Xạ đen is known as a precious medicinal herb with many health benefits. So, what are the benefits of drinking xạ đen leaves?
What is black tea?
The article on the Medlatec General Hospital website has medical consultation from BSCKI. Duong Ngoc Van said that the scientific name of xạ đen is Celastrus hindsii Benth, known by other names such as bach van hoa, bach giai tree, and day goose tree.
This is a woody vine that clings to large trees when growing wild, but when planted, the branches will cling to each other to form clumps to grow. The black vine stem is round, 3 - 10m long, when young it is light gray and hairless, but when it grows up it turns brown, hairy, and gradually turns green.
In our country, the black tea plant grows wild in many forests of the mountainous regions of the North such as Ninh Binh, Hoa Binh, Thua Thien Hue, etc. The chemical composition of this plant includes:
- Polyphenols: kaempferol 3-rutinoside, rutin, lithospermic acid, rosmarinic acid, lithospermic acid B.
- Triterpene and Sesquiterpene: 1b, 6a, estar agarofuran sesquiterpene, glucosyringic acid, loranthol, emarginatine E, lupenone.
- Some other groups of compounds: amino acids, tannins, flavonoids.
What is the effect of drinking black leaf?
The branches, leaves, and stems of the black ginseng plant can all be used. The leaves can be harvested at any time of the year, but the branches and leaves must be harvested when the plant is old because then they have the highest medicinal properties.
Drinking black tea has many health benefits.
The article by Physician Bui Dac Sang - Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi Oriental Medicine Association on Health & Life Newspaper pointed out the health benefits of black xạ:
- Support for tumor treatment: In black tea contains 2 compounds fanavolnoid and quinone that have the effect of liquefying dysplastic cells. These two drugs help slow down the growth of tumors when they first form. There are some scientific studies proving the effect of preventing and supporting the treatment of tumors. However, everything is still in the research stage.
- Support treatment of high blood pressure: Xạ đen helps regulate unstable blood pressure. Using xạ đen to support treatment of high blood pressure is also very simple, just boil xạ đen leaves with water to drink every day, or make tea to drink every day.
- Support treatment of fatty blood, fatty liver: Using black xạ is good for people with fatty blood, proven by research from the Military Medical Academy, that is, using water boiled from this medicinal herb every day, the condition of fatty blood or fat in the liver is improved quite well.
- Improve sleep, treat nervous breakdown: The black xạ plant has a slightly astringent, bitter taste, and a cold nature, which is very good for people with frequent insomnia due to nervous breakdown or anemia (yin deficiency and excess fire according to oriental medicine). In addition, it helps increase blood circulation to the brain, helping to treat dizziness.
Some recipes for daily black tea drinks
Health & Life Newspaper quoted Dr. Tran Ngoc Que, Chairman of Quang Binh Oriental Medicine Association, as instructing some recipes for making black tea to drink every day as follows:
Lesson 1 - Black tea drink helps strengthen the body, increases muscle activity in the limbs: 15g black tea, 10g betel grass, cook with 2 liters of water, boil for 10 minutes, drink during the day or make into tea to drink during the day.
Lesson 2 - Black tea to treat headaches, fatigue, and sleep disorders in people with high blood pressure: 10g black tea, 15g Chinese clematis, boil with 2 liters of water for 10 minutes, drink during the day or make into tea to drink during the day.
Lesson 3 - Black tea drink aids digestion, helps with appetite (for postpartum women): 15g black tea, 15g red tops, cook with 2 liters of water, boil for 10 minutes, drink during the day or make into tea to drink during the day.
Lesson 4 - Black tea drink supports the treatment of atherosclerosis: 20g black tea, 5g lingzhi mushroom, cook with 2 liters of water, boil for 10 minutes, drink during the day or make into tea to drink during the day.
Lesson 5 - Black tea helps improve memory, good for the brain, cerebral anemia: 10g black tea, 15g honeysuckle, boil with 2 liters of water for 10 minutes, drink during the day or make into tea to drink during the day.
Lesson 6 - Black tea drink to treat irregular menstruation: 20g black tea, 10g bear bile plant, boil with 2 liters of water for 10 minutes, drink during the day or make into tea to drink during the day.
Lesson 7 - Black tea drink to treat constipation: 15g black tea, 10g celosia, boil with 2 liters of water for 10 minutes, drink during the day or make into tea to drink during the day.
Lesson 8 - Black tea drink to treat physical weakness and anemia: 15g black tea, 10g ginseng, boil with 2 liters of water for 10 minutes, drink during the day or make into tea to drink during the day.
Lesson 9 - Black tea drink cures insomnia, poor appetite, and helps with chronic diseases: 15g black tea, 10g ginseng, boil with 2 liters of water for 10 minutes, drink during the day or make into tea to drink during the day.
Lesson 10 - Black tea to treat nervous breakdown and vestibular disorders: 15g black tea, 20g Chinese clematis, 10g chrysanthemum, boil with 2 liters of water for 10 minutes, drink during the day or make into tea to drink during the day.
Above are the effects of black water on health. Use black water properly for good health.
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