About the effects of white Tea, there is a popular saying: one year as tea, three years as medicine, seven years as treasure. White tea is a slightly Fermented tea and is cool in nature, but after three years of transformation, its properties become mild. Old white teas aged for more than three years also have many Health benefits. But who exactly is suitable to drink white tea?
1. People with Poor Digestive Systems
Old white tea can help digestion and stimulate appetite. Since tea leaves contain complex components such as Caffeine, theophylline, and theobromine, they can significantly stimulate gastric acid secretion and promote gastric motility. It has excellent anti-inflammatory effects and can be effective in treating ulcers.
2. Seniors
White tea has the health benefits of “three resistances” (resistance to radiation, oxidation, and tumors) and “three reductions” (reducing blood pressure, lipids, and glucose). Its properties are mild. Although Green Tea is better at resisting radiation, it is cold in nature and has a relatively high caffeine content, which may affect seniors' heart rates and sleep. (Seniors should not drink too strong tea; generally, consuming about 5 grams of tea per day is recommended.)
3. Infants with Measles Fever
Aged white tea can be used as a fever-reducing agent for infants with measles, and its effectiveness is better than antibiotics. In Northern China and Fujian, where it is produced, it is widely regarded as a good medicine for treating and caring for patients with measles. It is cold in nature and has the same efficacy as rhinoceros horn. Ancient people called it the holy medicine for treating measles.
4. Office Workers
White tea has excellent vision-improving effects, and its medicinal value increases with age. White tea contains abundant vitamin A precursors, which are converted into vitamin A once absorbed by the human body. Vitamin A helps improve night vision and can prevent night blindness and dry eye syndrome.
5. Patients with Diabetes
White tea has auxiliary treatment and preventive effects on diabetes. In addition to containing the usual components found in other teas, white tea also contains active enzymes that are essential to the human body. Long-term consumption of white tea can significantly increase the activity of lipase in the body, promoting the metabolic breakdown of fats, effectively controlling the secretion of insulin, delaying the intestinal absorption of glucose, and helping to maintain balanced blood sugar levels.
6. People with Poor Liver Health
White tea is rich in a flavonoid called dihydroxyphenylalanine (DMP). This natural substance can protect the liver and accelerate the rapid breakdown of acetaldehyde, a metabolite of ethanol, into non-toxic substances, reducing damage to liver cells.