Health care for the elderly: What kind of tea should you drink for health care in spring?

　　Health care according to the seasons has always been valued by traditional Chinese medicine and health experts. After the beginning of spring, Yang Qi begins to rise, but it is also the season when various germs reproduce and revive. disease Very easy to catch on. Traditional Chinese medicine experts remind that spring health care must comply with the spring order, pay attention to climate changes, improve human immunity through a reasonable diet, and prevent the occurrence of diseases.

　　Zhang Zhongjing, the "medical sage" of the Han Dynasty, said: "In spring, the taste of the food should be to reduce acidity and increase sweetness. The food should not be skipped for one day to nourish the spleen." "Sun Simiao, the "King of Medicine" in the Tang Dynasty, also said: "The diet in spring should reduce acidity and increase sweetness, nourish the spleen and replenish qi." "This means that people should eat less sour food and more sweet food in spring to replenish the body's spleen and stomach and prevent the occurrence of various diseases.

　　The sweet food mentioned in Chinese medicine not only means that the food tastes a little sweet, but more importantly, it must have the effect of nourishing the spleen and stomach. Among foods, jujube and yam are the most recommended. Modern medical research shows that eating yam or jujube regularly can improve human immunity. If jujube, yam, rice, and millet are cooked together, it can not only prevent the recurrence of gastritis and gastric ulcer, but also reduce the chance of contracting infectious diseases such as influenza, so it is very suitable for consumption in spring.

　　Among drinks, Eucommia male flower tea is the most recommended. Famous medical records of the past dynasties all praise Eucommia ulmoides as "sweet, warm and non-toxic". "Compendium of Materia Medica" records: "Ucommia ulmoides can enter the liver and nourish the kidneys, nourish the middle and replenish essence and qi, strengthen bones and muscles, strengthen the will, and cure diseases." Kidney deficiency low back pain . Taking it for a long time can make you lighten your body and resist aging..." Medical research now shows that the male flowers of Eucommia ulmoides have the same pharmacological and health-care effects as Eucommia ulmoides. Therefore, regular consumption of male flower tea can nourish the liver and kidneys. In fact, it can enhance liver and kidney functions, that is, enhance the ability of the liver and kidneys to remove toxins from the body, thereby improving the body's immune function, enhancing the phagocytosis of macrophages, and promptly "eliminating" bacteria and viruses invading the body, thereby preventing infectious diseases such as influenza.

　　Modern scientific research has found that the male flowers of Eucommia ulmoides contain more than 80 natural active ingredients, such as: lignins, iridoids, phenylpropanoid active substances (such as genipinic acid, chlorogenic acid, aucin), pinoresinol disaccharide, flavonoids, and alkaloids , amino acids, polysaccharides and mineral elements Zn, Mn, Cu, Fe, Ca, P, B, Mg, K, etc., of which the amino acid content reaches 21.47%, the calcium content reaches 0.92%, and the zinc content reaches 51mg/100g. It has dozens of health care functions. In addition to strengthening the liver and kidneys, it also has effects on laxative, sleeping, weight loss, and lowering three highs.

　　For people who have experienced a high-calorie diet in winter, losing weight in spring is particularly important. Drinking Eucommia male flower tea is equivalent to slow exercise. Japanese scientist Professor Shushichi Takahashi discovered that Eucommia ulmoides male flower tea for weight loss is different from weight loss teas sold in the market. It promotes the synthesis of collagen and increases the metabolism rate through the same physiological effects as exercise, accelerates the consumption of calories in the body, reduces neutral fat, increases the synthesis of new collagen in the body, accelerates the expulsion of old collagen, and exerts the same physiological effect as walking exercise to tighten the muscles in the body. skin Dense and elastic, thus achieving the goals of weight loss and beauty.

　　In addition, the iridoids and phenylpropanoid active substances contained in Eucommia male flower tea can promote the synthesis of gastrointestinal collagen protein, significantly increase intestinal motility and promote gastric juice secretion. It also has antibacterial, antiviral and choleretic and purgative effects. It is very suitable for people with weak spleen and stomach and indigestion. The male flowers of Eucommia ulmoides contain pinoresinol disaccharide, aucubin, flavonoids, polysaccharides and other active ingredients, which have the effects of lowering blood pressure, lowering blood lipids, lowering blood sugar, etc., and have no side effects for a long time. Therefore, patients with high blood pressure can also drink it with confidence.