Up to the seventh sweat

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

Remember, in Russia, teas were driven to a sweat. Until the seven towels were wet, the treats did not leave the table. Gingerbread cookies, dryers, table conversations, a steaming samovar, a woman in wide skirts on a teapot, tweezers to chop huge lumps of sugar and drink this sweetness in a sip with a fragrant drink. Over time, the tradition of drinking tea has not changed, however, the table is now bursting with an abundance of cakes, pastries, biscuits, rolls, sherbets, sweets and other high-calorie foods harmful to the figure, but the conversations are still intimate. After all, a fragrant drink is conducive to a warm conversation. This is not a drunken showdown: "Do you respect me?" - after an excessive drinking of vodka, not beer discussions of football battles, not cute, non-binding chatter, over a cup of coffee. Tea is good, this is happiness, this is light, this is love … This is a leisurely reasoning about nature, about human relationships, about beauty. I even read somewhere absolutely amazing advice: "If you want to communicate with the best side of a person - treat him with tea!"

It’s not for me to tell you that the tea ceremony has long been an indispensable attribute of meetings of Japanese philosophers and artists. During the tea drinking, wise speeches were pronounced, poems were read, works of art were viewed. At the same time, bouquets of flowers and special dishes for brewing a drink were carefully selected for each case. That is why it happened so: only talk about high matters, reinforcing their words with sips of hot drink. It is impossible to be a real tea lover and not join the best achievements of world culture. Yellow tea wind from the East carries philosophy, religion, poetry, lifestyle, and meaning …

Tea is simply one of the best medicines for both the soul and the body. This is a universal healing drink for 100 diseases. In the homeland of tea, in China, originally tea was used only as a medicine, then as a ritual drink, and quite recently it became a household food drink.

A gentleman's set of a nomad Mongolian: a bar of pressed tea, pellets of dried salted cheese, a shmat of jerky, a handful of flour, perhaps also a little dried fruit. And that's it! And you can make ten-kilometer marches across deserts and semi-deserts, conquering powers along the way …

In ancient China, a kind of soup with onions and salt was made from tea; in Tibet, Mongolia, Buryatia, they still drink tea with flour or cereals, salt, oil or fat; in China and Thailand, tea is fermented and eaten as a salad; in Japan, salted leaves are added to rice cakes with fish; For many centuries tea has been included in the diet of extreme professions - military men, sailors, geologists. Well, etc. etc., although tea cooking is a completely separate topic.

Tea + minimal food = good nutrition, even under extreme stress. This is possible due to the unique combination of a large amount of proteins, vitamins and microelements in tea. According to American scientists, a cup of green tea contains 0 calories; but even with a forced long-term (up to 5-8 days) tea diet, there is no feeling of hunger, normal working capacity remains, the loss of body weight slows down.

If we talk about a tea diet, then for the prevention of a heap of all kinds of diseases, doctors recommend fasting "tea days" (1-2 times a month). During the day, it is necessary every 3-4 hours (except for sleep, of course) to drink a cup of warm weak green tea without anything. On these "tea days" it is recommended to move a little more (to sweat), but you should not overexert yourself. Slags are removed remarkably!

By the way, you will now make surprised eyes after I say that while studying the causes of male impotence, in the late 90s, sexologists discovered that the cause of about half of cases of non-psychogenic impotence is a violation of the functioning of a tiny muscle (a few mm.). This very muscle is located at the base, forgive the immodesty, penis and acts as a kind of valve that blocks the outflow of blood that filled the cavernous bodies. I am translating from medical to Russian: this is why (oh, already blushed!) The penis stands and does not fall. But if the muscle is weak, then the male penis is badly standing and falls all the time. It is almost impossible to pump up this muscle (since it is smooth muscles), but its performance, it turns out, depends on the saturation of the body with certain microelements (mainly zinc). And, as you might guess, it is precisely those very trace elements, in such a concentration and in such a combination, that are found in tea.

And if you combine tea with nuts (which are also a concentrate of microelements - hazelnuts, almonds, cashews, a little pistachio), dripping galangal tinctures into it … No Viagra is needed …

By the way, tea is also useful for pregnant women (this was somehow remembered due to talk about potency). Firstly, because it has a beneficial effect (regulates the tone of the uterus) on smooth muscles. Secondly, because the Japanese have found that women who regularly drank tea BEFORE PREGNANCY give birth to larger and healthier babies. Thirdly, because tea improves nutrition and increases the activity of the fetus in the womb. Fourthly, tea contains the very trace elements and vitamins necessary for the fetus. Of course, it is important not to overdo it here: pregnant women are advised to drink no more than 2-3 cups of green weakly brewed tea a day. Overdose of caffeine can lead to serious toxicosis, so be careful!

Warned? Then a little more negativity, so that you, while stuffing yourself with teas, do not overdo it.

Ten taboos on tea

Prohibition first for tea on an empty stomach: when you drink tea on an empty stomach, the cold nature of tea, penetrating inside, can cool the spleen and stomach, which is like "the penetration of a wolf into the house", in China since ancient times it was advised "not to drink tea on an empty heart."

Prohibition of the second for scalding tea: too hot tea strongly stimulates the throat, esophagus and stomach. Long-term consumption of very hot tea can lead to painful changes in these organs. According to foreign studies, frequent consumption of tea with temperatures above 62 degrees leads to increased vulnerability of the stomach walls and gives symptoms of various stomach diseases. Tea temperature should not exceed 56 degrees. WITH.

Prohibition third for iced tea: while warm and hot tea invigorate, make consciousness and vision clear, iced tea gives side effects: stagnation of cold and accumulation of phlegm.

Fourth ban for strong tea: the high content of caffeine and theine in strong tea can cause headaches and insomnia.

The fifth ban for a long brewing of tea: if tea is brewed for too long, tea phenol, lipoids, essential components begin to oxidize spontaneously, which not only deprives the tea of transparency, taste and aroma, but also significantly reduces the nutritional value of tea due to the oxidation of vitamins C contained in tea leaves and P, amino acids and other valuable substances. In addition, when infused, tea is exposed to the influence of the environment; the content of microorganisms (bacteria and fungi) in it significantly increases.

Prohibition sixth for repeated brewing: usually, after the third or fourth brewing, little remains in the tea leaves. Experiments show that the first infusion draws approximately 50% of the nutrients from the tea leaves, the second 30%, and the third only about 10%, the fourth infusion adds another 1-3%. If you continue to brew the tea further, then harmful components may also come out into the infusion, since the harmful elements contained in a very small amount in the tea leaves go into the infusion last.

Prohibition seventh for tea before meals: tea, drunk before meals, leads to dilution of saliva, food begins to seem tasteless, in addition, the absorption of protein by the digestive organs may temporarily decrease. Therefore, drink your tea 20-30 minutes before meals.

Prohibition eighth for tea immediately after meals: the tannin contained in tea can cause protein and iron to harden, which impairs their absorption. If you want to have tea after eating, wait 20-30 minutes.

Prohibition ninth for drinking tea with medicines: tannins contained in tea, splitting, form tannin, from which many medicines give a sediment and are poorly absorbed. Therefore, the Chinese say that tea destroys medicine.

Prohibition tenth for yesterday's tea: tea, standing for a day, not only loses vitamins, but also, due to the high content of protein and sugars, becomes an ideal breeding ground for bacteria. But if the tea has not deteriorated, it may well be used for medicinal purposes, but only as an external remedy. So, tea infused per day is rich in acids and fluoride, which prevent bleeding from the capillaries, so yesterday's tea helps with inflammation of the oral cavity, pain in the tongue, eczema, bleeding gums, superficial skin lesions, abscesses. Washing your eyes with yesterday's tea helps to reduce the discomfort when blood vessels appear in the proteins and after tears, and rinsing your mouth in the morning before brushing your teeth and after eating not only leaves a feeling of freshness, but also strengthens your teeth.

It should also be remembered that Strong tea is not recommended to drink:

1) With exacerbation of stomach ulcers;

2) With hypertension;

3) For any diseases accompanied by high fever;

4) With exacerbation of kidney disease;

5) During pregnancy, when there is a tendency to toxicosis;

6) With psychasthenia, accompanied by increased excitability, insomnia, etc.