Tea is a common drink for thousands of families, and now it has become one of the three non-alcoholic drinks in the world. It can also be said to be a healthy drink, but try not to drink tea immediately after drinking it.
Many people often like to drink tea after drinking it. They think that drinking a cup of strong tea after drinking has the effect of relieving alcoholism and benefiting health. It is also said that drinking tea can make the brain excited and awake, thus achieving the effect of sobering up. Actually, this is a wrong concept. In Compendium of Materia Medica, Li Shizhen made a clear statement on the harm of drinking tea: drinking tea after drinking will hurt the kidney, the waist and legs will fall heavily, the bladder will be cold and painful, accompanied by phlegm and edema.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that wine is warm and pungent, and enters the lungs and liver. After drinking, Yang Qi rose and lung qi increased; Tea tastes bitter, slightly cold, belongs to yin, and is mainly based on health preservation. If drinking tea after drinking is bad for the kidneys. After alcohol enters the liver, it is decomposed into water and carbon dioxide by the action of enzymes and excreted through the kidney. Theophylline has diuretic effect, and strong tea contains a lot of theophylline, which will make undecomposed alcohol enter the kidney prematurely. Alcohol is very harmful to the kidneys, and it is easy to cause frequent urination and dry stool caused by cold stagnation.
The harm of drinking tea after drinking does not stop there. Tea also contains a lot of tannic acid. Tannic acid can react with protein to synthesize protein, which is an absorptive target acid. This protein increases the toxic effect of toxic substances on the liver, thus causing fatty liver. Usually, it will do serious damage to our liver.
In addition, the study of modern medicine on the biochemical changes of tea drinkers after drinking shows that tea can not only relieve alcoholism, but will aggravate various symptoms after drinking. Alcohol stimulates the cardiovascular system greatly, and strong tea also has the effect of exciting the heart. After drinking wine and then drinking tea, the two are combined into one, which further enhances the stimulation to the heart. So for people with poor heart function, the consequences can be imagined.
Here, I advise you not to drink tea immediately after drinking, especially not to drink a lot of strong tea. It is best to eat some fruits such as oranges, pears and apples, or drink some drinks such as fruit juice and sugar water, which can not only moisten food, but also help hangover.
Tips: In order to protect our health, it is best to control the amount of drinking properly and avoid drinking on an empty stomach. Especially for people who are busy socializing outside, drink, smoke and drink tea at the same time at the dinner table. If these hobbies happen at the same time, it will bring adverse effects on health.
I'll teach you a trick: honey is an effective drink for hangover. This is because honey contains special fructose that is not found in most fruits, which helps to promote the decomposition and absorption of alcohol and can effectively relieve dizziness, headache and fever after drunkenness. In addition, honey also has hypnotic effect, which can make people fall asleep quickly and won't feel headache after getting up the next morning. And a little honey to protect the liver. Drinking honey before drinking can also protect the liver from alcohol damage.
Appendix If you drink tea immediately after a meal, it will be easy to induce anemia after a long time, and when the iron in the food is basically absorbed after a meal 1 hour, drinking tea at this time will not affect the absorption of iron.