Shennong and Li Shizhen once used different herbs to make tea to achieve the effect of disease prevention and treatment

神農氏與李時珍曾用不同草藥製作成茶,達到防病治病效果 - Joy Lab Limited

Everyone may know the story of Shennong tasting herbs in ancient times. It turns out that Shennong also used tea to detoxify. In addition, Li Shizhen’s Compendium of Materia Medica also records tea as a treatment method, but the ingredients of tea are not only tea leaves, but are composed of different herbs, which are formulated according to different constitutions, and gradually fine-tune the constitution in daily life, which plays the role of reconciling yin and yang in the theory of TCM health preservation and treatment, and achieves the effect of disease prevention and treatment.

Most people may know the story of Shen Nong tasting hundreds of herbs in ancient times, but they may not have heard of Shen Nong using tea to detoxify. In fact, Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica also records the use of tea as a means of treatment. The components of the tea are not just tea leaves, but are composed of different herbs, which are adjusted according to different constitutions. Slowly adjusting in daily life can have the effect of harmonizing yin and yang in traditional Chinese medicine theory, which can prevent and treat diseases.