Is Pu-erh tea good for the stomach? You must have heard of Pu-erh tea in your daily life. It is also one of the teas we often drink. So, do you know if Pu-erh tea is good for the stomach? What are the effects and benefits of Pu-erh tea? How do you brew Pu-erh tea? Let's learn about Pu-erh tea together.
Pu-erh tea is not only mellow in taste but also very beneficial to health. A large number of scientific studies have pointed out that Pu-erh tea can regulate the concentration of cholesterol and fat in the blood, playing a role in preventing hyperlipidemia and arteriosclerosis.
Shu (ripe) Pu-erh tea does have the effect of nourishing and protecting the stomach. It can promote the secretion of saliva to quench thirst, relieve summer heat, detoxify, and relieve constipation. It is especially suitable for people troubled by constipation. With the help of Pu-erh tea, the intestines and stomach can be regulated to restore normal function.
It can completely solve the problems of acne and bad breath caused by constipation; it can get rid of dull skin. One of the biggest effects of Pu-erh tea is that it can lower blood lipid content, dilate blood vessels, and thus accelerate blood circulation, solving dull skin and various annoying spots caused by poor blood circulation; it can also help with slimming and firming the skin.
Doctors conducted clinical trials with Yunnan Pu-erh tea and proved: "Yunnan Pu-erh tea has a good effect on reducing lipid compounds and cholesterol content." Therefore, insisting on drinking Pu-erh tea can achieve the effects of weight loss, lipid reduction, and blood pressure reduction.
Pu-erh tea is the king of teas, a fine product for warming the stomach, reducing lipids, nourishing Qi, prolonging life, and for tea tasting. The primary effect of Pu-erh tea lies in its mild nature, which warms, nourishes, and protects the stomach without harming it. This is especially true for ripe Pu-erh tea.
For tea lovers, unfermented and lightly fermented teas can indeed be a "lightness that is unbearable," especially for modern people who drink tea all day but have irregular diets. Long-term exposure to caffeine and tannins often causes a "scouring of the intestines and stomach," and I believe many have personally experienced this.
However, Pu-erh tea is especially suitable for friends who have a lot of social engagements. Most people who drink excessively have the problem of a "cold stomach," and drinking Pu-erh tea happens to have the effect of warming the stomach. So, drinking Pu-erh tea is a good choice! Can Pu-erh tea really nourish the stomach? Yes, it has a certain effect.
Note: If you have gastritis, it is recommended to seek proper medical treatment first, and it is better to stop drinking tea or reduce the concentration of tea during the treatment period!
TCM Benefits
Experts believe that the three effects of Pu-erh tea mentioned above are more obvious. In fact, as early as in the "Compendium of Materia Medica: Supplement," there is a record that "Pu-erh tea is bitter and pungent in nature. It relieves greasiness and toxins from beef and mutton, and scrapes the intestines to relieve bowel movements," which mentions the effect of Pu-erh tea in relieving greasiness and aiding weight loss.
In addition, TCM also believes that Pu-erh tea also has the effects of clearing heat, relieving summer heat, detoxifying, aiding digestion, removing greasiness, promoting urination, relieving constipation, dispelling phlegm, expelling wind and relieving the exterior, stopping cough and promoting saliva, tonifying Qi, and prolonging life. These claims should be taken with a grain of salt, after all, treating tea as medicine requires some processing.
The conclusions drawn from modern medical research on the effects of Pu-erh tea are even more exaggerated, claiming that Pu-erh tea has more than 20 effects, such as warming the stomach, weight loss, lipid reduction, preventing arteriosclerosis, preventing coronary heart disease, lowering blood pressure, anti-aging, anti-cancer, lowering blood sugar, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory, reducing tobacco toxicity, reducing heavy metal toxicity, anti-radiation, preventing cavities, improving eyesight, aiding digestion, anti-toxin, preventing constipation, and sobering up. Among these, the effects of warming the stomach, weight loss, lipid reduction, preventing arteriosclerosis, preventing coronary heart disease, lowering blood pressure, anti-aging, anti-cancer, and lowering blood sugar are particularly prominent.
Other Benefits
1. Lowers lipids, aids weight loss, lowers blood pressure, and prevents arteriosclerosis.
2. Prevents and fights cancer.
3. Nourishes and protects the stomach at an appropriate concentration.
4. Strengthens teeth and protects them. Pu-erh tea contains many physiologically active components.
5. Anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, and treats dysentery.
6. Anti-aging. Catechin compounds in tea have anti-aging effects.
In addition, fermented ripe Pu-erh tea is also rich in probiotics and has high nutritional value. The probiotics in Pu-erh tea are mostly formed during the fermentation process of ripe tea.
Through fermentation, under the action of microorganisms, the chemical components in the tea, such as aromatic components and tea polyphenols, undergo structural transformations, presenting a unique tea character and health-preserving effect.