Three Teas for Office Workers’ Body Beautification and Weight Loss
Are you an office worker? Do you want a beautiful figure? If you wish to lose weight but dislike the pain of hunger or lack time to go to the gym, here’s a clever solution—drinking tea!
Why can tea aid weight loss? According to TCM, obesity results from "dampness," "phlegm," and "fluid stagnation." Therefore, ideal slimming foods should strengthen the spleen and stomach, promote diuresis, and resolve dampness. Tea excels in these functions—it clears heat, promotes urination, resolves phlegm, aids digestion, and warms the spleen and stomach. Oolong tea and Tieguanyin are popular choices. After eating greasy food like meat and fish, people often drink a fragrant cup of tea because it helps relieve stomach discomfort, precisely due to its ability to remove grease.
Minority groups have habits of drinking buttered tea or milk tea. They are mainly meat-eaters, which clearly shows tea plays a significant role in digesting meat.
Modern research confirms tea contains caffeine, theophylline, theobromine, volatile oils, vitamin C, quercetin, tannins, etc., all beneficial for lowering blood lipids and promoting metabolism. Suitable for various types of obesity.
Here are several tea drinks:
(1) Shuangwu Tea
Ingredients: 5g oolong tea, 30g Fo-ti root (He Shou Wu), 20g dried hawthorn, 20g winter melon rind.
Preparation: Boil He Shou Wu, winter melon rind, and hawthorn together until soft. Filter out the residue, use the liquid to brew oolong tea, and enjoy.
(2) Yuban Huliao Tea
Ingredients: 25g oolong tea, 25g dried lotus leaf, 10g aged calabash, 5g tangerine peel.
Preparation: Grind dried lotus leaf, aged calabash, and tangerine peel into fine powder, mix with tea leaves. When ready to drink, take a small amount, steep repeatedly until the tea becomes pale.
(3) Qingluo Yin
Ingredients: 50g dried lotus leaf, 5g oolong tea, 6g loofah skin, 5g watermelon green rind.
Preparation:
① Wrap dried lotus leaf, loofah skin, watermelon green rind, and oolong tea in gauze, soak in clean water, then set aside.
② Place the gauze bundle in a clay pot with 5 cups of water, boil until boiling, then drink as tea.