A comprehensive collection of digestive aids and fragrant herbal slimming teas.

8. Teas that aid digestion

Sometimes, irregular sleep patterns, inconsistent mealtimes, or overtime work and social engagements can lead to indigestion or a feeling of heaviness in the stomach and intestines, which can actually hinder your weight loss plan. Irregular sleep patterns can make you crave food to compensate, leading to the indiscriminate consumption of high-fat foods.

In addition to getting your sleep schedule back to normal as soon as possible, you can also make some teas that help with both weight loss and metabolism during periods of indigestion, so that you can carry out your weight loss plan to the end.

(1) Celery tea

Although celery has a strong flavor, it's very beneficial to your health. If you don't like its pungent aroma, try adding some honey; it will taste better!

Ingredients: 150g fresh celery, 2g tea leaves

Seasoning: a little honey

step:

1. Wash the celery, cut it into small pieces, put it in a cup with the tea leaves, steep it with boiling water for 10 minutes, and then add honey to taste.

2. Drink once a day.

Benefits: Celery is low in calories, contains dietary fiber, promotes gastrointestinal motility, effectively removes body heat, and helps with weight loss.

(2) Broad bean tea

Don't throw away the shells of your broad beans after you've eaten them! Collect them and they can become a great food for weight loss. Using broad bean shells to make tea is a testament to the wisdom of our ancestors-why not give it a try!

Ingredients: 8 grams of broad bean shells, 5 grams of black tea leaves

step:

Mix broad bean shells with black tea leaves and steep in boiling water to make a drink.

Benefits: Black tea is diuretic and can promote metabolism, effectively eliminating excess water from the body and aiding in weight loss.

(3) Banana tea

Can bananas be used to make tea? Utilizing the pectin and rich aroma of bananas, the resulting tea has a fragrant taste. It's a delicious and slimming tea, a great choice when you're craving something sweet.

Ingredients: 80g banana, 8g tea leaves

Seasoning: a little honey

step:

1. Cut the banana into small pieces, mix with tea leaves, and brew with boiling water.

2. Add honey and it's ready to drink.

Benefits: Bananas reduce edema and, because they contain potassium, can effectively lower lipids and cholesterol, and eliminate obesity symptoms.

(4) Burdock Tea

Burdock is a relatively new health food, though it has been a staple in Japan for many years. Various foods made with burdock have slimming and health-promoting effects, and burdock slimming tea is especially worth trying!

Ingredients: 8 grams of burdock

step:

1. Place the sliced ​​and dried burdock into a cup.

2. Steep in boiling water for 15 minutes before drinking.

3. Drink at least 1 to 2 cups a day.

Benefits: Burdock is a water-soluble dietary fiber, and when brewed as tea, it can be absorbed more directly, making it an easy weight-loss tea.

(5) Poria cocos tea

This tea is made using traditional Chinese medicinal herbs. In addition to aiding in weight loss, it can also effectively calm the mind and soothe emotions.

Ingredients: 20g shiitake mushrooms, 2g longan, 2g reishi mushroom, 10g lotus seeds, 6 red dates, 8g poria cocos

Seasoning: a little honey

step:

1. Put all the ingredients into a pot and add an appropriate amount of water to cook.

2. It can be drunk after boiling.

Efficacy: It has a slimming effect by eliminating body fat.

(6) Soybean Tea

Soybeans are a great health food that can help enhance the body's functions.

Ingredients: 80 grams of soybeans

Seasoning: a little honey

step:

1. Wash the soybeans and soak them in water until soft.

2. After peeling the soybeans, use a juicer to extract the juice.

3. Remove the freshly squeezed soybean juice, put it in a pot and bring it to a boil over low heat, then add honey and it's ready to drink.

Benefits: The lipids in soybeans are mostly unsaturated fatty acids, which can lower blood lipids and have a weight loss effect.

(7) Hawthorn Tea

Hawthorn drinks can effectively help lower blood pressure and can treat symptoms of hypertension.

Ingredients: 10 grams of hawthorn

step:

1. Put the hawthorns in a pot, add water and simmer.

2. After cooking, simply drink the broth.

Benefits: Hawthorn can eliminate excess toxins and waste gas from the body, aid digestion, reduce swelling, lower cholesterol, and effectively eliminate fat.

(8) Hawthorn and tangerine peel tea

This drink can effectively eliminate excess moisture from the body.

Ingredients: 8 grams of hawthorn, 1 lotus leaf, 4 grams of dried tangerine peel

step:

1. Grind all ingredients into a fine powder, then steep with boiling water.

2. Steep for about 5 minutes before drinking.

Benefits: Dried tangerine peel can regulate the intestines, aid digestion, relieve summer heat, and remove bloating. Combined with the metabolism-boosting effect of hawthorn, it can effectively eliminate obesity symptoms.

(9) Monk fruit and hawthorn tea

This drink has a soothing effect on the throat and relieves coughs, and it also helps with digestion.

Ingredients: 6 grams of monk fruit, 4 grams of hawthorn, a pinch of licorice root

step:

1. Grind all ingredients into a fine powder, then steep with boiling water.

2. Steep for about 5 minutes before drinking.

Benefits: Accelerates metabolism, eliminates grease, promotes bowel movements and intestinal health, aids digestion, effectively reduces fat, and prevents constipation.

Tips for drinking slimming tea

① Do not drink tea on an empty stomach

Drinking tea on an empty stomach can cause symptoms such as palpitations, dizziness, and weakness in the limbs. Also, avoid drinking tea before bed, as it can make it difficult to fall asleep.

② Do not drink tea that has been left overnight.

Tea left overnight is prone to bacterial growth, mineral deterioration, and reduced nutritional value. Therefore, avoid drinking tea left overnight.

③ Slimming teas must be brewed and consumed immediately.

To preserve its nutritional value and medicinal efficacy, tea should be brewed and consumed immediately. Do not let it sit for a while after brewing, as this will cause the medicinal properties to be lost. Additionally, drinking freshly brewed tea while it's still hot can help with sweating and weight loss.

④ The slimming effect of tea is relatively slow.

It needs to be consumed daily, combined with a balanced diet, and you need to be patient in achieving your weight loss goals. Do not drink large amounts of strong tea out of impatience, or drink only tea without eating anything else, as this will affect iron absorption, harm your body, and will not help with weight loss.

9. Fragrant and elegant herbal slimming teas

In the afternoon, brew yourself a cup of herbal tea. These herbal teas not only bring you an elegant atmosphere, but also often have health benefits.

Using herbs to brew tea can also bring you a leisurely and elegant atmosphere, relaxing your busy daily pace.

You can buy ready-made herbal teas at supermarkets or general herbal ingredient stores. Many tea shops also sell these Western-style herbal tea bags.

(1) Bodhi Tea Drink

When your stomach feels tired and heavy, try a cup of linden tea! It can effectively help relieve symptoms of indigestion.

Ingredients: 7 grams of Bodhi seeds

Seasoning: a little honey

step:

1. Place the Bodhi seed in the cup.

2. Steep in boiling water for about 5 minutes, then add honey and it's ready to drink.

Benefits: Linden is a type of flower and fruit tea that greatly helps with metabolism, helps maintain a slim figure, and effectively aids in weight loss.

(2) Rose and plum tea

Roses have been used as a beauty and skin-nourishing ingredient since ancient times. When brewed with dried plums into tea, they can effectively remove fat and eliminate obesity.

Ingredients: 10g rose petals, 4 dried plums

Seasoning: a little honey

step:

1. Place the roses and plums into the cup.

2. Steep in boiling water for about 5 minutes, then add honey and it's ready to drink.

Benefits: This tea helps with weight loss and slimming. Rose petals also promote bowel movements, so it's beneficial for those with chronic constipation.

(3) Roselle and Hawthorn Tea

Roselle and hawthorn are both foods that nourish the skin and improve complexion, and they are especially helpful for fitness and weight loss!

Ingredients: 8 grams of hibiscus flowers, 3 grams of hawthorn berries

Seasoning: a little honey

step:

1. Put hawthorn and roselle into a pot, add water and boil.

2. After boiling, add honey and it's ready to drink.

Benefits: Effectively helps with bowel movements and aids in weight loss.

(4) Rose and black date tea

A tea made with roses and black dates has a calming and restorative effect, and is also very effective for weight loss.

Ingredients: 10g pink roses, 6 black dates

Seasoning: a little honey

step:

1. Put water in a pot, add the black dates and bring to a boil.

2. Add the rose petals and boil for 3 minutes, then turn off the heat.

3. Add honey and it's ready to drink.

Benefits: It helps eliminate body fat and also aids in metabolism and bowel movements.

(5) Lemongrass tea

Lemongrass is a herb with excellent medicinal properties, helping with metabolism and diuresis.

Ingredients: 1 tablespoon lemongrass, 1 green tea bag

step:

1. Place the lemongrass and green tea bag into a cup.

2. Pour boiling water into the cup and steep for about 3 minutes.

3. Add honey and it's ready to drink.

Benefits: It can eliminate excess water in the body and help eliminate edema.

(6) Peppermint and hawthorn tea

This tea contains mint, so it also has the effects of reducing internal heat and clearing away toxins.

Ingredients: 2g mint, 8g hawthorn, 5g chrysanthemum

step:

1. Put all the ingredients into a pot, add water and simmer.

2. After cooking, the broth can be consumed.

Benefits: It has good digestibility and can help lower blood lipids. Chrysanthemum can also relieve summer heat and promote metabolism.

(7) Rose Lemon Tea

This is a herbal tea that aids digestion and also has beauty and skin-nourishing effects.

Ingredients: 1 tablespoon rose petals, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, 5 grams goji berries

Seasoning: A little rock sugar

step:

1. Place all ingredients in a cup and add boiling water to brew.

2. Add rock sugar and it's ready to drink.

Efficacy: Effectively helps with fat reduction, weight loss, diuresis, digestion, and blood circulation.

Hawthorn's weight loss benefits

Many slimming teas contain hawthorn, but how exactly can hawthorn help us lose weight?

Hawthorn contains flavonoids, which can lower cholesterol and blood lipids. At the same time, hawthorn also strengthens and regulates the myocardium, helping the heart's blood flow and contraction function.

Therefore, eating more hawthorn can effectively help reduce body fat.