Balsam pear into tea for a long life

Okinawa, Japan is a famous place for longevity One of the secrets of longevity for local people is to eat more balsam pear, often drinking balsam pear tea and balsam pear juice Japanese nutritionists have shown that balsam pear is a long-lived food with "all-round" nutritional value Drinking balsam pear tea and balsam pear juice is the most healthy way to eat Chen leiyao, director of Pharmacy Department of Nanjing Integrated Hospital of traditional Chinese and Western medicine, said that balsam pear is a health-care vegetable that should not be ignored in summer In recent years, balsam pear has also been sold as tea in major stores Compared with Kuding tea, it is also a bitter tea drink, but because of its unique nutritional and health care characteristics Therefore, drinking balsam pear tea in summer can be regarded as a way to clear away heat and heat and prolong life For the white-collar workers who often work in air-conditioned rooms in summer, many people will feel tired and sleepy, and their eyes are dry When they go outdoors, they are easy to be hurt by the heat of the hot summer At this time, they may drink some bitter melon tea As the Han Dynasty medical and pharmaceutical work Shengbian said, bitter melon can "eliminate the heat of evil, relieve fatigue, clear the mind and eyes, and invigorate the vitality" The compendium of Materia Medica in Ming Dynasty also confirmed that balsam pear can "clear the mind, clear the eyes, benefit the Qi and relieve the fever" It is recorded in the materia medica of Southern Yunnan that Momordica charantia has the effect of "reducing six meridians and realizing fire, clearing heat, supplementing qi and relieving thirst", while in the materia medica of Quanzhou, Momordica charantia can "mainly cure the heat, thirst, and inducing drink, wind heat and red heel, and heat stroke and diarrhea" Therefore, people who are prone to thirst, heatstroke and diarrhea outdoors in summer may as well have some balsam pear tea.