Eat zongzi to reduce fat and relieve greasiness! 5 tea drinks to eat after dinner

The Dragon Boat Festival is approaching and the fragrance of rice dumplings fills the air. Many people cannot resist their appetite and, regardless of concerns about high calories and difficulty in digestion, eat one rice dumpling after another. Only when they feel bloated and constipated after the meal do they regret eating too many rice dumplings. In response to this, Chinese medicine practitioners provide 5 health-preserving teas to be paired with rice dumplings to help moisten the intestines and promote bowel movements, getting rid of the weight burden of fat accumulation.

During the Dragon Boat Festival, everyone eats rice dumplings to suit the occasion, but if you are not moderate, you may suffer from indigestion and weight gain.

Eating rice dumplings is a must during the Dragon Boat Festival, but to avoid indigestion and weight gain, the most important thing is to have a "balanced and moderate" diet and not overeat.

Tips for eating Zongzi during Dragon Boat Festival to protect your stomach

Dr. Li Jiaying, a Chinese medicine practitioner at the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Changhua Christian Hospital, shared some tips for maintaining a healthy stomach. For example, when making the dish, replace part of the glutinous rice with whole grains such as white rice, whole-grain rice, yam, red bean, and coix seed to reduce bloating and constipation caused by the difficulty in digesting glutinous rice; add fiber-rich bamboo shoots to the filling, use more low-calorie and high-fiber mushrooms, replace fatty pork with lean meat, and reduce the amount of salted egg yolks.

Increasing the intake of vegetables and fruits is also one of the methods, increasing fiber intake to aid digestion. You can also consider pairing it with refreshing white radish soup, bitter melon soup, bamboo shoot soup, etc., or add yam, poria cocos, water chestnut, coix seed, etc. to the soup to help regulate qi and strengthen the spleen, and aid digestion.

Eat more "zongzi" and lose fat! Tea removes oil and aids digestion

Chinese medicine practitioner Li Jiaying said that if you are greedy and eat too many rice dumplings, causing bloating and difficulty in digestion or are worried about too many calories, you can also drink health tea after the meal. Choose the right tea according to your personal situation and preferences. Boil the medicinal materials with 1500 cc of boiling water, remove the residue and drink it. It can help digestion, reduce fat, and remove oil and greasiness.

"Qi-Yi Xiaoshu Tea" has the effects of clearing away heat, replenishing qi, improving eyesight and quenching thirst. (Photo provided by Changhua Christian Hospital)

1.【Stomachic tea】

Ingredients: 2 qian of Atractylodes macrocephala, 3 qian of malt, 3 qian of hawthorn, and 3 qian of Cassia seed.
Function: Strengthen the spleen and stomach, relieve flatulence, moisten the intestines and promote bowel movements.

2. [Qi-boosting and heat-relief tea]

Ingredients: 3 qian of red dates, 3 qian of wolfberries, 3 qian of chrysanthemums, 2 qian of lotus leaves, 1.5 qian of astragalus, and 2 qian of ophiopogon.
Function: Clears away heat, replenishes qi, improves eyesight and quenches thirst.

3.【Smooth Tea】

Ingredients: 2 qian of Plantain seeds, 3 qian of Cassia seeds, 2 qian of mulberry leaves, 3 qian of black plums, 2 qian of dried tangerine peel, and 3 qian of hawthorn.
Function: Clear the digestive tract and promote metabolism.

4. [Diuretic Tea]

Ingredients: 3 qian of corn silk, 3 qian of lotus leaf, 2 qian of polygonatum, and 3 qian of wolfberry.
Function: Promote diuresis and eliminate edema, improve edema-type obesity.

5. [Rose dehumidifying and lipid-lowering tea]

Ingredients: 1.5 qian of rose, 2 qian of roselle, 3 qian of lotus leaf, 3 qian of coix seed, 2 qian of hawthorn.
Function: Resolving phlegm and dampness, reducing oil and fat.