What should I do if I feel stomach discomfort after drinking too much tea?

In life, many people may have had this experience: drinking too much tea and feeling uncomfortable in the stomach. What is going on? In fact, tea contains caffeine and fluoride. If you drink several cups of strong tea in a row, you are likely to experience insomnia, headache, nausea, gastrointestinal discomfort and other symptoms. These are actually caused by excessive tea drinking and excessive caffeine content in the body. If you have a weak spleen and stomach, drinking too much Tieguanyin, which has a cold nature, may cause stomach discomfort.

What to do if you feel uncomfortable in your stomach due to drinking too much tea

Eat some hawthorn

Hawthorn contains a variety of organic acids, which can stimulate the secretion of gastric juice, increase the activity of pepsin, and promote the digestion and decomposition of fat. If you drink too much tea after meals and feel stomach discomfort due to indigestion, you can eat some hawthorn to promote digestion.

Lie down and take a nap

If you drink too much tea and feel uncomfortable in your stomach, you can lie down and take a nap. After waking up, go to the toilet to excrete excess tea polyphenols in your body, and the uncomfortable feeling in your stomach will disappear.

Rub your belly

If your stomach is very uncomfortable, you can gently massage it with your hands. This will make your stomach feel much more comfortable. Massage can also speed up gastrointestinal motility and allow the tea to be discharged faster.

How to prevent stomach discomfort after drinking tea

1. Don't drink strong tea. Strong tea contains a lot of theacrine and other substances. If you drink strong tea for a long time, it will directly stimulate our body and cause weakness, indigestion and other symptoms.

2. Don’t drink tea after meals. Drinking tea after meals will dilute the gastric juice, affect the digestion and absorption of food, and is not good for gastrointestinal health.

3. Don’t drink tea on an empty stomach

4. Don’t drink too much. Don’t drink more than 3 cups of tea a day. It is best to drink boiled water to replenish water.

By adjusting the way you drink tea, you can avoid stomach pain and get the benefits of drinking tea. There are several ways to do this: First, proceed step by step, gradually adapting from less to more, from light to strong, so that the stomach and intestines can adapt to caffeine and gradually improve their tolerance to tea. Do not drink too much or too strong tea at once.

Finally, the wrong type of tea is chosen. Some tea lovers with active duodenal ulcers are also drinking very strong green tea and single tea. You should know that the caffeine content in green tea and single tea is higher than that in other types of tea, so it will more seriously irritate the gastrointestinal tract and cause discomfort.

Second, choose the correct way to drink tea one hour after a meal to avoid irritation to the stomach and intestines caused by drinking tea on an empty stomach. Also avoid drinking cold tea. Try to drink warm tea to warm your stomach, and naturally it will not hurt.

Third, choose the right tea. People who have stomach pain after drinking tea are likely to suffer from peptic ulcer, so try not to drink tea. If you really want to drink it, you can choose mild teas such as black tea, ripe Pu'er tea, buckwheat tea, etc. Tea is a mellow, stomach-friendly and pleasant drink. Drinking tea can help digestion and relieve the uncomfortable feeling after a full meal. "Tea is the gentleman of water" and "The friendship between gentlemen is as pure as water." Drinking light tea regularly instead of strong tea is the guarantee of healthy tea drinking.