It’s not difficult to lose weight and reduce edema in winter! Cassia hawthorn 3 tea helps weight loss

The weather is chilly, it's a good time to lose weight. Chinese medicine practitioners point out that the temperature is low in winter and the body's basal metabolic rate is higher than in summer. If you can use ginger to remove moisture and eliminate edema at this time, and drink more spleen-strengthening and diuretic cassia and hawthorn teas to help burn fat, it can not only eliminate edema, but also help regulate the body's metabolism and get rid of fat.

Sha Zhengping, executive director of the New Taipei City Chinese Medicine Practitioners Association and a Chinese medicine practitioner, pointed out that a cold front has been arriving from the mainland recently, and the weather has been getting colder as the night progresses. Many people have found that when the temperature drops, not only do they suffer from the cold, but they also get hungry very quickly, and they eat a lot, thus gaining weight. However, the body's basal metabolism will accelerate due to the low temperature, which is also a good time to burn fat.

Ginger, onion and garlic are spicy and warm, which helps burn fat

According to the theory of dietary supplements in traditional Chinese medicine, when enjoying delicacies in winter, eating more spicy and warm natural condiments can improve metabolism. For example, ginger, scallions, garlic, and onions are spicy and warm in nature. When cooking or eating out, try to eat them with these natural condiments. They can induce sweating and warm the body, avoid fat accumulation, increase metabolic rate, and enhance immunity.

In addition, it is recommended to eat more "ginger" dishes. People with a weak and cold constitution should eat more "old ginger", while people with a hot constitution should eat more "young ginger". Because ginger is also a Chinese medicinal material, it is pungent and warm in nature. It can expel the coldness from the body, help sweat and eliminate dampness, warm the lungs and protect the stomach, consume calories through sweating, and thus achieve the purpose of removing moisture, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling.

Traditional Chinese Medicine Assists Weight Loss: 3 Teas to Help You Lose Weight

Chinese medicine practitioner Sha Zhengping emphasized that people have a good appetite in winter and often eat and drink a lot, which causes the body to store a lot of fat. If you want to lose weight, in addition to eating less and exercising more, eating a light diet, and controlling calories, you can also use three teas: Danshen lipid-lowering tea, lotus leaf black tea, and Cassia hawthorn tea to assist in weight loss.

Danshen lipid-lowering tea can help lower blood lipids and is suitable for obese people with symptoms of high blood lipids; lotus leaf black tea can promote metabolism and is suitable for people who are prone to edema, do not exercise regularly and have poor metabolism; and obese people who like to eat big fish and meat and often suffer from constipation can use Cassia hawthorn tea to improve constipation symptoms. The following methods are to add all the ingredients to 500c.c. of boiling water, boil for 5 minutes, remove the residue and drink 1 cup per day:

1. Danshen lipid-lowering tea

Ingredients: 5 grams of wolfberry, 10 grams each of salvia miltiorrhiza and Polygonum multiflorum.

Efficacy: Salvia miltiorrhiza replenishes qi, calms the mind and lowers blood lipids, wolfberry nourishes the liver and kidneys, and Polygonum multiflorum moistens the intestines and promotes bowel movements.

2. Lotus Leaf Black Tea

Ingredients: 10 grams of lotus leaves, 2 grams of black tea, and 4 grams of light bamboo leaves.

Efficacy: Lotus leaves clear away heat, remove dampness and reduce edema, bamboo leaves clear the heart, soothe the nerves and promote diuresis, and black tea accelerates metabolism. Please note that it is not suitable for people with poor gastrointestinal function or prone to diarrhea.

3. Cassia Hawthorn Tea

Ingredients: 10 grams of cassia seed, 5 grams each of tangerine peel and hawthorn, and a few slices of licorice.

Efficacy: Cassia seed moistens the intestines and promotes bowel movements, tangerine peel strengthens the spleen and stomach, and hawthorn lowers blood lipids and cholesterol.

Note: It is not suitable for people with poor gastrointestinal function or prone to diarrhea.