Japanese people have long had the habit of drinking persimmon leaf tea. The popular saying is that it can lower blood pressure, and the selected leaves are tender leaves, which have just grown out. Persimmons are the most widely distributed fruits in the north and south of China. Persimmons are rich in starch and sugar, which can replace grains. They are not afraid of pests, with high and stable output, and are known as "hardcore crops". Persimmon has the functions of clearing heat and eliminating dampness, moistening lung and resolving phlegm, softening hard mass, quenching thirst, promoting fluid production and strengthening spleen, treating dysentery and stopping bleeding, and can relieve constipation, hemorrhoid pain or bleeding, dry cough, sore throat and hypertension. Persimmon is a natural health food for patients with chronic bronchitis, hypertension, arteriosclerosis and internal and external hemorrhoids. However, persimmon leaves are rarely used, and only a few areas use them as drinks instead of tea.

According to modern scientific analysis, persimmon leaves contain quite a lot of protein, amino acids and vitamins, as well as choline, rutin, tannin, etc., which have antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, blood circulation promoting, blood pressure lowering, lipid lowering and anticancer effects. Especially, the vitamin C in persimmon leaves can reach 1 1,800 mg/1000 g, which is much higher than that in common fruits and vegetables. It can resist scurvy, prevent bronchitis and prevent cancer. At present, persimmon leaf tea and other functional foods and drugs for preventing and treating arteriosclerosis, hypertension and coronary heart disease have been developed. If you make tea with persimmon leaf soup or boiled water, it can also promote metabolism, lower blood pressure, increase coronary blood flow, relieve cough and resolve phlegm. Persimmon leaves contain high content of tannin, which affects the taste. It needs seasoning. If mixed well, it can be made into delicious functional food and become a good health food for human beings to prevent and treat "civilized diseases".

The outstanding nutritional and health-care function of persimmon leaf tea lies in that it contains several times or even dozens of times more natural Vc than ordinary tea, and the contents of rutin, choline, flavonoid glycosides and 17 amino acids necessary for human body are also dozens of times higher than those of fruits, vegetables and ordinary drinks. Natural Vc promotes human metabolism and has certain curative effect on scurvy, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Rutin and choline can soften blood vessels and prevent arteriosclerosis. Flavonoid glycosides can lower blood pressure, increase arterial blood flow, and have obvious inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus. According to Japan, drinking persimmon leaf tea for a long time can prevent the accumulation of melanin (senile plaque) and promote the production of interferon against cancer and influenza virus.

Boil persimmon leaves in 30-60g water for 2 times, mix and divide into 3 parts, 65438 0 parts each time, and take them warm, 3 times a day. Or dry persimmon leaves in the shade and grind them into powder, and take 3 ~ 6g each time, three times a day. It can relieve asthma, quench thirst, promote fluid production, stop bleeding and treat sores. It has spasmolytic effect on smooth muscle and also has antihypertensive effect.

Persimmon leaves are rich in tannic acid, so taking a bath with persimmon leaves can produce a good effect of sterilization, cleaning and firming the skin, which is the simplest and seasonal beauty method.