Benefits of drinking ginger and jujube tea during the dog days

As we all know, treating winter diseases in summer is a very traditional concept in Chinese medicine. Therefore, many people choose to drink ginger and jujube tea during the dog days, because it is the best time to cure winter diseases and recuperate in summer. So, do you know what are the benefits of drinking ginger and jujube tea during the dog days of summer? Today we will give you a detailed introduction, and we hope that everyone can drink more ginger and jujube tea during the dog days of summer.

Can I drink ginger and jujube tea during the dog days?

You can drink ginger and jujube tea during the dog days of summer.

There is a folk saying that goes "Eat radishes in winter and ginger in summer, and you don't need a doctor's prescription." This is because after winter and spring, more pathogenic energy has accumulated in the human body. In the hot summer, the human body's pores are open, but the Yang Qi is deficient. At this time, a cup of ginger and jujube tea can not only replenish the deficiency of Yang Qi to warm the middle, but also help the Yang Qi disperse to expel the cold, which just fits the theory of nourishing Yang in spring and summer in the Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine.

If you can drink ginger and jujube tea from the first day of the Beginning of Summer, you will feel more comfortable throughout the summer. Treat winter diseases in summer, and some old illnesses may not recur.

Why should we drink ginger and jujube tea during the dog days?

1. After a winter and a spring, a lot of disease will accumulate in people's bodies. The weather is hot in summer, the pores of the human body are open, and the yang energy in the body is empty. Drinking a cup of brown sugar, ginger and jujube tea at this time can not only replenish the body's yang deficiency to warm the middle, but also help the yang energy disperse to expel the cold. Just as the Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine says, "Nourish Yang in spring and summer." People all know that "eat radishes in winter and ginger in summer", so drinking brown sugar, ginger, jujube and brown sugar tea at this time can basically expel all the pathogenic qi in the body, so that the whole summer will be very comfortable. Moreover, the spleen and stomach will be weak and cold after the hot weather. Drinking ginger, jujube and brown sugar tea in advance to nourish the spleen and stomach will definitely allow you to have a good summer.

2. In the hot summer, the human body is actually hot on the outside and cold on the inside. In addition, people like to eat cold food and stay in a cool environment in summer, which can easily damage the spleen and stomach and cause abdominal pain, diarrhea and other diseases. At this time, you need to eat something hot to regulate your spleen and stomach. Brown sugar ginger tea not only relieves dysmenorrhea, but also prevents and treats colds, strengthens the spleen and warms the stomach, promotes blood circulation and removes blood stasis. It can be drunk by postpartum women and people with weak spleen and stomach.

Benefits of drinking ginger and jujube tea during the dog days

Jujube is sweet and warm in nature; it enters the spleen and stomach meridians; it has the effects of tonifying the middle and replenishing qi, nourishing blood and calming the mind. It is mainly used to treat symptoms such as insufficient Qi in the middle Qi, weak spleen and stomach, fatigue, poor appetite and loose stools, blood deficiency and sallow complexion, and irritability in women. However, because dates are high in sugar, people with diabetes should eat less. Ginger is spicy and warm in nature. It can stimulate appetite and stop vomiting, resolve phlegm and relieve cough, and induce sweating and relieve exterior symptoms. Ginger contains volatile gingerol and gingerol, which have the functions of promoting blood circulation, dispelling cold, removing dampness and inducing sweating.

Ginger and jujube tea has the effects of warming the middle and dispelling cold, stopping vomiting, restoring yang and unblocking meridians, replenishing blood and strengthening qi, and drying dampness and relieving inflammation. Drinking it can cause blood vessels to dilate, the whole body to feel warm, and it has a cardiotonic effect. It promotes digestion, increases intestinal motility, protects gastric mucosa, and has a significant inhibitory effect on gastric ulcers. Ginger and jujube are choleretic, analgesic, antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, and anti-influenza and upper respiratory tract infection. It has a stronger effect on rheumatoid arthritis and lumbar muscle strain. This recipe can be consumed for a long time.

How to make ginger jujube tea

Ingredients: 20g of fried red dates or 3 red dates, 3 slices of ginger with skin, some boiling water

practice:

1. Cut the red dates, remove the core, put them into an iron pan, and fry them over low heat until they turn brown. After cooling, put it into a sealed container and take it out and soak it in water when eating.

2. Wash the ginger, put it into a filter paper bag together with red dates, tighten the string, and put it in a thermos cup.

3. Boil water. The water temperature should be "first boiling water" (i.e. water that has just boiled). Pour the boiling water into the thermos cup. Pour out the first time, and brew it the second time to bring out the aroma of red dates and ginger before drinking it. You can brew it repeatedly.

Tips:

The peel of red dates is tough and difficult to digest, so it is best not to eat them raw; the date pits are relatively hot, so it is best to remove them when boiling water or making soup. Although this tea is good, please drink it in the morning. If you feel hot, stop or consult a Chinese medicine practitioner.

Taboos of drinking ginger and jujube tea during the dog days

Generally speaking, only people with very hot constitutions cannot drink ginger and jujube tea, because ginger and jujube tea mainly replenishes qi and blood, and can activate the limbs of the human body, warm the uterus, or warm the qi and blood. It is basically drunk by people with weak constitutions and weak qi and blood, so you must pay attention to your own situation and don't drink scented tea casually, as it may cause adverse reactions between the scented teas, which may make you feel uncomfortable. If you feel that you have a weak constitution, you should eat more wolfberries and red dates, which are foods that can warm the uterus.

What should you pay attention to when drinking ginger and jujube tea during the dog days?

1. If you have a cold body and are afraid of cold, you can add a few more peppercorns and boil them into peppercorn, ginger and jujube tea, which will have a stronger effect in removing cold and dampness. It is suitable for people with heavy cold and dampness in the lower abdomen, women with cold uterus (excessive and thin leucorrhea, dysmenorrhea), men with cold kidneys, and people with weak stomach and intestines and chronic diarrhea. It can be drunk frequently.

2. It is best to drink the ginger and jujube tea in the morning and not later than noon. Because ginger is suitable for eating in the morning, it is not suitable to drink ginger tea in the afternoon and evening. Many people are afraid of getting a sore throat after drinking ginger and jujube tea, but in fact, this is not the case as long as you drink it in the morning.

3. If you are not a person with cold deficiency, it is best not to drink ginger and jujube tea every day all year round, especially in autumn and winter when it is easy to get a sore throat. But at this time of year, people who do not have a cold constitution can also drink it.