Not Recommended - When not to Drink Tea
Te is not always the best thing to drink ...
There are cases when teas are not recommended and should be avoided, as they contain various properties not suitable for persons with conditions such as:
• Neurasthenia condition with symptoms of, anxiety, headache, impotence, neuralgia and depression. Under these conditions one should drink teas moderately, and not all teas. They should avoid red teas and drink flower tea in the morning and green tea in the afternoon. Do not drink tea in the evening.
• Heart disease, hypertension patients should be careful with the quality of the tea they drink. Those with abnormal heartbeat and heart/kidney malfunction also should be careful. They can only drink some mild teas on small doses. Patients with a slow heartbeat, hypertension at an early stage, may drink a high grade green tea, to promote blood circulation, to reduce cholesterin.
• Gastric, Liver and Kidneys disease patients’ drinks should be selective on which Teas to drink. One may drink a little sugar black tea, milk black tea, these contribute to the anti-inflammatory and gastric mucosal protection, and it may also have some positive effect with gastric ulcers.
• Pregnant women. Tea contains excessive levels of caffeine, to stimulate the foetus so we would therefore generally advocate a pregnant mother not to drink it.
• Insomnia Do not drink tea before bed time.
• Excessive Alcohol Drink. The heart and Kidney functions are already under great strain, so Teas should be avoided right after. If someone is in good healthy he or she can drink small doses of Puerh Tea, to help the kidneys. When sober, fruits and vinegar are recommended, speeding up the body's rate of metabolism, to alleviate the drunkenness.
• Drugs. Avoid drinking teas when taking any prescription drugs or aspirin, cold medicines or most of over the counter drugs.
• Next Day. Never drink used tea leaves the next day, after they have been used. Some teas can be refilled (with water) a few times; Green Teas twice, Oolong Teas up to five times, depending on the teas.
• Fever. No one with fever should drink teas.
• Empty Stomach. One should not drink tea in an empty stomach.
However for most of the conditions above, there are natural Herbs that may assist some of the illness, and they should be prescribed by a Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctor, that understands the science of herbs. There are also Medicinal Teas, available that can also be effective.
Otherwise, if you live a normal healthy life and do not have the conditions above, this is what the Master Tea, Gu Yang from the Ming Dynasty said:
“Drinking Tea, helps quench the thirst, digest food, dissolve fat, refresh the mind, relieve irritability and remove excessive unwanted impurities in the blood. One cannot go without tea even for a single day.”
Disclaimer: This is intended as information only and is based on traditional Chinese Medicine; you should also seek the advice of your GP.
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