Description
The efficacy and influence of Chinese tea
Tea has the effect of refreshing, refreshing and clearing the mind. It can be used to treat headache, red eyes, epilepsy and other diseases. It is cool in nature, enters the heart, lung meridians, and has the effect of moistening the lungs. It is suitable for patients who are upset, thirsty, cold, pharyngitis, and sore throat.
Tea also contains tea polyphenols, caffeine and other ingredients, which can promote digestion, promote the metabolism of body fat, inhibit the absorption of lipids, improve the secretion of gastric juice, and promote appetite. Tea also has the effect of diuresis, which can be used to treat adverse urination, edema, and oliguria.
In addition, tea also has the effect of lowering blood pressure, blood sugar and blood fat.
Lotus is a plant with high practical value. The whole plant can be used, and each part has its special function. However, it has the important effect of reducing fire, clearing the heart, stopping bleeding, removing excess moisture in the body, and removing blood stasis. Among them, lotus flower tastes bitter and sweet, and its nature is flat. Qingxiang Shengsan has the effects of clearing the heart and relieving heat, removing blood stasis and stopping bleeding, eliminating wind and dampness. It is mainly used to treat heat and thirst, convulsion and epilepsy in children, blood inversion and coma in women, hematemesis due to falls, irregular menstruation, metrorrhagia, wet sores and scabies.
Cultural symbol: In addition to practical value, lotus is the most commonly used plant as a symbol of religion and philosophy. It once represented the holy, female beauty, purity, resurrection, elegance and the sun. The gentleman in flowers symbolizes an ideal personality in Chinese traditional culture: "coming out of the mud without dyeing, washing the ripples without demon". The symbol of honesty: whoever covers "green lotus" is homophonic to "honesty". Symbolizing love: lotus is also called lotus flower, or lotus in cloud water. "Lotus", "Furong" also. Bai Juyi's Song of Eternal Sorrow also said: "The lotus is as beautiful as the willow.". Therefore, lotus flowers are often used to symbolize love, especially the jubilant lotus. The picture of two lotus seeds giving birth to one lotus root is called "one heart with two lotus seeds". "Rong" in "Water Lotus" is homophonic to "Rong". The lotus and the peony together are called "Prosperity and Wealth", and the lotus and the egret together are called "Prosperity along the way". Peony, lotus and Pulsatilla are called "from prosperity to prosperity". Lotus can also be homophonic "even". The lotus seed added to the lotus seed is called "Liansheng Guizi". It symbolizes purity. In Buddhism, there are lotus seats, lotus platforms, etc. Many Bodhisattvas in Buddhism come from lotus flowers.