What type of tea is Big Tree Tea? A detailed explanation of its tea classification

Big Tree Tea is a common tea in Yunnan. It has a sweet taste and is very popular among people, but because it is not very well known, many people do not know much about it. So what type of tea does Big Tree Tea belong to?

1. What type of tea does Big Tree Tea belong to?

Big Tree Tea belongs to the genus Camellia. It generally refers to the few oldest or largest tea trees, the tea tree kings, in a tea garden, with tree ages mostly between 500-1000 years. The sun-dried green tea made from their tender buds is called Big Tree Tea. Drinking it infused in water has the effects of refreshing the mind, improving eyesight, aiding digestion, and promoting urination and detoxification. Generally, the older the tree, the better the taste.

2. What benefits does drinking Big Tree Tea have?

1. Helps delay aging

Tea polyphenols have strong antioxidant and physiological activity and are scavengers of free radicals in the human body. According to research by relevant departments, the effectiveness of 1 milligram of tea polyphenols in scavenging excess free radicals harmful to the human body is equivalent to 9 micrograms of superoxide dismutase (SOD), much higher than other similar substances. Tea polyphenols have the effect of blocking lipid peroxidation reactions and scavenging active enzymes. According to the test results of Okuda Takuyu of Japan, the anti-aging effect of tea polyphenols is confirmed to be 18 times stronger than that of vitamin E.

2. Helps inhibit cardiovascular disease

Tea polyphenols play an important role in human fat metabolism. When the body has high levels of cholesterol, triglycerides, and the like, fat deposits on the inner walls of blood vessels, and vascular smooth muscle cells proliferate, atherosclerotic plaques and other cardiovascular diseases form. Tea polyphenols, especially the catechins ECG and EGC in tea polyphenols and their oxidation products theaflavins, help inhibit this plaque-like proliferation, reduce fibrinogen that increases blood coagulation viscosity, make coagulation clearer, and thereby inhibit atherosclerosis.

3. Helps prevent and fight cancer

Tea polyphenols can block the synthesis in the body of various carcinogens such as ammonium nitrite, and have the effect of directly killing cancer cells and improving the body's immunity. According to relevant data, tea polyphenols in tea leaves (mainly catechin compounds) are beneficial for the prevention and adjunctive treatment of gastric cancer, intestinal cancer, and many other cancers.

4. Helps prevent and treat radiation damage

Tea polyphenols and their oxidation products have the ability to absorb the harmful effects of radioactive substances strontium 90 and cobalt 60. According to clinical trials confirmed by relevant medical departments, for mild radiation sickness caused by radiotherapy in tumor patients, treatment with tea extract can achieve an effective rate of more than 90%; for cytopenia, the effective rate of treatment with tea extract reaches 81.7%; and the treatment effect is even better for leukopenia caused by radiation exposure.

5. Helps inhibit and resist viruses and bacteria

Tea polyphenols have a strong astringent effect, clearly inhibit and kill pathogenic bacteria and viruses, and have a marked effect on reducing inflammation and stopping diarrhea. Many medical units in China use tea preparations to treat acute and chronic dysentery, amoebic dysentery, and influenza, with a cure rate of about 90%.

6. Helps beauty and skin care

Tea polyphenols are water-soluble substances. Washing the face with them can remove facial grease, tighten pores, and has effects such as disinfecting, sterilizing, resisting skin aging, and reducing skin damage caused by ultraviolet radiation in sunlight.

7. Helps refresh the mind and boost alertness

The caffeine in tea leaves can stimulate the human central nervous system, enhance the excitation process of the cerebral cortex, and have the effect of refreshing the mind, benefiting thinking, and clearing the heart.

8. Helps promote urination and relieve fatigue

The caffeine in tea leaves can stimulate the kidneys, promote the rapid discharge of urine from the body, improve the kidney's filtration rate, and reduce the time harmful substances remain in the kidneys. Caffeine can also remove excess lactic acid from urine, helping the body eliminate fatigue as quickly as possible.

9. Helps lower fat and aid digestion

Tea has the important effect of aiding digestion and reducing fat. In today's fashionable language, this means it helps with “weight loss.” This is because the caffeine in tea leaves can increase the secretion of gastric juice, help digestion, and enhance the ability to break down fat. This is the reasoning behind the saying that “eating it over time makes one thin.”

Overall, Big Tree Tea is a tea of the genus Camellia. It has the effects of delaying aging, inhibiting cardiovascular disease, resisting radiation, inhibiting bacteria, and beauty and skin care, and is very suitable for women to consume.