Black tea can help gastrointestinal digestion, stimulate appetite, promote diuresis, eliminate edema and strengthen the heart function. Flavonoids rich in black tea can eliminate free radicals, anti-acidification and reduce the incidence of myocardial infarction.
The Chinese medicine believes that tea is also divided into cold tea and hot tea. For example, green tea is bitter and cold and is suitable for drinking in summer to cool down the body; black tea and pu-erh tea are warmer and more suitable for drinking in winter. Oolong tea and Tieguanyin are neutral.
Side effects of black tea
Black tea is warm and not suitable for people with fire body.
Drinking black tea for a long time will make your stomach become weak and no longer as strong as it used to be, and sometimes your kidneys will suffer from cold pain. In addition, you will experience heart palpitations and your body's absorption of calcium will decrease.
Benefits of Drinking Black Tea
It is mild in nature, disperses cold and nourishes the essence, eliminates food and relieves boredom, nourishes and protects the stomach, helps to prevent osteoporosis, stimulates the brain, removes fatigue, promotes metabolism and prevents colds.
Drinking black tea taboos
1. Stone patients and cancer patients. Patients suffering from stones are generally not allowed to drink black tea.
2. People suffering from anemia, mental exhaustion and insomnia. The refreshing effect of black tea will aggravate their insomnia.
3. People who are usually emotional or sensitive do not sleep well and are weak. Because black tea has a good refreshing effect.
4. People with hot stomach. Because black tea is warm tea, it can warm the stomach.
5. People with thick tongue, bad breath, easy acne and red eyes. Black tea is "hot", so people who are afraid of fire should not drink black tea.
6. People who are taking medicine. Black tea can destroy the effect of medicine.
7. Menstruating women consume a lot of iron during menstruation, and the tannins in black tea will hinder the absorption of iron from food.
8. Pregnant women, because the caffeine in black tea will increase the load on the heart and kidneys of pregnant women, which will lead to discomfort.
9. Breastfeeding women, because the tannins in black tea affect the blood circulation of the breast, it will inhibit the secretion of milk, affecting the quality of breastfeeding.
10. Menopausal women, because the tea polyphenols in black tea may cause rapid heartbeat and poor sleep quality during menopause.
From this point of view, black tea has many effects, but it also has some side effects.