As a person who is overweight, I have always been particularly fond of things that help with weight loss. Recently, I heard from a friend that they lost a lot of weight from drinking Kuding tea, so I bought a lot of it and drank it daily. Unexpectedly, after a few days, my period started. Everyone says that regardless of the method, persistence is key to weight loss. But I also heard that Kuding tea is cooling in nature and should be avoided during menstruation. For a moment, I was caught in a dilemma. So, can women drink Kuding tea during their period? What are the nutritional values and side effects of Kuding tea?
The efficacy and effects of Kuding tea
It disperses wind-heat, clears the head and eyes, and relieves vexation and thirst. It is used for headaches, toothaches, red eyes, thirst due to febrile diseases, and dysentery. It aids digestion, transforms phlegm, relieves vexation and thirst, promotes urination and bowel movements, removes greasiness, disperses liver wind, treats tinnitus and deafness, invigorates blood circulation, and cools the uterus. Kuding tea has the effects of lowering blood pressure, lowering blood lipids, reducing cholesterol, clearing summer heat, detoxifying, reducing inflammation, sterilizing, strengthening the stomach, resolving stagnation, refreshing the mind, and improving eyesight and thought. It is a good medicine for cooling the liver, dispersing wind, relieving pain, and reducing inflammation. It has a significant effect on treating hypertension, obesity, stomatitis, pharyngitis, etc. It has a good effect on acute gastritis, colds, stomachaches, shaqi (summer heat disorder), malaria, constipation, etc. It has an inhibitory effect on nasopharyngeal cancer and esophageal cancer. Boiled and used for external washing, it can treat various skin diseases and scalds. When brewed as a tea, its taste is sweet and cool, it promotes the production of fluids to quench thirst, it is bitter at first and then sweet, with a long-lasting aftertaste. Therefore, it is praised by people as 'green gold', 'longevity tea', and 'beauty tea'.
The following types of people should be cautious when drinking Kuding tea:
People with wind-cold cold:
Winter is a high season for colds. People suffering from wind-cold colds should eat more warm foods, such as ginger, to expel the cold from the body. If they drink Kuding tea at this time, it will hinder the dispersion of wind-cold and is not conducive to curing the cold.
People with deficient-cold constitution:
The most prominent feature of people with a deficient-cold constitution is that they are particularly afraid of the cold in winter and often feel cold hands and feet. People with this constitution like to eat warm foods like lamb and dog meat, and they are not prone to 'getting heatiness'. However, after drinking the cold-natured Kuding tea, the symptoms of cold hands and feet will worsen, which is not conducive to improving the deficient-cold constitution. In severe cases, symptoms such as abdominal pain and diarrhea may even occur.
Patients with chronic gastroenteritis:
Patients with chronic gastroenteritis often have varying degrees of deficiency and cold in the spleen and stomach. When the abdomen is exposed to cold or they eat cold foods, they are prone to stomach pain or diarrhea. Kuding tea will aggravate these symptoms. In addition, the spleen and stomach function of the elderly is relatively weakened, and the spleen and stomach function of infants and young children is not yet fully developed, so they are also not suitable for drinking Kuding tea, otherwise it is easy to cause side effects such as indigestion, loss of appetite, and diarrhea.
Can you drink Kuding tea during your period?
Women during menstruation:
Women are in a state of blood loss during their period, and their resistance is reduced. At this time, if they drink the cold-natured Kuding tea, it can easily lead to the stagnation of qi and blood due to cold, causing poor discharge of menstrual blood, leading to dysmenorrhea, and in severe cases, it can cause irregular menstruation. Women who often have dysmenorrhea should also drink less Kuding tea, even when not on their period.
From the above, it can be seen that Kuding tea has many effects, but it is not suitable for everyone to drink. People with wind-cold colds and a deficient-cold constitution should try to drink less Kuding tea, as it can easily cause indigestion and diarrhea. Women who are prone to dysmenorrhea should also be more cautious when drinking Kuding tea.