Tea-Drinking in Different Seasons
The Hui Medicine
Ophthalmology of TCM
The Legend of Shennong Tasting Hundreds of Herbs |
According to traditional Chinese medicine, people should drink tea according to their physical fitness as well as choose the right tea in different seasons of a year. Generally speaking, scented tea is recommended in spring, green tea in summer, oolong tea in autumn and black tea in winter. |
PRINTER FRIENDLY
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- Spring
- Drinking scented tea in spring can help emit the pathogenic cold stored up in human body through winter, with its full aroma activating the generation of Yangqi.
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- Summer
- Green tea is highly recommended in summer for its properties of bitterness and cold, which can help remove heat and toxic substances, quench thirst and strengthen heart.
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- Autumn
- In autumn it is better to drink Oolong tea. Neither too cold nor too hot it is, Oolong tea can help dispel extra heat within body and resume salivation.
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- Winter
- Black tea is an ideal drink in winter. With pleasant sweetness and temperateness, it contains rich protein to help digestion while nourishing and strengthening our body.
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