What are the side effects of butterfly pea flower tea? Who is not suitable to eat butterfly pea flower?

Butterfly pea is not only the most popular ornamental plant in life, but also a healthy food that many people like to eat. People like to collect its fresh flower buds after the butterfly pea enters the flowering period and eat them directly. They also process and air-dry these fresh flower buds to make butterfly pea tea. People can drink butterfly pea tea in water to beautify and delay aging, and it can also enhance the human body's disease resistance. However, it also has certain side effects and is not suitable for everyone.

Side effects of butterfly pea tea

1. Induce allergies

Causing allergies in the human body is a common side effect of drinking butterfly pea flower tea, because butterfly pea flower contains some natural pollen and a variety of active ingredients. After people use it to make tea, they can quickly absorb and utilize these pollen and active substances. They are also the most common allergens and can easily cause obvious allergic reactions in the human body, especially for those who have allergic constitutions, the allergic reactions will be more obvious.

2. Causes diarrhea

Abdominal pain and diarrhea are also common side effects when people drink butterfly pea flowers to make tea. Butterfly pea flowers also contain some natural volatile oils, which can stimulate the intestines and speed up intestinal peristalsis. It is also a bitter and cold Chinese medicinal material that allows the human body to absorb a large amount of cold ingredients and has obvious stimulation to the stomach and intestines. In this case, the human body will have diarrhea or abdominal pain. If you do not stop making tea with butterfly pea flowers in time, it will seriously endanger human gastrointestinal health.

Who is not suitable to eat butterfly pea flowers?

1. People who are prone to allergies

People who are prone to allergies or have low immunity are not suitable to eat bean curd, otherwise they will have obvious allergic reactions in their bodies, causing itchy papules and other adverse symptoms on the skin, which is very detrimental to their health. In addition, people with gastrointestinal dysfunction and spleen and stomach deficiency are not suitable to eat butterfly pea flowers, because butterfly pea flowers have obvious irritation to the stomach and intestines, which will make these people's gastrointestinal discomfort more serious.

2. Pregnant women

Pregnant women are also not suitable to eat butterfly pea flowers, because butterfly pea flowers are a traditional Chinese medicine that can stimulate the female uterus. People soaking it in water and drinking it will also have a significant stimulation to the uterus and accelerate uterine contractions. This will make pregnant women feel uncomfortable, and in severe cases, fetal movement or miscarriage may occur, which is very harmful to the health of pregnant women and fetuses in their wombs.