The new favorite in the milk tea world - health-preserving ingredients

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Winter is coming and the temperature is dropping. Many people want to drink a cup of hot milk tea. With the rise of the health trend in recent years, many milk tea shops have also launched many health-preserving condiments. Let us learn about these health-preserving condiments together.

01

Taro

Taro has the effects of strengthening the spleen and replenishing deficiency, dispersing stagnation and detoxifying. It is mainly used to treat spleen and stomach weakness, poor appetite and fatigue, thirst, scrofula, abdominal masses, swelling, warts, corns, scabies, and burns. "Compendium of Materia Medica" says: "It is poisonous when raw, and taro cannot be eaten." Usage and dosage: decoct for internal use, 60-120g, or make into pills or powder; for external use, appropriate amount, mash and apply or grind with vinegar.

Taro contains water-soluble polysaccharides, mostly heteropolysaccharides. Studies have shown that taro polysaccharides have antioxidant, lipid-lowering, blood sugar-lowering and immunomodulatory effects. Among the minerals contained in taro, the fluoride content is relatively high, which has the effect of cleaning teeth, preventing caries and protecting teeth.

02

chestnut

Chestnut has the effects of nourishing the stomach and spleen, tonifying the kidney and strengthening the tendons, activating blood circulation and stopping bleeding. It is mainly used to treat nausea, diarrhea, weak waist and legs, vomiting, epistaxis, bloody stool, wounds, swelling and pain, and scrofula. "Famous Doctors' Records" says: "It is mainly used to replenish qi, thicken the intestines and stomach, replenish kidney qi, and make people endure hunger." "Qianjin Food Therapy" says: "Eating it raw can cure waist and leg paralysis." Usage and dosage: Take it raw, cook it or fry it to preserve its nature and grind it into powder for oral administration; use it externally and apply it.

03

pumpkin

Pumpkin has the effects of tonifying the middle and replenishing qi, relieving inflammation and pain, detoxifying and killing insects. "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica" says: "It runs through the meridians and promotes urination." "Compendium of Materia Medica" says: "It tonifies the middle and replenishes qi." "Medical Collection" records: "It benefits the heart and restrains the lungs." Usage and dosage: Steam or mash it for internal use or use it raw; mash it for external use.

Eating pumpkin raw can expel roundworms. Studies have shown that pumpkin has the effects of lowering blood lipids, anti-atherosclerosis, preventing coronary heart disease, anti-tumor, anti-oxidation, protecting eyesight, and promoting gastrointestinal motility.

04

Red beans (adzuki beans)

Adzuki beans have the effects of promoting diuresis and reducing swelling, detoxifying and discharging pus. They are used for edema, beriberi edema, jaundice and red urine, rheumatism and heat arthralgia, carbuncle, intestinal carbuncle and abdominal pain. "Compendium of Materia Medica": "It can eliminate heat and toxins, disperse bad blood, eliminate fullness and annoyance, ventilate, strengthen the spleen and stomach, and make people eat delicious food." "Shennong's Herbal Classic": "It can eliminate heat and toxins, carbuncle, disperse bad blood, fullness and annoyance, and treat edema and muscle swelling." Usage and dosage: Take 9-30g orally; for external use, grind into powder and apply.

Modern research has found that adzuki beans are effective in treating acute nephritis, ascites due to liver cirrhosis, chickenpox, mumps, inflammatory external hemorrhoids, skin diseases, etc., and also have multiple effects such as anti-oxidation and estrogen-like effects. Adzuki beans also have the effects of enhancing human immune function, anti-aging, kidney-tonifying and aphrodisiac, and improving human metabolism and anemia symptoms.

05

Highland Barley

Highland barley has the effect of tonifying the middle and replenishing qi. It is often used for spleen and stomach qi deficiency, limb weakness, and loose stools. "Supplement to Compendium of Materia Medica" says: "It can relieve qi and relieve the middle, strengthen the tendons and increase strength, remove dampness and induce sweating, and stop diarrhea." Usage and dosage: Take it orally in decoction, 30-60g; or make it into food, wine, etc.

Highland barley has the functions of cleansing the intestines, regulating blood sugar, improving immunity, and lowering cholesterol. As a special type of barley, highland barley has higher nutritional content than rice, wheat, and corn. Among grain crops, highland barley has the characteristics of high protein, high fiber, high vitamins, low fat, and low sugar. Highland barley is rich in B vitamins, vitamin C, etc.; the trace elements calcium, phosphorus, iron, copper, zinc, manganese, and selenium contained in highland barley are higher than corn, among which the iron content is higher than wheat and rice. Highland barley contains 18 kinds of amino acids, especially the essential amino acids for the human body. Regular consumption of foods processed with highland barley as raw material is of great significance to supplement the body's daily needs for essential amino acids.

Editor: Zhao Wenqi

Editor: Wang Xueting and Zhao Wenqi

Review: Xie Donghao

Unit: Guanghua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

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