath. Tea is also an effective detox. Drinking solid tea reduces CO2 poisoning of coal oven workers or alcohol poisoning. Tea water especially washes wounds, burns or sores very effectively, helping to quickly stimulate young skin .

Tea making seems simple, but mixing and drinking how to keep beneficial ingredients in tea and not harming health is important. Dr Vinh said that to make delicious tea, use clean water.

Many people, though drinking perennial tea, still use water that is too boiling to make tea. This is a mistake because the water is too boiling and it makes the tea cloudy and the tea turns yellow . Ideally, after boiling the water, turn off the stove for about 3 minutes for the water to cool down, use this water to make tea.

Should drink tea in the morning or 2 hours after a meal, drinking in the evening will cause insomnia. Note not to use tea for people who are treating iron deficiency anemia. Avoid using for pregnant women, using analgesics, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, enzyme drugs, anti-tuberculosis drugs .

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