Research Progress On Application Of Traditional Chinese Medicine Tea in Common Chronic Diseases

Chinese herbal tea is a substitute for tea, which means that under the guidance of traditional Chinese medicine theory, through syndrome differentiation and treatment, Chinese herbal medicine and tea (or without tea) are selected, brewed and decocted, and sipped as frequently as drinking tea, in order to treat diseases and maintain health. health care purposes. Traditional Chinese medicine tea has a long history, and its production and application are recorded in detail in ancient relevant prescription books [1]. Compared with traditional decoction, it is also based on syndrome differentiation and treatment, but Chinese herbal tea can still ensure the efficacy of medicine while reducing the dosage; the simplification of medicinal taste and dosage makes it more convenient to take and carry; multiple administrations are more conducive to Absorption and maintenance of a certain concentration of drugs [2]; many volatile substances in traditional Chinese medicine tea are not easy to dissipate compared to decoction, the drug is simple and effective, and is more easily accepted by patients. At present, Chinese herbal tea has been widely used in internal medicine, surgery, gynecology, pediatrics, and other departments [3]. In recent years, China is gradually entering an aging society, and the incidence of various chronic diseases has increased accordingly. Patients can take a large number of western medicine combined treatments because of multiple chronic diseases at the same time, which is easy to cause many adverse reactions.

In recent years, Chinese herbal tea has achieved certain curative effects in the treatment of common chronic diseases, and has obvious advantages in relieving symptoms, reducing laboratory-related indicators, and regulating immunity, and can be used as a good alternative therapy [4]. In order to give full play to the advantages of traditional Chinese medicine, broaden the treatment ideas, and make some innovations in inheritance, this study summarizes the application of traditional Chinese medicine tea in ancient recuperation and common chronic diseases in recent years.

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The history of Chinese herbal tea

Traditional Chinese medicine tea originated in the Han Dynasty. The Tang "Waitai Secret Yao" has a record of "representing a new drink recipe for tea"; the Song "Taiping Shenghui Fang" and the Ming "Puji Fang" both contain "medicinal tea", and they are not familiar with traditional Chinese medicine tea. The production, use methods and indications of the medicine are discussed in more detail [5]; in the records of medical records in the Qing Dynasty, traditional Chinese medicine is also one of the main formulations of the Qing Dynasty royal family to prevent and treat diseases [1]. The term medicinal tea first appeared in Song Wang

Huaiyin's "Taiping Shenghui Fang" volume 96 "Medicine Tea Prescriptions" has two meanings at the earliest [6]:

①Prescriptions containing tea. Such as the green onion tea recipe, use light blue, light tempeh, nepeta, mint, gardenia, and gypsum, decoct in water to remove the scum, "add the tea powder, fry it for four or five boils, and take it in two degrees" to treat typhoid fever, headache and strong heat. The above is called "medicinal tea" because it is a prescription-containing tea.

②The medicine of imitation tea for treatment. For example, the heather bud tea recipe, a non-tea drug, is made "like the method of making tea (picking, steaming, and roasting)", and when taking it, it is ground "according to the method of sencha" and "taking it at any time", so it is called "medicinal tea". . Traditional Chinese medicine tea recipes began in the Tang Dynasty, which means that the raw materials can be varied so that they can have different therapeutic effects. Tang Wangtao's "Waitai Secret Yao" recorded "a new drinking recipe for tea generation", including wolfberry root, Rehmannia, honeysuckle, astragalus, and Ophiopogon japonicus, etc. as tonic drugs. [5]. The traditional Chinese medicine tea recipes contained in Song and Chen Zhi's "New Book of Shouqin Retirement for the Elderly" have unique experiences in the nursing care of the elderly [7]. For example, Si Shun San for treating typhoid fever in the four seasons of the elderly; Xiangzhi Tang for treating intestinal astringency, regulating wind, and smoothing Qi; Cardamom for treating Xia Duo air-conditioning in the elderly, stagnation of qi in the chest and diaphragm, disharmony of the spleen and stomach, and unwillingness to eat and drink San; Xia Yue Xiao Shi and Qi Zhi Orange San; Treat

Ginger soup for the elderly with diaphragm stagnation, lung disease, and phlegm cough; food to treat the elderly with hot wind and blood, improve eyesight, benefit qi, eliminate pathogenic factors, treat toothache, benefit the viscera, and smooth the qi. Xanthium tea recipe for slow and acute pulse; Huangqi San for treating upper scorching wind, heat toxin and sore swollen; Daigo Decoction for treating various deficiency; Dongting Decoction for regulating Qi and strengthening the spleen, warming and neutralizing the stomach.

2 Modern applications of  traditional Chinese medicine tea

In recent years, traditional Chinese medicine tea has been widely used in the treatment of chronic pharyngitis, allergic rhinitis, bronchial asthma (hereinafter referred to as asthma), senile constipation, recurrent oral ulcers, hyperlipidemia, hypertension and other common chronic diseases, with remarkable curative effect.

2. 1 Chronic pharyngitis

Manifested as dry itching in the throat, foreign body sensation, and repeated attacks, it belongs to the category of "Virtual Fire Throat Arthritis" or "Slow Throat Arthralgia" in traditional Chinese medicine. "Simple Questions: The Difference Between Yin and Yang" says: "One yin and one yang knot is called throat paralysis."

It causes spleen and stomach disorders, water-dampness stop gathering, phlegm and blood stasis, and cohesion of the pharynx; or deficiency of viscera, deficiency of lung and kidney yin, deficiency of fire and inflammation in the throat; or repeated attacks of throat paralysis due to wind-heat, Residual pathogens remain; or dust, turbid gas stimulation, addicted to tobacco and alcohol spicy, excessive fatigue, resulting in insufficient lung yin, throat dystrophy [8]. The available Chinese medicine on behalf of the tea can directly act on the local curative effect [9].

Zhou Jilian [9] treated 80 cases of chronic pharyngitis with traditional Chinese medicine on behalf of tea. Chinese herbal tea recipe: 20 g each of honeysuckle, fat sea, white chrysanthemum, 30 g orange pit, 15 g each of Ophiopogon japonicus, wolfberry fruit, 3 g hawthorn, 10 g each of rose flower, platycodon grandiflorum and rock sugar as 1 dose, divided into 10 ～ 15 sachets, 1 sachet a day, brewed with boiled water as a tea substitute, drink at any time. 67 cases were improved in one dose, 13 cases were improved by two doses. Su Chuanliang [10] used Liyan tea (Scrophularia, Ophiopogon japonicus, Platycodon grandiflorum, Wood butterfly, Licorice, Dendrobium, Honeysuckle, and Pang Dahai were uniformly processed into granules in the preparation room, wrapped in non-woven fabric, and packaged in small bags for patients to take. Add it into a container of about 500 mL, fill it with boiling water, cover it for 30 minutes, and drink it instead of tea. After drinking it, it can be brewed several times, 1 dose a day) to treat 34 cases of chronic pharyngitis, and combined with ultrasonic atomization inhalation method (Gentamicin + dexamethasone + chymotrypsin + 0.9% sodium chloride injection) treated 34 cases for control observation. After 3 weeks of treatment, the total effective rate of the treatment group was 91. 2%, which was significantly higher than that of the control group (62.8%, P < 0.05). Zhang Hong et al[11] made Liyan tea (drug composition: 12 g of Scrophularia Radix, 15 g of Ophiopogon japonicus, 9 g of Dendrobium, Platycodon grandiflorum, licorice each, and 6 g of Wood Butterfly) wrapped in gauze, soaked in boiling water, and frequently drank instead of tea containing 36 cases of chronic pharyngitis were treated with gentamicin + dexamethasone + 0． 9% Sodium Chloride Injection Ultrasonic Nebulization Inhalation Therapy 30

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Example comparison. After 3 weeks, the total effective rate of the treatment group was 88. 9%, much higher than the control group (60.0%,

P < 0. 05) . Jing Xuhong[12] treated 362 cases of chronic pharyngitis with traditional Chinese medicine tea therapy, most of which

One course of treatment has satisfactory curative effect, and 3 to 5 courses of treatment for stubborn and repeated cases have obvious curative effect.

The method is: honeysuckle, Ophiopogon japonicus, hawthorn each 30 g, chrysanthemum 20 g, licorice, fat sea each

15 g, mix well and divide into 10 sachets, brew with boiled water as a tea substitute, and drink at any time. Gao Yun

et al [13] treated 155 cases of chronic pharyngitis with Liyandai tea. Square Palate Root 20 g,

Shandougen, Shegan, Ophiopogon japonicus each 12 g, chrysanthemum 20 g, fat sea 6 g, the first dose add water

After soaking in 300 mL of boiling water for 20 minutes, drink it as a tea.

1. 5 to 2 L. The 134 cases in the control group were given one tablet of Jianmin throat tablets for 1 hour. 3 weeks of treatment

After treatment, the total effective rate and the improvement rate of main symptoms in the treatment group were significantly higher than those in the control group (P < 0. 05), and the detection rate of abnormal flora was lower than that in the control group ( P < 0. 05). Wang Lishan[14] randomly divided 200 patients with chronic pharyngitis into an observation group and a control group, with 100 cases in each group.

The observation group was given the substitute tea (3 g each of bamboo leaf, Ophiopogon japonicus, wild chrysanthemum, honeysuckle, 4 g of Platycodon grandiflorum,

2 g each of licorice and fat sea is 1 dose) in the morning and afternoon, 1 dose in boiled water for treatment. The control group was treated with gentamicin + dexamethasone + chymotrypsin + 0． Ultrasonic atomization inhalation of 9% sodium chloride injection, 2 times a day. The total effective rate of the observation group after 7 days 90. 0%, the control group 75. 0%, the clinical efficacy of the observation group was better than that of the control group (P < 0.05).

Local and frequent application of traditional Chinese medicine tea can clean the oral cavity, eliminate pathogens in the oral cavity, and fully replenish the water in the pharynx. Based on the above literature, it can be seen that most of the medicines used are flower medicines such as honeysuckle, chrysanthemum, rose, wild chrysanthemum, etc. These medicines are light and floating, on the one hand, they can directly reach the hospital, and on the other hand, they can dispel the expression of evil and evacuate. Wind-heat, promoting blood circulation and dissipating blood stasis; followed by clearing heat, detoxifying and pharyngeal medicines, such as licorice, Shandou root, Shegan, Banlangen, etc., nourishing yin and promoting body fluid such as Scrophularia, Ophiopogon japonicus, Dendrobium, etc.; The medicines for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis can achieve the purpose of removing phlegm and dissipating stagnation, nourishing yin and clearing heat, detoxifying and sore throat, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis.

Asthma Cistanche Tea

2. 3 Asthma is a common clinical chronic

Respiratory diseases belong to the category of "asthma" and "asthma syndrome" in traditional Chinese medicine. Phlegm is the internal cause. Whenever exogenous factors, diet, emotion, fatigue, etc. induce phlegm, the phlegm rises with the Qi and collides with each other, resulting in obstruction of the airway. , Loss of the lungs to declare Su, is the card of the virtual standard. The deficiency of the lung, spleen, and kidney is mainly due to deficiency of the three viscera, and the remission period is mainly due to deficiency, so it can usually be manifested as the syndrome of lung, spleen and kidney qi deficiency [16].

Sun Lifeng et al[17] randomly divided 80 patients with asthma in remission into two groups. 40 cases in the control group were treated with Seretide inhalation inhalation, and 40 cases in the observation group were additionally treated with Fuzheng Fangxiao Tea on the basis of the control group. Methods: Astragalus 8 g, Atractylodes 4 g, Fangfeng, Angelica 3 g each, Cordyceps fungus powder 2 g. Pulverize the medicines into coarse powder, dry them, mix them evenly according to the prescribed proportions, pack them in special filter paper bags, 10g per bag, seal well, sterilize, 2 bags a day, brew with boiling water and drink frequently. 12 weeks of treatment. The results showed that after treatment, the IgA, IgG and IgM of the observation group were higher than those of the control group, and the IgE was lower than that of the control group, and the differences were statistically significant ( P ＜ 0. 01 ); CD8 + decreased and CD8 + increased, and the differences were statistically significant compared with those in the group before treatment and after treatment in the control group (P ＜ 0.05). Cordyceps fungus powder is fermented

Cordyceps sinensis powder can treat asthma caused by deficiency of both lungs and kidneys [18], in "Ben Cao Congxin"

Its: "protects the lungs and nourishes the kidneys, stops bleeding and resolves phlegm, and has a cough." Chronic illness causes blood stasis, and Angelica sinensis promotes blood circulation and nourishes blood. "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" states that it "maintains cough and counteracts upper qi"; when used in combination with Yupingfeng Powder, it can benefit qi. Strengthen the table, invigorate the lungs and nourish the kidneys, and invigorate the blood [17].

Senile constipation Cistanche Tea

2. 4 Senile constipation

Modern medicine generally summarizes its causes as:

①The organ function of the elderly declines physiologically, and the ability of intestinal peristalsis decreases;

②The rectal muscles and abdominal muscles of the elderly are atrophied, and the muscle tone is low, resulting in weak defecation;

③ The activity of the elderly is reduced, and the diet is too fine, and the dietary fiber in the food is less, which leads to difficulty in defecation [19]. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that senile constipation is mostly caused by the decline of the functions of the spleen, stomach, kidney and other organs in the elderly, and deficiency of qi and yin leads to weak conduction in the large intestine.

Wang Lifeng et al. [19] used roasted radish seed honey instead of tea to treat senile constipation, and achieved good results. Method: Take 10 g of radish seeds, fry until golden yellow, grind finely, add 10 g of Cistanche,10g honey take it with boiled water on an empty stomach in the morning, once a day. Raisins enter the spleen, stomach, and lung meridians, and can digest food and eliminate bloating. "Medicine Zhongzhong Shenxilu" contains "to help digestion and smooth qi, and not to hurt qi, because it can eat more food, and qi can be nourished by itself", Persistently taking it, the stomach yin is lowered and the dross goes, and the effect is remarkable. Honey is a tonic and moisturizing medicine, which can adjust the spleen and stomach, invigorate the middle and replenish qi, and moisten the intestines and defecate. The combination of the two has a significant effect on the treatment of senile constipation