Red Date Tea

Especially suitable for drinking in winter. Red dates have the effect of enhancing physical fitness and strengthening muscle strength. It contains cyclic adenosine monophosphate, which can dilate coronary arteries and enhance myocardial contractility. It also contains ingredients such as hawthorn acid, which has the effect of inhibiting cancer. Red dates contain sugars, organic acids, proteins, and vitamins A, B, and C. It is flat in nature, sweet and mellow in taste, can nourish the spleen and stomach, and is used for weak spleen and stomach. It is best to use 10-15 red dates each time, cut the date skin, put it in a teacup, and brew it with boiling water instead of tea. Regular consumption has a stomach-strengthening and nourishing effect. It is a good therapeutic beverage suitable for all ages.

The efficacy and function of red jujube tea

⒈ Strengthen the spleen and stomach

People with weak spleen and stomach, diarrhea, fatigue and weakness can eat seven red dates a day, or use them together with Codonopsis pilosula and Atractylodes macrocephala. It can replenish qi, strengthen the spleen and stomach, increase appetite and stop diarrhea. Red dates, ginger and Pinellia ternata can be used together to treat gastritis caused by improper diet, such as bloating, vomiting and other symptoms. Various types of red date tea.

⒉ Replenishing Qi and Blood

Red dates are an excellent tonic and are often added to dietary therapy and medicinal foods to nourish the body and moisturize qi and blood. Dr. Andy Sun of the National Taiwan University Department of Immunology strongly advocates eating more red dates, astragalus, and wolfberries to enhance the body's vitality and strengthen immunity.

⒊ Nourishing blood and calming the mind

For women with bipolar disorder, crying spells, restlessness, etc., use red dates, licorice and wheat together in the "Ganmai Dazao Decoction", which can nourish the blood and calm the mind, soothe the liver and relieve depression.

4. Alleviate the medicinal properties

Red dates are often used in prescriptions with strong medicinal properties to reduce the side effects of strong drugs and protect the positive energy. For example, in the "Ten Jujube Soup", red dates are used to alleviate the toxicity of laxatives such as gansui, daji, and wuhua, protecting the spleen and stomach from harm. Red dates are a holy product for replenishing qi and blood, and they are also good quality and cheap. People do not need to buy expensive supplements in the market. They can achieve the effect of health care by making good use of red dates.

Medicinal value of red date tea

1. Enhance human immunity

Jujubes contain a large amount of carbohydrates, mainly glucose, but also fructose, sucrose, oligosaccharides composed of glucose and fructose, arabinan and galactaldoses, etc.; they also contain a large amount of vitamin C, riboflavin, thiamine, carotene, niacin and other vitamins. They have a strong nourishing effect, can improve the body's immune function and enhance disease resistance.

2. Enhance muscle strength and increase weight

The experimental mice were gavaged daily with a decoction of jujube for three weeks, and their weight gain was significantly higher than that of the control group. In the swimming test, their swimming time was significantly longer than that of the control group, which indicates that jujube has the effect of enhancing muscle strength and increasing body weight.

3. Protect the liver

Experiments have confirmed that when rabbits with liver damage caused by carbon tetrachloride were fed a decoction of jujube every day for one week, the total protein and albumin in their serum increased significantly compared with the control group, indicating that jujube has a liver-protecting effect.

4. Anti-allergic

The ethanol extract of jujube can inhibit the production of antibodies for specific reactive diseases and also has an inhibitory effect on mouse reactive antibodies, suggesting that jujube has anti-allergic effects.

5. Calm the mind

The flavonoids contained in jujube - di-glucoside A has sedative, hypnotic and antihypertensive effects. The isolated naringenin C glycosides have a central nervous system inhibitory effect, that is, it reduces spontaneous movement and stimulating reflexes, and has a tonic and cataleptic effect. Therefore, jujube has the effect of calming the mind and calming the nerves.

6. Anti-cancer

Anti-mutation jujube contains a variety of tri-compounds, among which phytic acid and phytic acid have been found to have anti-cancer activity and have an inhibitory effect on sarcoma S-180. The nutrients contained in jujube can enhance the body's immune function and have a certain effect on cancer prevention and treatment and maintaining the function of human organs.

Side effects and contraindications of red jujube tea

1. Choosing red dates as a tonic is not suitable for all girls. For example, during menstruation, some girls often experience symptoms of swollen eyes or feet. In fact, this is a manifestation of heavy dampness, and such people are not suitable for taking red dates. This is because red dates are sweet, and eating more can easily produce phlegm and dampness, causing water and dampness to accumulate in the body, which aggravates the symptoms of edema. At the same time, girls who take red dates as a tonic but have a hot constitution are not suitable for taking them during menstruation, because this is likely to cause excessive menstrual bleeding and endanger physical health.

2. Although red dates are a good tonic, eating them in excess is harmful. Eating too many fresh red dates can easily cause diarrhea and harm the spleen. Therefore, people with colds, fevers, and abdominal distension and stagnation of qi due to exogenous wind-heat are all prohibited from taking them. In addition, because red dates are rich in sugar, especially red dates made into snacks, they are not suitable for diabetic patients to eat to prevent blood sugar from increasing and worsening the condition. In fact, in addition to the drinking taboos, the way of eating should also be particular: boiling them in water is a wise move, because this will not change the efficacy of the tonic, and can also avoid diarrhea caused by eating them raw.

3. Never buy pitted red dates for two reasons: one is that you don’t know how the pits are removed, and the other is that many of the nutrients in the red dates will be lost.