A major discovery of Yunnan Agricultural University in China: EGCG, the active ingredient in tea, can strongly bind to S protein of new coronavirus and effectively block the binding of S protein of new coronavirus to human ACE2 receptor.
Today, novel coronavirus is raging, and tea is certainly not directly cure. But from the perspective of virus prevention and immunity enhancement, it is of great benefit. Especially now, novel coronavirus pneumonia should be kept away from drinking more tea and drinking more nutritious tea. Tea is also good for the greasy solution after the big fish and meat.
Five thousand years ago, there was a tribal leader named Shennong in China. He had a crystal transparent stomach. People could see clearly what he ate. In order to relieve people's suffering, Shennong tasted all the plants he saw, looked at the changes of these plants in his stomach, and judged which were non-toxic and which were toxic. When he tasted a kind of evergreen leaves with white flowers, they flowed and washed in his stomach from top to bottom, from bottom to top, as if they were checking something in his stomach, so he called this kind of green leaves "check", and later people called "check" tea. Shennong has been climbing mountains and rivers for years and months, trying hundreds of herbs. He has to be poisoned several times a day, all of which are saved by tea.
"Tea comes from Shennong."
——Tea classics by Lu Yu of the Tang Dynasty
This legend has been passed down from generation to generation. Nowadays, tea is not only a good antidote but also a feeling of Chinese people. It is the life of every day - "if life is like tea, suffering becomes an achievement". Try to take apart the word "tea". It's people in the grass and trees. It's said that it's a state of harmony between man and nature. With a cup of tea and a meditation, you can overlook the ups and downs of the world.
This is the hometown of tea - China.
Tea refers to the leaves and buds of tea trees. Other famous tea, tea, tea. It generally refers to the leaves of the evergreen shrub tea tree that can be used for tea making and the drinks made from these leaves. It is also called Leiya in Chinese literature. Tea comes from China. Tea was first used as a sacrifice. However, it was used as food in the late spring and Autumn period developed as medicine in the middle of the Western Han Dynasty and developed into a high-grade palace beverage in the late Western Han Dynasty. It was after the Western Jin Dynasty that people popularized it as a common beverage. It has been found that the earliest relics of artificial tea planting area at the Tianluoshan site in Yuyao, Zhejiang Province, with a history of more than 6000 years. Tea begins in China. The leaves are oblong or oval, which can be directly soaked with boiling water or warm boiling water, and can be divided into six categories according to varieties, manufacturing methods and product shape. It can be divided into spring tea, summer tea, autumn tea, and winter tea according to the season. Tea contains catechin, cholesterol, caffeine, inositol, folic acid, pantothenic acid and other components, which can improve human health. Tea drink - tea is known as one of the three health drinks in the world.
A major discovery of Yunnan Agricultural University in China: EGCG, the active ingredient in tea, can strongly bind to S protein of new coronavirus and effectively block the binding of S protein of new coronavirus to human ACE2 receptor.
Drinking tea has many benefits to people's health, such as antioxidant, anti-aging, anti-tumor, and reducing the incidence rate of certain diseases. In recent years, more and more literature reported that tea components have antibacterial, antiviral and enhance human immunity. Tea polyphenols, tea pigments, tea polysaccharides, and theanine are the main components of tea, which have antibacterial, antiviral and immunoenhancing effects. The research progress of antimicrobial effect of tea pigment has been published in many media at home and abroad. Tea pigment has shown good pharmacological effects in inhibiting caries, periodontal bacteria, gastrointestinal pathogens, skin fungi, and anti-virus, especially anti-AIDS.
Green tea is rich in tea polyphenols and theanine. Research shows that theanine can significantly improve the body's immunity and resist the invasion of the virus. It can also play a calming role so that people who drink tea for a long time feel calm. Anji white tea is a kind of green tea. Generally, it contains nutrients in Anji white tea. At the same time, there are rich amino acids in Anji white tea, which is the highest in general green tea. The amino acid content is 3-4 times higher than that in general green tea. Friends can drink more Anji white tea to improve their immunity.
Attachment: advocate scientific tea drinking to help healthy life
1、 Tea is a healthy drink. Tea, as a natural plant health drink, is a traditional Chinese daily drink. Tea contains tea polyphenols (especially catechins), amino acids (especially theanine), alkaloids (caffeine, theobromine, theophylline), vitamins (C, e, B group, etc.), sugars, mineral elements and other nutrients and functional components. Drinking tea in a scientific way for a long time is conducive to promoting human metabolism, improving human immunity and resisting adverse environments. The new novel coronavirus pneumonia nutrition guidance for patients with new coronavirus infection (normal or convalescent) clinical nutrition diet clearly stated: "every day to ensure adequate drinking water volume." 1500-2000 ml/day, small amount for many times, mainly drinking boiled water or light tea "; according to the guidance of nutrition diet for prevention and control of general population, it is also proposed that" drinking boiled water and tea, adults 7-8 cups/day, do not drink or drink less sugary drinks ".
2、 Tea should be drunk scientifically. Although tea is good, it should be scientific and reasonable. There are many kinds of tea in China, and the quality is clearly distinguished. According to age, constitution, time, season and other conditions, different groups of people should choose the suitable tea to drink; according to different tea characteristics and nutrient element leaching rate, the reasonable amount of tea should be selected for a single time, avoid excessive drinking of strong tea, and should be appropriate for many times a day, each time; hot or warm drinking, avoid hot drinking and ice drinking; reduce drinking of tea on an empty stomach, and try to avoid taking herbal tea together. At the same time, although tea has certain health care and medical value, tea is different from medicine, tea should not be equated with medicine.
3、 Tea, to integrate into life. The rich varieties and good taste of Chinese tea are the great creation of the Chinese nation. The unique charm and spiritual inheritance of Chinese tea culture are the historical accumulation of Chinese civilization. Drinking tea every day can not only meet the basic needs of people to supplement water but also is a good way of life with cultural images. People from all walks of life can continuously improve their understanding of tea and experience the essence of Chinese tea culture by participating in tea garden tourism, expert lectures, organizing tea parties, online and offline interactive communication, etc. By forming a good habit of drinking tea, we can reshape a healthy and beautiful lifestyle with Chinese characteristics.
