The medicinal tea origin and development

Herbal tea with qigong, acupuncture is same, it is the motherland medicine is an important component of the rarity of the Chinese nation. Herbal tea is our ancestors during the long life practice, constantly creates and accumulated rich experience, and experience the crystallization of repeatedly, effective certificate. One thousand years, for the Chinese nation's health, has made the contribution.

Herbal tea, already can spare, as the people of drink, and after can prevent and cure slow decline of old and prolong life. So, are widely welcome, and lasts long. According to preliminary research, the medical books to accounts of herbal tea party, at least two hundred DuoFang. A single flavour, also have compound; Have used in the treatment of disease, and the health care and prolong life. The variety indeed be called motherland medicine a crafts.

Tea, for a long time, be regarded as DuoZhong function of Chinese traditional medicine. In the four thousand DuoNian tea use history, have three thousand DuoNian mainly as a medicinal. Tea as medicinal, in our country many ancient books mentioned on. For example: "the shennong materia medica of the earliest extant in the pharmacy book, to the function of the tea, have clear records:" tea bitter taste, a drink make people think, little lie, PE, so bright eye." And a "divine farming tasting tea a day, in seventy-two, tea and poison of the solution." Legend: in one hundred shen nong taste of herbs, when gold rolling green mountain taste bead and poisoning, just fall in tea tree, and tea leaves into the mouth of dew, revive might be saved. This story, although it is a legend but records the tea have detoxify of that fact. When the people in "the theory of hua tuo write" bitter tea long food means benefit, "says that drinking tea a refreshing xingnao role. Han dynasty ZhangZhongJing famous doctors in the typhoid miscellaneous diseases of "record" tea to the symptom such as purulent blood and what effect "validation. The liang dynasty famous doctors TaoHongJing cloud: "long tea can so forever". Although this has exaggerated too, but also showed the tea have health care and strengthen the role of prolong life. The era of the flourishing tang dynasty, in court SuJing life and compiles "tang of materia medica" in cloud: "tea flavor, small cold non-toxic, to seek the Lord, and urinate, fistula boils to phlegmy heat thirsty, Lord of gas, away....... A food of gas, food, and drink ZhuYu, green, JiangLiang." Chen zang ware the compendium of materia medica shortage "also write a" broken heat, in addition to the small intestine. Big tiger," Renowned medical WangDao's "secret outside Taiwan to" roll of 31 "generation new drink tea party" section, detailed describes the herbal tea made, use and the attending disease, started a herbal tea production precedent. YaoWang sun simiao compiled the daughter YaoFang ", "JinYiFang", in the governance section says tea "is powerful, yue ambition" and keep have a tea party prescription in more than ten. Meng wash the dietotherapy materia medica of herbal tea also useful for "waist pain difficult to turn", "heat poison dysentery" records.

The use of the song dynasty, herbal tea, had a quite development. Many working people and traditional herbal tea, the dredging, and accumulated a very precious herbal tea party. In the official compilation of the peaceful holy benevolence formulae ", "the holy Jackie always record" in the wide accept bookmakers. There are many herbal tea party to remember. Like green tea, mint tea, soya ShiHao tea, la tea, all the wax tea, sulfur, such as tea in the above two in this book have formula, usage, the attending, and other aspects of the records, and widely used in practice in. Many a herbal tea party, not only among the masses in the royal palace, drinking is quite popular. The yuan dynasty palace and the cure too much drink, think hui, the competent palace noble diet cooking, according to DuoNian experience, write into the meat was about to drink ", including many herbal tea party, and points out that: "all the tea, taste; small cold non-toxic, to phlegmy heat thirst, the gas disappear of urine, clear god less sleep." Famous gerontologists ZouXuan SongChaoChen straight in the endowment serve close book "basis, the other writings, wide the life close endowment new book", including prevention and control of herbal tea party posted this elderly patient, such as tea party, CNN) tea party, etc, and have tried tea, sweet tea, cypress soup tea, dry tea production records. Litchi WuDuan the daily materia medica ", the king so old "soup liquid herbal" in, all have a herbal tea efficacy of the records.

After the Ming dynasty, a herbal tea party use more extensive. In the "universal party" in the herbal tea a, herbal tea party posted the eight, and detailed introduction there are indications and drinking method. The medical the aesthetic of the first record of the old BaXianCha slow decline "party. The Ming dynasty renowned medical LiShiZhen in compendium of materia medica, herbal tea party in appendix more than ten, such as tea, cynanchum five root tea, etc, and on the effect of herbal tea as discussed comprehensively, and promote the study of the later generations herbal tea.

Herbal tea party in qing dynasty, the works are increasing. ZhangLu of "this is the original", LiuTingCan "renewal fragrance of, LiuYuan long" tea, history of the two volumes, WangAng "prepared materia medica of WangShiXiong, the interest with the diet spectrum", yellow palace embroider of the compendium of materia medica seeking truth ", and so on books are of herbal tea party records. Among them ShenJinAo "born ShenShi honour book of records of herbal tea party, by disease that killed millions jiao tone later restructured into" day tea "herbal tea, the most famous, still used in clinical, recommended by physicians. HuangBoXiong "food materia medica discrimination", ZhaoXueMin "compendium of materia medica shortage of herbal tea party, many for research and finishing a herbal tea provided valuable information. The qing dynasty palace attached great importance to strengthen the body and prolong life, such as herbal tea party qing herbal tea, oolong tea, by the luan tea, alisma etc. According to modern pharmacology study, its fall fat, change chaotic, having the liver and kidney, improve immune function effects, and is very clear. "When the choose to negotiate with the required in the book of tea party, heat, with functions of regulating qi, the wet tea tea clear heat, dampness, clearing nourish" Yin "tea cough tea. These tea party, are precious documents. Traditional Chinese medicine

In modern times, the herbal tea party has been widely popular among the masses, especially since the founding, the more valued. 1963 compiled the pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic, the general method herbal tea appendices and requirements for the development of herbal tea, plays a role in promoting. The traditional Chinese medicine big dictionary ", "common disease research reference material prescription" and so on, some valid included the herbal tea party. Clinically, in addition to the tea, also made a lot of finished products, such as building song herbal tea tea, tea, tea, noon dew cold tea, reduce weight tea, tea, oolong tea of the day. Oolong tea already enter the international market. Many famous old Chinese medicine herbal tea party with the prevention and treatment of disease, and has accumulated rich experience. GengJianTing the vast Yi begat the twelve of tea has set up a file in the in the crowd widely. Traditional Chinese medicine experts leaf springs of orange with semen cassia years experience to the tea fitness spread. ZhouQianChuan the YaoEr qigong treatment and treatment deviation surgery, "a book the DuoZhong listed the herbal tea prescription. In recent years, many experts published many works, receive many effective tea party, such as tea, hawthorn, tea, salvia miltiorrhiza lotus leaf tea, YuMiXu tea, the triple gem tea, puerarin tea, popular with the crowd welcomed.

Throughout our country ancient times, records of herbal tea book is very rich. There are compendium of materia medica, 27, of materia medica required classes, such as "the pillow China", "the daughter party of the kind of, have the bush record", "tea spectrum" and other tea of four books, the museum ambition ", "the vision of record", after the history class seven. As many as 61 species of ancient book of records the tea the medicinal value and medicinal recipes. Involved in treatment of diseases as many as 219 prescriptions, only to go to parties and phlegm herbal tea and party.

In a foreign country, the application of herbal tea party also is very extensive. The Soviet union pharmacopoeia of the written version 8 with tea party rule, and have "lapactic tea", "cough tea" two kind of legal prescription. In recent years, grass tea in Europe in vogue. Japan tian village ShunTianTang developed the "tea bag", used for health care, and has obtained the patent right. Hong Kong Pacific Co., LTD. Based on traditional Chinese medicine preparation methods, using computer herbal tea products, have SangJu cold tea, the senate and tea, eight Jane tea, welcome. Appear in the market at home and abroad and the tea bag, spices tea, instant tea, iced tea, mix drink tea, herbal tea in etc. Give full play to the role of herbal tea in health care. Tea and human health closely linked, at present, Japan and Europe and the United States and other developed countries have already put "tea-21 st century health drink" of the 90 s as the major research topic, and by the state funds and invest a lot of human research.

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