Where does white tea come from? An introduction to the main production regions
The main production regions of white tea are Fuding and Zhenghe in Fujian, Tianshan in Jiaocheng, Songxi, Jianyang, and Jinggu in Yunnan, among other places. White tea has excellent medicinal properties. It has effects such as sobering up and relieving hangovers, clearing heat and moistening the lungs, calming the liver and nourishing the blood, reducing inflammation and detoxifying, lowering blood pressure and reducing fat, and relieving fatigue. In particular, for discomfort and digestive disorders caused by excessive smoking and drinking, too much greasy food, or excessive liver fire, it has a unique and remarkable health-preserving effect.
1. Treating measles
White tea prevents cancer, fights cancer, prevents heatstroke, detoxifies, and treats toothache. In particular, aged white tea can be used as a fever-reducing medicine for young children with measles, and its fever-reducing effect is better than that of antibiotics. In North China and the production areas of Fujian, it is widely regarded as a good medicine for treating and caring for measles patients. Thus the Qing dynasty notable Zhou Lianggong recorded in “Min Xiao Ji”: “Baihao Yinzhen, produced in Hongxue Cave of Taimu Mountain, is cold in nature and has the same function as rhinoceros horn; it is a miraculous medicine for treating measles.
2. Promoting blood sugar balance
In addition to the nutrients inherent in other teas, white tea also contains active enzymes essential to the human body. Long-term drinking of white tea can significantly increase lipase activity in the body, promote fat decomposition and metabolism, effectively control insulin secretion, delay the intestinal absorption of grape powder, break down excess sugar in the blood, and promote blood sugar balance. White tea is rich in various amino acids; it is cold and cool in nature and has the functions of reducing fever, dispelling summer heat, and detoxifying.
3. Improving eyesight
The longer white tea is stored, the higher its medicinal value. White tea is also rich in provitamin A. After being absorbed by the human body, it can quickly convert into vitamin A. Vitamin A can synthesize rhodopsin, enable the eyes to see more clearly in dim light, and can prevent night blindness and dry eye disease. At the same time, white tea also contains anti-radiation substances, which have a significant protective effect on the human body's hematopoietic function and can reduce the harm of television radiation.
4. Protecting and nourishing the liver
The flavonoids and other natural substances such as dihydromyricetin, which are richly contained in white tea tablets, can protect the liver, accelerate the rapid decomposition of acetaldehyde, a metabolite of ethanol, into non-toxic substances, and reduce damage to liver cells. On the other hand, dihydromyricetin can improve the increase in serum lactate dehydrogenase activity caused by liver cell damage and inhibit the formation of collagen fibers in hepatic M cells, thereby protecting and nourishing the liver, greatly reducing ethanol-induced liver damage, and allowing the liver to quickly return to its normal state. At the same time, dihydromyricetin takes effect quickly and has a lasting effect, making it an excellent product for protecting and nourishing the liver and for sobering up and relieving hangovers.
When choosing white tea, it is best to pay attention to the production region and the type of white tea. Drinking an appropriate amount of white tea is also beneficial to health.