How much is snow tea per jin at present? Introduction to its places of origin and effects
Snow tea, also called ground tea, Taibai tea, or ground snow tea, is a lichen of the family Cladoniaceae. So, how much is snow tea per jin at present? Where are its places of origin? What effects does it have?
1. How much is snow tea per jin at present?
It is understood that the current market price of snow tea is around 40-60 yuan per jin. As prices vary from place to place, this price is for reference only.
2. Where are the places of origin of snow tea?
Snow tea is divided into two types, green snow tea (red snow tea) and white snow tea. In Tibetan it is called “Xiaruan”, and in the Naxi language it is called “Geleng”, meaning “tea on the rocks”. This tea is produced in the region on the high mountains at altitudes of several thousand meters, such as Yulong Snow Mountain, Maoniu Mountain and Yao Mountain, and belongs to the lichen family Cladoniaceae. Snow tea is a lichen of the family Cladoniaceae. The lichen body is white or grayish white, tubular, single or with sparse branches, slightly curved at the tip, roundworm-like in shape, like hollow grass buds, 30 to 70 mm long, 1 to 3 mm thick, extremely light in weight, shaped like white chrysanthemum petals, as white as snow, hence the name.
3. What effects does snow tea have?
[Functions and indications] Clears heat and quenches thirst, refreshes the mind and calms the nerves. Treats consumptive disease with bone-steaming, pneumonia and cough, epilepsy and mania, neurasthenia, and high blood pressure.
① "Gangmu Shiyi": "Treats stomach qi accumulation pain, cures dysentery."
② "Morphological and Empirical Identification Methods of Chinese Materia Medica": "Clears heat, relieves restlessness."
③ "Sichuan Chinese Materia Medica Records": "Clears heat and refreshes the mind. Treats dry mouth and tongue, blurred vision and head heaviness, and mental fatigue."
④ "Shaanxi Chinese Herbal Medicine": "Clears heat and quenches thirst, calms the nerves and nourishes the heart, improves eyesight. Treats heat and irritability in the heart, consumptive disease with bone-steaming, pneumonia and cough, epilepsy and mania, neurasthenia, eye dryness, heatstroke, and high blood pressure."