When friends and relatives visit in the New Year, Shanghainese people will make Yuanbao tea, what is the purpose of this tea?

There is a custom in Shanghai. During the Spring Festival, when guests come home, they are always served tea with two green olives or kumquats in the tea to symbolize good luck and prosperity in the New Year. This tea is also called "Yuanbao tea".

Olive tea, also known as "Yuanbao tea", is a traditional folk tea in the south of China's treasure. The tea made from olive leaves has antiseptic and antiviral properties, which help to relieve the symptoms of colds. When you feel like you are about to catch a cold, it is best to drink some olive tea to fight the virus. Olive tea is also effective in relieving symptoms of herpes, hepatitis and ear infections. Olives are also known to lower blood pressure and uric acid. Functions: antiseptic, antiviral, antihypertensive, antioxidant, slowing and diuretic.

Olive tea is mainly made from olives. Put olives into water, add rock sugar and brew with boiling water. Olive tea has the effect of clearing heat and removing toxins. It can also eliminate bloating, relieve alcohol and fatigue, and refresh the heart and lungs. People usually like to drink olive tea. Olive tea can regulate the operation, eliminate fatigue, relieve stress and regulate obesity.

Yuanbao tea has the effect of moistening the throat and lubricating the throat, generating fluids and refreshing the mind, clearing away heat and detoxification, and at the same time, it can eliminate stagnation and swelling, sober up and relieve the boredom of alcohol and alcohol, refreshing and revitalizing the brain, nourishing the spleen and stomach, and increasing the appetite. Can really be said to be "green fruit touching the lips and mouth, spare the throat, spleen and stomach fluid". For smokers who often use their throat and are not suitable for smoking, it is a good product to keep on hand. Regular drinking can also prevent overweight and enhance the protection against electronic radiation.

Modern people drink tea, preferring the molecules on the tongue - tea polyphenols. It is known to inhibit spots and pigmentation and whiten the skin. It also lowers blood lipids and helps remove vascular deposits. The bitter flavor of tea is due to theophylline in addition to tea polyphenols. This alkaloid makes tea bitter, but has refreshing, cardiac, diuretic and sobering effects. The possibility of cancer prevention also exists from the point of view of antioxidant and cell membrane protection of tea polyphenols. In addition, the addition of kumquat in the tea, increased the efficacy of lowering blood pressure, prevention of atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease, "Yuanbao tea" more popular.