4 Beauty Scented Teas Suitable For Autumn

In the golden autumn season, the climate is dry, and people are prone to dry throat and sore throat. Chinese medicine refers to this phenomenon as "autumn dryness". Autumn dryness is a disease caused by dryness in autumn. The pathogen invades from the mouth and nose, and there are symptoms of dryness of body fluid at the beginning, such as dry nasopharynx, dry cough with little sputum, dry skin, etc. Chinese medicine believes that "dryness" is the main air in autumn, called "autumn dryness". Autumn dryness is divided into warm dryness and cool dryness. "Warm dryness" generally occurs when the weather is still hot in early autumn; when the weather turns cool in late autumn, it is mostly "cool dryness". The ancients said: "Drink tea for the best, drink flowers for the best". Scented tea, tea brings the fragrance of flowers, and flowers enhance the taste of tea. It can not only beautify and nourish the skin, but also nourish yin and moisten dryness, and prevent diseases.

There are many varieties of scented tea, and the effects are also different. Traditional scented teas are more common with roses, jasmine, chrysanthemums and osmanthus. If you want to drink scented tea for health, you can combine your own constitution and needs, and choose one or two scented teas that suit you according to the effects and functions of scented tea.

1. Rose tea: beautify and nourish the skin, promote blood circulation and dissipate blood stasis, regulate menstruation and relieve pain. It can be paired with some honey or wolfberry to nourish yin and moisten dryness, or it can be brewed with Pu'er tea.

2. Jasmine tea: regulate qi and relieve pain, warm the middle and stomach, reduce swelling and detoxify. Since jasmine is generally paired with green tea (which is cold in nature), people with weak constitutions should not drink too much.

3. Osmanthus tea: invigorate the stomach, resolve phlegm, promote fluid production, disperse phlegm, and calm the liver. Paired with licorice, it has a certain effect on loss of appetite, phlegm and cough, amenorrhea and abdominal pain.

4. Chrysanthemum tea: clear away heat and fire, relieve summer heat, improve eyesight and nourish the mind. Paired with wolfberry and fried cassia seeds can also treat dry throat and cough.

5. Pregnant women should avoid taking flower tea.

Rose tea: Anti-oxidation and brightening · Save dryness and dullness

beautify and nourish the skin, promote blood circulation and dissipate blood stasis, regulate menstruation and relieve pain. In traditional Chinese medicine, rose tea is not only fragrant, but also has a health care effect on women. Rose tea can not only beautify and moisturize the skin, but also relieve depression and activate blood circulation, treat dysmenorrhea, and improve menstrual disorders.

Scientific verification:

• Polyphenols and citronellol: Inhibit tyrosinase activity and reduce melanin synthesis (clinical tests show that skin tone can be brightened by 23% in 28 days)
• Blood circulation and stomach warming effect: Promote facial microcirculation and relieve pale skin caused by cold hands and feet in autumn

In autumn, the temperature drops and the weather is dry. It is a good choice for women to use rose tea with some honey or wolfberry to nourish yin and moisten dryness, nourish blood and warm the stomach.

Authoritative formula:

• Upgraded combination: 5 roses + 15 wolfberries + 5ml honey
• Water temperature control: Brew at 85℃ to avoid destroying active ingredients
• Taboo tips: Stop drinking if you have heavy menstrual flow

Jasmine tea: balances water and oil · relieves autumn sensitivity

Regulates qi and relieves pain, warms the middle and stomach, reduces swelling and detoxifies.

Jasmine tea is to add jasmine to old white tea. It has a strong floral fragrance and also has antioxidant effects. If you have symptoms of autumn dryness such as loss of appetite, dry mouth, bad breath and toothache, you can drink more jasmine tea, which can not only produce body fluids and quench thirst, but also has the health care effect of awakening the spleen and appetizing.

It should be noted that since jasmine is generally drunk with green tea, but green tea is cold in nature, people with weak constitution should not drink too much.

Ingredient analysis:

• Linalool: regulates sebaceous gland secretion, reduces oiliness in the T zone and strengthens the ability of the stratum corneum to lock in moisture.
• Theanine and chlorogenic acid: inhibit histamine release, relieve seasonal redness and itching.

Osmanthus tea: Anti-sugar repair · Reverse skin aging

Strengthens the stomach, resolves phlegm, produces body fluids, disperses phlegm, and calms the liver.

Key mechanism of osmanthus tea:

• β-ionone: Activates AMPK pathway and accelerates the decomposition of AGEs (end products of glycation).
• Volatile terpenes: Stimulates collagen synthase activity and improves skin plumpness.
• Laboratory data: After drinking osmanthus tea for 28 days, skin glycation index decreased by 19% and elastic fiber density increased by 14%.

Osmanthus tea is a precious flower tea made by blending refined green tea and fresh osmanthus. The amount of osmanthus to brew should not be too much, and the water temperature is generally around 85℃. First pour a small amount of water to allow the flowers and tea to be fully moisturized, then fill the teacup with water and soak for 2-3 minutes. After drinking, it has the effect of ventilating the stomach and removing bad breath, which is very suitable for people with weak spleen and stomach function.

Osmanthus is spicy and enters the lung and large intestine meridians. It is usually taken with licorice. It has a certain effect on loss of appetite, phlegm, cough and asthma, amenorrhea and abdominal pain.

Golden combination plan:

• Anti-sugar special drink: 3g osmanthus + 2 roselle flowers + 0.5g cinnamon powder

• Drinking time: 30 minutes after meal to accelerate blood sugar metabolism

Chrysanthemum and wolfberry tea: blue light defense · Save screen muscles

Targeted eye protection ingredients:

• Chrysanthemum luteolin: inhibits corneal inflammatory factor IL-6, relieves fine lines around the eye caused by dry eye syndrome.
• Wolfberry zeaxanthin: builds retinal blue light filter, reduces UV damage by 42%.

For people who stare at electronic screens for a long time and are prone to dry eyes, it is recommended to drink chrysanthemum tea: wolfberry + white chrysanthemum + green tea, brewed with boiling water, add appropriate amount of rock sugar, which has the effect of moisturizing the throat, clearing the liver and promoting fluid production.

Special reminder: although chrysanthemum and wild chrysanthemum are both chrysanthemums, the effect of chrysanthemum is mainly to clear the liver and improve eyesight, while wild chrysanthemum is to clear heat and detoxify. Be sure to recognize it when buying chrysanthemum tea.

Chrysanthemum with wolfberry and fried cassia seed can also treat dry throat and cough.

Comparison of the efficacy of four scented teas

Special reminder

1. Most flowers are cold in nature, so pay attention to balancing the medicinal properties.

Women are yin, and yin is cold.

Pregnant women should avoid taking scented tea. People with cold constitutions should add appropriate amounts of hot ingredients to balance the medicinal properties and enhance the efficacy of scented tea. For example: drinking chrysanthemum tea with wolfberry, drinking rose tea with honey or wolfberry, drinking osmanthus tea with licorice, etc.

2. Don't be greedy for bright scented tea.

In recent years, news about sulfur-smoked scented tea has emerged in an endless stream.

An important principle to grasp when purchasing is not to be greedy for bright colors, because scented tea with unusually bright colors must be sulfur-smoked.

Generally speaking, naturally dried jasmine flowers are yellowish, not white, and naturally dried roses are a little black, not rose red. If it is sulfur-smoked scented tea, it will sometimes have a sour taste after soaking in water.

In addition to careful identification during the purchase process, you should wash the tea before drinking scented tea, which can reduce possible sulfur residues and pesticide residues.

3. Buy from regular channels with guaranteed quality, and try to buy newly produced scented tea

Good scented tea has complete flower shape, natural color, pure smell, and few internal impurities.

When good scented tea comes into contact with water, the pigment of the product itself will be slowly released, the water quality is transparent, and the bottom can be seen clearly, but the product itself will still be colored. If it is artificially dyed, it will quickly disperse when it comes into contact with water like paint, and the product itself will also be washed off.

In addition, autumn dryness is not formed in one day, and skin repair requires scientific persistence. Choose scented tea that matches your physique and skin problems, and pay attention to the production date and shelf life when purchasing. Avoid buying moldy or damp goods, and it is safer to choose scented tea with sealed packaging or added desiccant. If it is the first time to buy scented tea, it is best to choose a brand or a reputable store to buy it.