Healthy blood vessels are crucial for transporting oxygen and nutrients via human blood, and your blood vessels have a lifespan. Although blood vessels are less prone to problems when young, you must pay special attention to the potential for cardiovascular disease as you age.
How does one maintain the health of their blood vessels? The following three teas are great for keeping your blood vessels healthy. If you drink a cup of one of these teas every day, it will not only promote blood circulation but also significantly reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.
The best teas for blood vessels
Hawthorn tea
Traditional Chinese medicine says hawthorn is sweet, sour, and warm. Hawthorn has many benefits to human health. In addition to alleviating stagnation and gastrointestinal flatulence caused by improper feeding in children, studies in recent years have also found that hawthorn has a tremendous therapeutic effect on high cholesterol, high blood pressure, heart disease, and other diseases and is especially helpful for blood vessels, intestines, and the stomach.
People who want to lose weight can drink it in moderation. It should also be noted that people who drink hawthorn tea should not add too much sugar. As long as enough sugar is added to neutralize the bitter tease, excessive sugar intake can be avoided.
Ginger tea
Ginger can relax tendons and activate and promote blood circulation. As a result, it is beneficial to people with a cold body and has an excellent protective effect against cardiovascular disease.
The vitamins, minerals, and amino acids in ginger tea can help restore and improve blood circulation, help reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, and reduce the chances of heart disease and stroke.
You don’t need to peel the ginger to make tea; you can also add honey, brown sugar, etc., to sweeten it. Those with a hot constitution, pregnant women, and breastfeeding mothers should not drink ginger tea. Ginger tea is generally suitable for men. Be aware that rotten ginger should never be ingested.
Fig tea
Fig tea can help reduce blood pressure, thus making blood vessels more elastic. The lipase and hydrolase contained in figs significantly lower and decompose blood lipids. As a result, they can lower blood fat and reduce fat deposition in blood vessels, helping lower blood pressure and prevent cardiovascular disease.
People with gastrointestinal ulcers must avoid many foods, and fig tea is one of them. Compared with the above two teas, the medicinal effect of fig tea is faster, but it is necessary to understand the nature of fig tea and consume it carefully. Drinking fig tea is unsuitable for people with gastrointestinal ulcers and menstruating women.
The above three kinds of teas are great for office workers who sit at a desk for a large part of the day and have a higher incidence of cardiovascular disease. They can easily prepare some hawthorn, ginger, or fig slices in the morning to prepare their tea and drink whenever it is convenient.
These teas are helpful to blood vessels, but the effect is not evident in the short term. Therefore, you must keep drinking your tea to get good results and pay attention to which of the above teas are suitable for you based on your specific conditions.
Translated by Patty Zhang
