Tea Medicine And Tea Therapy Have Such A Traditional Chinese Medicine Origin

For thousands of years, much has been written about tea drinking and health. Especially in ancient my country, tea was often used as a medicine. In the treasure house of medicine in the motherland, it is quite common to use tea as a single or compound medicine.

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There is a very close relationship between tea medicine and tea therapy, tea culture, and traditional Chinese medicine, and both are related to the legend of Shennong. Because of the good medical effect of tea, the word "tea medicine" (see "tea medicine" inscribed by Wang Yuan in the fourteenth year of the Dali calendar of the emperor) was used in the Tang Dynasty. , and there is also the conclusion that "tea is medicine". It can be seen that tea is medicine, and it is contained in the medicine book.

However, according to modern habits, the term "tea medicine" is limited to preparations containing tea leaves in the prescription. Because tea has many functions, it can prevent and cure many diseases of internal and external gynecology and pediatrics. Therefore, tea is not only medicine but also as emphasized by Chen Zangqi in the Tang Dynasty: "Tea is the medicine for all diseases."

In addition, Yu Shenxing's "Chushan Bichen" in the Ming Dynasty also said that tea can "cure all diseases". The implementation of tea therapy has two levels of concepts. In the narrow sense, tea therapy only refers to the application of tea leaves without any addition of Chinese and Western medicines. Of course, this is the cornerstone and main body of tea therapy. Without this cornerstone and main body, tea therapy cannot be established.

Since tea has as many as 24 functions in traditional applications, tea alone is enough to constitute a tea therapy system. The second level concept of tea therapy is tea therapy in a broad sense, which can be applied by adding an appropriate amount of Chinese and Western medicines to the tea leaves to form a compound recipe. Of course, it also includes compound recipes that contain no tea in certain recipes, but are prescribed in the decoction method to be "delivered with tea soup". This is actually tea, medicine, and taking.

Due to China's vast territory, diverse languages, and different opinions, there are differences in the description of the herbal medicine of tea. "Nature and Taste" Theory Sexual taste is an important theory of traditional Chinese medicine, and it can generally be called "four qi and five flavors". The four qi (or four natures), namely cold, cool, warm, and hot, indicate the cold and heat properties of the medicine. The five flavors, namely pungent, sweet, sour, bitter, and salty, indicate the taste of the medicine. Both of these have a great relationship with the efficacy and indications of the drug. The nature and taste of tea are basically the same as "sweet, bitter, slightly cold, non-toxic" in "Xinxiu Materia Medica", and "bitter, sweet, slightly cold, non-toxic" in "Compendium of Materia Medica", only two changes were made. word position. This is more in line with the actual taste of tea.

The theory of traditional Chinese medicine generally holds that: sweetness is tonifying and bitterness is purging. It can be seen that tea is a good medicine for tonifying and purging. Slightly cold, that is, cool. Medicines with cold and cool properties can clear heat and detoxify, which is also in line with the actual effect of tea. Other discussions are generally similar. For example: "Compendium of Materia Medica" as "cold, bitter", "Ben Cao" a "cold, bitter taste" and so on.

The "returning to the classics" theory "returning to the classics" theory is a relatively late emergence of the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, and it only became popular at the time of Jin and Yuan, so it has not been mentioned in "Xinxiu Materia Medica". The so-called "returning to the classics" refers to the main effect of the drug. The "meridians" and viscera. For example: for the treatment of cough and asthma, it belongs to the lung (hand Taiyin) meridian; for the treatment of urination diseases, it belongs to the kidney (foot Shaoyin) meridian or the bladder (foot Taiyang). "Tangye Materia Medica" is "starting, foot Jueyin meridian" (hand Jueyin belongs to "pericardium", foot Jueyin belongs to the liver); The five Zang-organs are the core of the TCM theory of zang-fu organs (commonly referred to as "Zang-Xiang").

Tea can be combined into five internal organs, indicating that the effect is very extensive. Efficacy and indications Efficacy and indications are the main contents of traditional Chinese medicine. Without efficacy and indications, it cannot be a medicine. As mentioned above, "tea is the medicine for all diseases", it can be seen that tea has many effects and indications. Efficacy, also known as function, function, or efficacy, refers to the role of drugs in preventing and treating diseases. Indications refer to the main diseases that can be treated, such as "fistula" and "heat and thirst" in the text of the book. Regarding the efficacy of tea, it can be roughly summarized into twenty-four items.

Pharmacological explanation of tea As for why tea can have these effects and indications, Materia Medica has its own explanation, which is generally explained from theories such as smell thickness, harmony between man and nature, ascending and descending, and returning to the meridian. For example, the "Compendium of Materia Medica" explains the pharmacological effects of tea: "Ji said: the head is unclear, and the heat is smoked. If the heat is vented with bitterness, it will be clear. And the tea body is frivolous. It is the qi of spring rising. Although the taste is bitter and the qi is thin, it is the yang in the Ming Dynasty, which can rise or fall.

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