Is Tea A Medicine?

Tea can not be regarded as a real medicine in modern medicine. Even though we are proud to say that tea was first recorded in "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" and has clear effects, it cannot be regarded as a medicine. From the perspective of traditional medicine, tea can only be regarded as Chinese herbal medicine, but in theory, any plant is in the category of four qi and five flavors, which means that any plant can become a medicine in Chinese medicine theory.

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At present, tea cannot be used to treat definite diseases. As for the functions of lowering blood pressure, anti-oxidation, and excitement, they all belong to the nature of health care, not treatment. But tea extracts can be used for drug development for clinical treatment. For example, caffeine in tea is used in 999 Ganmaoling, but it does not mean that it can treat colds, but it has the effect of dilating blood vessels. Another example is that theanine is also valuable in clinical studies such as adjuvant cancer drug treatment, antidepressants, insomnia, etc., and tea polyphenols are also useful in antioxidation and repairing the damage.

When a substance is studied to clarify its activity, pharmacology, mechanism of action for the treatment of a certain disease, role, and side effects, drug toxicity, half-life in the human body, chemical structure, etc., and in the treatment It has a significant effect and is widely used, and this can be regarded as a medicine. Of course, drinking tea is also beneficial, but you don't need to be overly superstitious about its effects.

Slimming tea, is it useful?

Slimming teas are products that achieve weight loss by increasing excretion or reducing oil absorption. To put it simply, weight loss tea mainly dehydrates the body and dehydrates a small amount of unabsorbed fat, not fat loss, fat still exists firmly in the body.

Weight loss drugs are mainly chemical drugs, two categories of proprietary Chinese medicines. Chemical drugs mainly use "sibutramine" and "orlistat" as raw materials, which are actually central nervous system depressants (diuretics, laxatives, appetite suppressants), especially It should be noted that ephedrine, if taken alone, will cause harm to the body, and if taken together with caffeine, it may be fatal! Because the combination of the two will speed up the heartbeat and easily lead to heart disease.

Ephedrine-containing drugs for weight loss, that is ephedrine + caffeine. Ephedrine (alkaloid) is a strong stimulant, and clinicians use strict doses for asthma, because the excitability is strong, and the body's metabolism is also enhanced (energy consumption), but it has a great impact on blood pressure, hypertension, and hyperthyroidism. people are absolutely untouchable. Long-term intake can cause insomnia, anxiety, mental excitement, rapid heartbeat, etc. It is a prescription drug. Combined with the stimulant effects of caffeine, these symptoms are exacerbated. The central stimulant effects of ephedrine have even been used to make drugs.

Weight loss drugs containing L-carnitine dots have indeed been observed to reduce the proportion of fat and promote fat metabolism, but the effect is still not obvious, and there are many side effects. The side effects of long-term consumption of L-carnitine are becoming more and more. Obvious. After taking L-carnitine, there are some other symptoms such as dizziness, headache, increased blood pressure, tachycardia, arrhythmia, more serious symptoms of palpitation, angina pectoris, shortness of breath, and even life in severe cases. Danger.

The weight loss medicine containing aminophylline, aminophylline is the prescription medicine of aminophylline (Aminophylline), which is clinically used by doctors for asthma patients, and the therapeutic concentration should be strictly tested to prevent side effects. The main side effects of aminophylline include: nausea, vomiting, arrhythmia, decreased blood pressure, and polyuria, and can also stimulate the central nervous system, which can cause convulsions and even death in severe cases.

If you want to rely on products to lose weight, you must choose healthy and safe products to achieve real fat loss, rather than losing body water or muscle to lose weight. The body's water accounts for 70%. Water can promote metabolism and blood circulation. During weight loss, you can drink more water to promote digestion.

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