Chinese Tea Culture of Tea Health

The Divine Husbandman’s Classic of the Materia Medica, recorded that the Divine Husbandman tasted a hundred herbs and encountered seventy-two poisons, which were solved by tea. The earliest public function of tea is medicinal.

Ming Gao Lian’s health classic “Zunsheng eight paper” wrote: “Drinking tea, can quench thirst and eliminate food, can remove phlegm and less sleep, is diuretic and swelling, can brighten the eyes and benefit the mind, in addition to the annoyance of greasy, people can not be a day without tea.“

Specific manifestations of tea for health）：

• Tea invigorates the mind and enhances thinking and memory skills. 
• Tea eliminates fatigue, promotes metabolism, and has the effect of maintaining the normal functioning of the heart, blood vessels, stomach and intestines. 
• Tea contains a number of trace elements that are beneficial to the human body.
• Drinking tea is highly beneficial in preventing tooth decay.
• Tea has the effect of inhibiting malignant tumors, and drinking tea can significantly inhibit the growth of cancer cells.
• Drinking tea protects one’s hematopoietic function.
• Drinking tea excites the central nervous system and enhances athletic ability.