Why tea is called:the first of all medicines

We know that tea enjoys a high reputation in all countries in the world. In ancient my country, tea was even called "the first of all medicines". So what kind of magic does it have? After thousands of years of development, it is still so hot. Let's come to Revisit the history in detail.

From the "Shen Nong's Materia Medica", the function of tea has been roughly mentioned, although it is not recorded that "tea relieves seventy-two poisons." The taste of tea is bitter, and tea can detoxify. Caffeine can promote people's normal metabolism and expel more toxins from the body; the alkaline substances in tea can neutralize excess acidic substances, which is good for digestion and defecation. All in all, tea is rich in nutrients, and until today, countries all over the world are still studying its value.

Lu Yu in the Tang Dynasty also recorded in the "Tea Classics": "Tea and tea are taken for a long time, which makes people powerful and pleasing to the mind." Maintaining a stable concentration in the body can play a role in health care, and persistence will make the muscles stronger. Of course, the ancients did not know what ingredients tea contained, but they also knew the efficacy of tea through practice, which can bring physical and mental pleasure.

In 739 A.D., Chen Zangqi, a great medical scientist, studied on the basis of "Xinxiu Materia Medica" and "Diet Therapy Materia Medica". The small intestine should be eaten hot, and phlegm will gather when it is cold. Tea is the tender leaves of tea, smashed into cakes, and it is good for fire. Long-term food makes people thin, removes human fat, and makes them sleepless.” From this passage, we can see , Mr. Chen has a very deep understanding of tea, and is familiar with the properties and functions of tea. He is a man of great wisdom, and it is not an exaggeration to be hailed as the greatest pharmacologist in the eighth century.

Why is tea called "the first of all medicines"? (figure 1)

From the point of view of traditional Chinese medicine, most of the traditional Chinese medicines are biased, either cold or hot. On this basis, Chinese medicine uses the cold and heat bias of the medicine to adjust the body, so as to correct the deviation to achieve the goal of yin and yang balance. Therefore, medicine is only a medicine for each disease, and it is very targeted. But tea is different. Tea is known as the medicine for all diseases. How can this be understood? Can it really cure ten thousand kinds of diseases? In fact, it is not. The reason why tea is touted by people is that drinking tea reasonably can prevent various diseases that may occur in the human body, and prevent erroneous things from developing. Drinking tea emphasizes its unique health care function.

The value of tea does not lie in its original value, but more in the fact that tea can be applied to different fields such as diet, food, and medicinal diet. Tea has better extensibility and expandability, and it has more untapped value.