1. Efficacy: burdock tea has the effects of detoxicating, beautifying, losing weight, lowering blood pressure, inducing diuresis, relaxing bowels, preventing hemorrhoids, strengthening spleen and stomach, tonifying kidney and strengthening yang, and inhibiting the growth of cancer cells.
2. Side effects: burdock tea should be light, and it is easy to get angry if the concentration is too high. Because of its laxative and antihypertensive effects, long-term use may lead to diarrhea; Patients with low blood pressure should not take it because it will lower blood pressure. It is also not suitable for people with yin deficiency and excessive fire or damp-heat symptoms.
The benefits of men drinking burdock tea:
1. Diuretic to lower blood pressure: burdock tea is rich in potassium, which can help the body discharge excess sodium ions, thus lowering blood pressure.
2. Antioxidant: burdock tea is rich in antioxidant components such as vitamin C and polyphenols, which helps to inhibit the generation of free radicals and has a certain effect on preventing cancer and cardiovascular diseases.
3. Regulate blood sugar: Mannitol and insulin-like growth factor in burdock tea can reduce blood sugar concentration, which is helpful for diabetic patients.
4. Promote digestion: burdock tea is rich in cellulose, which can promote intestinal peristalsis, help digestion and absorption, and prevent constipation.
The disadvantages of men drinking burdock tea:
1. burdock tea contains oxalic acid, which is easy to combine with calcium, iron and other elements to form oxalate, affecting nutrient absorption, and it is easy to cause calcium deficiency after long-term drinking.
2. Burdock tea will stimulate the kidneys and stimulate diuresis. Excessive drinking may have a bad effect on the kidneys.
Burdock tea has a certain bitter taste, which may not be suitable for everyone's taste.