"Health from Food" Series | How to Eat to Stay Healthy in Autumn, Try Drinking Tea

Entering autumn, the heat goes away and the cold comes. Autumn dryness is most likely to damage the lungs and liver. Doctors remind that autumn health care should focus on restraining lung qi, nourishing and moistening, and balancing the yin and yang of the lungs. At the same time, autumn is also prone to cause some liver-related problems, such as emotional instability, fatigue, insomnia, etc. Therefore, it is particularly important to nourish and protect the liver in autumn. Today, I will teach you a trick to keep healthy in autumn - drinking tea.

What are the benefits of drinking health tea in autumn?

Drinking tea in autumn can prevent and relieve "autumn dryness". Drinking health tea in autumn can replenish the water needed by the human body and help produce body fluids and moisten the lungs. At the same time, drinking tea is also a good way to clean the stomach and spleen and nourish the stomach. Tea can eliminate fat and relieve greasiness, help the stomach and intestines detoxify and move, and help expel toxins accumulated in the intestines. Health tea in autumn can also soften the liver, protect the liver, soothe the liver, and nourish the blood.

What are the health teas for autumn?

1. Wolfberry tea

Lycium barbarum has the functions of nourishing the liver and improving eyesight, nourishing yin and moistening the lungs. Regular consumption can also promote blood circulation and prevent arteriosclerosis. Therefore, it is recommended to drink wolfberry tea to nourish the liver in autumn.

2. Chrysanthemum tea

Autumn is often accompanied by the manifestation of liver fire. White chrysanthemum tea has the effects of dispersing wind-heat, calming the liver and improving eyesight, nourishing and protecting the liver, clearing away heat and detoxifying. It has a good auxiliary effect on exogenous wind-heat, the beginning of febrile disease, hyperactivity of liver yang and liver-fire eye diseases. In addition, chrysanthemum tea is also considered to be beneficial to the skin and helps to improve skin problems caused by autumn dryness, such as dryness, itching and inflammation.

3. Honey black tea

Honey black tea is a delicious tea that combines the richness of black tea with the sweetness of honey. In autumn, honey black tea can be used as a warming drink to help boost energy in the body. Drinking it before meals can warm the stomach, protect the liver and dispel cold, and is suitable for people with liver fire and poor spleen and stomach function. At the same time, black tea contains caffeine, which can refresh the mind, increase concentration and relieve fatigue, while honey provides extra energy and antioxidants to help nourish the liver.

4. Honeysuckle tea

Honeysuckle has the effects of clearing liver and improving eyesight, clearing away heat and detoxifying, calming liver and cooling blood, and antiviral, and drinking it in moderation has a good health care effect. In addition, honeysuckle tea also has a diuretic effect, which helps to expel excess water and toxins from the body, reduce the burden on the liver, and maintain liver health.

Author: Wu Yixiao and Lan Haobo from Luoyang Normal University

Review expert: He Jialiang, associate professor of the School of Food and Bioengineering, Henan University of Science and Technology